Vocabulary includes knowing the names of things. If you have heard and know the word for something, it is easier to recognize and read it later!
What Can You Do?
- Encourage children to learn their native home language first; this makes learning another language (speaking and reading) easier later.
- Talk with children in positive and conversational ways; commands, “fussing,” and “no’s” do not encourage language development.
Suggested books include:
The Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown
Silly Little Goose by Nancy Tafuri
The Busy Little Squirrel by Nancy Tafuri
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Fancy Nancy by Jane O’Connor
Get to Work Trucks by Don Carter
My Little Word Book by Roger Priddy (bilingual)
Read about the Print Awareness skill or return to 6 Early Literacy Skills overview.