1. © 2007 Thomson Delmar Learning. All Rights Reserved. Chapter 14 Developmentally Appropriate Cognitive/Language/Literacy Environments: For Preschoolers

2. © 2007 Thomson Delmar Learning. All Rights Reserved. Preoperational Thinking Centration Egocentrism Irreversibility Concreteness Reasoning Symbolic Thought Piaget

3. © 2007 Thomson Delmar Learning. All Rights Reserved. Teachers’ Roles in Providing for Play Creator of the environment Observer and recorder Facilitator/scaffolder Model Questioner Responder Planner

4. © 2007 Thomson Delmar Learning. All Rights Reserved. Learning Center Approach Provides Choices Free movement Range of developmental differences Facilitation of play Cooperative learning Initiative

5. © 2007 Thomson Delmar Learning. All Rights Reserved. Preschool Language Environment Conversation Acceptance Experience Children’s literature Group time Book extenders Print-rich environment Show-and-Tell Calendar Time Writing Center

6. © 2007 Thomson Delmar Learning. All Rights Reserved. Components of Literacy Vocabulary and language Phonological awareness Knowledge of print Knowledge of letters and words Comprehension of meaning Awareness of books and other texts Seeing literacy as a source of pleasure