Exam Preview for 30817: How to Grow a Young Child's Reading Brain F

How to Grow a Young Child's Reading Brain

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1. Spoken language develops from________. Hearing Reading Writing Academics
2. The meaning of sound occurs in the______. Doorway Vibration Brain Ear
3. What do human beings lack? Eyelids Synaptic connections Neurons Earlids
4. At birth, infants_______. Prefer their mother's speech Ignore environmental sounds Do not respond to voices Hear for the first time
5. We should be reading chapter books to children by age______. 3 years 4 years 6 years 8 years
6. Reading aloud to infants, toddlers and young children is extremely important because: Exposure to storybooks is the biggest factor in a preschooler's vocabulary. More parent-child conversations occur during read-alouds than during any other activity. Children who receive read-alouds show gains of more than twice as many new words. All of the above
7. What percentage of parents read to their young children, daily? 20% 40% 60% 80%
8. Phonological awareness is: The same thing as phonics Learned naturally, so no need for direct instruction The insight that words are made up of individual sounds Taught after the child learns to read
9. 9.Which of the following is an important part of phonological awareness? Blending Segmentation Rhyming All of the above
10. Building the child's auditory feedback loop means that the child learns how to______. Circle his/her hand on a page of a book Pay attention to her/his own speech Pay attention to the speech of others Integrate speaking and reading