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Increase Children’s
Language Understanding
For children developing typically, experiencing language delays, or
learning a new language
Everyone knows how important strong language skills
are for young children. But we often don’t quite know how to help
children increase these skills. Beyond Words offers a powerful
technique called “highlighting” that helps teachers and parents
increase children’s receptive language through everyday activities
and routines.
Beyond Words
demonstrates how to:
Individualize language goals to match a child’s developmental level
Enhance vocabulary retention by “highlighting” new concepts
as children experience them
Expand language comprehension in both spontaneous interactions and pre-planned
activities
Reviews
Early Childhood Research Institute on
Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services:
Multiple reviewers.
“This 19-minute video with a 19-page Activity Guide constitute a
delightful curriculum for preservice and inservice training to facilitate
the language acquisition of young children, whether they are learning
English as a second language or as their native tongue. The content and
the brevity make the material an ideal training tool for professionals
as well as parents. A specific technique called “highlighting”
is presented to guide young children individually and as a group to develop
language skills…” read
full review >
Childhood Education: Annual Theme
2003 Issue 79, page 335. Reviewed by Nancy Maldonado and Mariann Pezella
Winick
“This film is particularly interesting in terms of its relevancy
to all early childhood programs. It describes a technique, known as “highlighting,”
in which language opportunities are expanded through activity—a
technique that early childhood personnel will recognize. In effect, this
video is a refreshing, revitalizing tonic, as it will bolster viewers’
enthusiasm to make language an important part of the day in various settings…”
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