Talk to me, baby! : how you can support young children's language development / by Betty S. Bardige.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bardige, Betty Lynn Segal, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children--Language.

Children.

Early childhood education--Parent participation.

Early childhood education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (237 pages) : illustrations, tables

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore, Maryland ; London, [England] ; Sydney, Australia : Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co., 2016.

Summary:

This is the second edition of the practical, easy-to-read, research-based guidebook that shows professionals and parents how to talk to and play with young children, ages 0-6, in ways that directly support their emerging language skills.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

About the Online Materials

About the Author

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1: The Power of Play Talk

Meaningful Differences

Virtuous Circles

Look Who's Talking

At a Loss for Words

"Into the Drinking Water"

Chapter 2: Baby Babbles: Birth-1½ Years

Getting to Know You

Sharing the Caring

The Tower of Babel

Attaching Meaning to Words

Baby Games

It's Never Too Early for Stories and Books

Telling Stories and Narrating the World

Go, Baby, Go!

Twenty Fun Things to Do with Babies

Including Babies in the Conversation

Talk with Me, Baby!

Chapter 3: First Words, First Stories: 10 Months-2½ Years

From Gestures to Words

Priming the Language Pump

One Language or More?

Why Isn't My Baby Talking Yet?

"But He Used to Say…"

Contingent Responses: Useful Information at an Optimal Rate

Extending the Conceptual Repertoire

Follow the CAR

Using Songs, Rhymes, and Games to Explore Words and Concepts

Keying in to Children's Questions

First Stories

Optimizing the 5 Rs

Using Positive, Proactive Discipline

Sharing Humor

Books, Books, Everywhere!

Twenty Fun Things to Do with Young Toddlers

Too Much Television?

Tablets, Smartphones, and Emerging Media

The Child Care Challenge

Awesome!

Chapter 4: Off Like a Rocket: 1½-3½ Years

From Words to Telegraphic Speech to Sentences

From Thinking Out Loud to Inner Speech

Two-Year-Old Logic

Supporting Step-by-Step Thinking and Problem Solving

Advances in Pretend Play and Imagination

Monsters that Lurk in the Dark

Advances in Storytelling and Retelling

Books as Springboards for Conversations

Taming the Terrible Twos

Using Language to Learn

Language-Rich Child Care Programs

Reading, Writing, Counting, and Problem Solving.

Twenty Fun Things to Do with Older Toddlers and Twos

A Wealth of Words

Chapter 5: What Will They Think of Next?: 2½-5 Years

The Magic Years

The Hundred Languages of Children

Advances in Pretend Play and Storytelling

The Language of Play

Wishful Thinking

Verbal Creativity and Word Play

More Is Caught than Taught

Why? Why? Why?

The Three Xs

Seeing Patterns and Making Connections

What Did You Learn in School Today?

Solving Problems

Juicy Words

Twenty Fun Things to Do with Preschoolers

Book Learning

Going Deeper

Funds of Knowledge

Making Memories

Just Us Kids

I Think I Can

Chapter 6: From Language to Literacy: 4-6+ Years

The Reading Process

Outside-In and Inside-Out

Steps to Reading

Word Power: The Language Foundation

Hard Questions

Tell Me a Story

Talking About Words

Connecting Spoken and Written Language

Learning About Print

Tuning into Sounds-and Building Phonemic Awareness

Writing It Down

Now I Really Know My ABCs

Twenty (More) Fun Ways to Build Literacy

Cracking the Code

The Whole Story

Learning to Read in Two Languages

I Can Read!

Keeping the Conversation Going

Chapter 7: Building Language-Supporting Communities

We Are Family

Tapping Cultural and Community Strengths

Addressing Stress

Investing in Early Education

Destinations and Pathways

Harnessing New Technologies

Layers of the Onion

References

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781681250755

1681250756

9781681250779

1681250772