Infant Toddler Learning & Development Foundations
Infant Toddler Learning & Development Foundations
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).