1. Chapter 10: Language and Communication in Preschoolers
CD2 / Psych2
Chapter 10: Language and Communication in Preschoolers

2. Chapter Topics How children learn
Vocabulary
Syntax (word order)
How to make sentences
How adults should respond to grammar and vocabulary mistakes
How children learn to write
Appropriate books for preschoolers

3. How Children Learn Vocabulary
Learning 6-9 new words a day!
Fast-mapping
Grammar rules
Plurals (mice, horses and cats)
Past tense (listen/listened, goed/went, runned/ran
Prepositional phrases (locatives)
Beside, between
In front, behind

4. How Children Learn Syntax
By using language
Talk to children!
Listen to children!
By hearing language spoken correctly
Children will correct their own errors over time

5. How Children Learn to Make Sentences
Story reading
Story telling
Conversations
With older children
With peers
With adults

6. Responding to Grammar and Vocabulary Mistakes
Rephrase their comment or question with correct words and syntax
Can we goes a park this day?
Do you want to go to the park today?
I eated the max-n-cheese on the other night, when gwamma comed over some time.
You ate some macaroni and cheese for dinner when grandma came over last night?

7. How Children Learn to Write
Pencil grip development
Fist grip, finger grip, tripod grip
Stages of drawing
Scribbles, shapes and lines, recognizable items
Stages of writing
Long scribbles then short scribbles
Letter shapes and letter combinations
Words

8. Books for Preschoolers
Why read to preschoolers?
Ways preschoolers read to themselves
Types of books that develop
Vocabulary
Self-awareness and community awareness
Social skills
Life skills

9. Thursday Activity Stations
Children’s reading
Children’s art
Children’s writing
Children’s talking
Preparation for Thursday
Read everything in this chapter about preschooler reading, art, talking and writing!