LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT

Language is the underlying component of so much of our learning. Kid Links focuses on language development by offering experiences in phonological awareness, vocabulary development, letter recognition, understanding of print, reading comprehension, and letter/sound correlation. Children investigate and explore concepts in:

Reading:

...• Love of reading
...• Identify parts of a book: front/back cover; title page,
......author/illustrator
...• Understand that print reads from left to right
...• Identify a word; understand that words can represent
......ideas/thoughts
...• Predicting what will happen next
...• Remembering events of a story
...• Identifying with a story or relating a personal experience

Phonics:

...• Alphabet Knowledge: identify letters/sounds
...• Rhyme Awareness: supply and recognize rhyming words
...• Beginning Sound Awareness: identify beginning sounds of a word
...• Verbal Memory: reciting short poems/songs

Writing:

...• Write name
...• Create and write about drawings/paintings/creations 
...• Label objects with writing

Oral Language:

...• Speaking clearly and in complete thoughts
...• Speaking in front of a group
...• Sharing ideas and information verbally
...• Listening to the ideas of others; taking turns when speaking

 

 

 

KID LINKS PRESCHOOLS

Greenwood Elementary • 206.789.5258

KID LINKS BEFORE & AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS

Greenwood Elementary • 206.789.5258

Loyal Heights Elementary • 206.789.8988

 

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