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Infant Toddler Learning & Development Foundations

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LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT<br />

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books or pictures, asking for a favorite be considered one aspect of emergent<br />

book or telling a favorite story with an literacy, the idea that literacy develadult<br />

are other indicators of interest ops from early childhood rather than<br />

in print. As infants grow older, mak- something that becomes relevant only<br />

ing intentional marks on paper with a upon school entry (Whitehurst and<br />

crayon or marker, pretending to read Lonigan 1998). Because early experiand<br />

write, repeating stories, repeating ences with print contribute to later<br />

rhymes, recognizing images in books, literacy, shared book reading is recomnoticing<br />

common symbols and words, mended as a valuable way to promote<br />

and enjoying books are all related to emergent literacy (Whitehurst and<br />

interest in print. Interest in print can Lonigan 1998).

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