Lauren, This is something else to think about when you get your own classroom. Don't label everything ahead of time. Do it gradually and WITH the children. If you do it ahead of time, they will pay less attention to it and it will be less meaningful. Also, help them make meaningful connections. "'Kitchen' starts like Kara's name. You know Kara's name and that will help you remember that this word is 'kitchen'." I also recommend that you don't label in all CAPS. Using lower case letters will look more like the words they see in books. One more tidbit :-), I call my 'kitchen' station the 'Pretend Station' because I change it to other things during the year: store, doctor's office, etc. It is a great place to build language and vocabulary. Kinderjane/SC :-) In a message dated 8/19/2009 9:38:55 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, cnjpal...@aol.com writes:
Lauren Labeling the objects in a child's environment is a great thing to do. Eventually, we want kids to just look at words and know them. When you read, you know all the words...you don't sound them all out. Knowing some words by sight gives kids a boost so they don't have to labor through the books they read. Many teachers take non phonetic words such as "said" or " was" and teach them in a way so kids can memorize them. These kinds of words are frequent in children's books and they MUST be memorized to be learned. Jennifer Reading Specialist In a message dated 8/19/2009 9:09:06 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, ay5...@wayne.edu writes: am going to be doing my early childhood student teaching in the fall. I have already been able to tour the early childhood center where I will be at and I noticed (and have noticed in many other early childhood classrooms) that many things are labeled for the children. The crayon box is labeled 'CRAYONS' and the kitchen center is labeled 'KITCHEN'. Would this be considered an effective reading strategy, or are students just memorizing the words? Lauren Checkeroski _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
