A Wonderful World of Words and Wiggles

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A Wonderful World of Words and Wiggles

• Learning Language through stories, music and
  movement
• Carol Osborn
• Kate Silverman
• Pilar Fort

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Importance of Home Language And Culture

• Children need to have a solid base in their home
  language to acquire second language and literacy
  skills
• Familiar experiences and stories send messages to
  the brain that heighten the ability to learn new
  information

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Emergent Language Begins

• Language Begins at Birth
• Language develops through loving relationships
• Language is shared through meaningful experiences
• Language is taught through stories

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Stages of Second Language Acquisition

• Use of Home Language
• Non-verbal stage
• Telegraphic stage
• Productive language Use

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Use of Home Language

• Typically developing child learns a first
  language thorough social interaction within the
  family and community
• Child continues to use his/her home language in
  the second language situation

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Non-Verbal Stage

• Child discovers his/her home language does not
  work in the second language situation
• may become non-verbal
• continues to collect information
• may experiment with sounds

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Telegraphic Speech

• Child may go public
• Child uses a few content words as an entire
  utterance
• Identifies and names objects
• Uses individual words and phrases in the new
  language

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Productive Language Use

• Child begins to analyze language used around
  him/her
• Child acquires a number of useful phrases and
  vocabulary words
• Combines all purpose phrases, pronouns and
  adjectives to generate a variety of constructed
  phrases

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Language is the Foundation of Literacy

• Communication is the key to Reading, Writing, and
  
• Success in School

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Importance Of Language, Literacy and Culture

• Ability to Communicate
• Self-Esteem (I am lovable)
• Self-Confidence (I am capable)
• Self-Efficacy (I know that I can achieve

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Language and Culture

• Respect
• Motivation
• Assumptions
• Individualization

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Lasting Effects of Language and Literacy

• Lasting Effects
• Social-Competence
• Higher probability of positive school success
• Gaining Knowledge and Understanding

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Learning Language Through Activities

• Songs
• Stories
• Movement

• Music triggers memory
• Relationships and Experiences
• Putting actions to words

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Supporting Second Language Learners

• Become familiar with the childs home language
  and culture
• Use words from both languages
• Sing songs from childs culture
• Incorporate words from home language into new
  songs

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Time to Sing

• Music stimulates the brain to lean new words and
  sounds

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Time to Play

• Rhythm helps children learn the sounds of new
  words and the rhythm of new language

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Time to Move

• Music and movement can motivate children to
  learn, stimulate brain connections and help
  retain memory

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Time to tell stories

• Stories and finger plays give children the basics
  for understanding language and literacy through
  repetition and sounds