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Early education is natural. Children should have freedom to be curious and learn when they are ready.
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Learning should be a combination of natural and informal elements, stressing all their senses.
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Created the term Kindergarten. Children grow like seeds if they are tended to
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Nurturing children's maturity by teaching prerequisite skills for reading
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Based on behaviorist theory and uses correcting materials
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Child centered teaching with social interactions
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There is an emphasis on social interaction. Adults should model literacy for the children.
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Believed there were different stages of cognitive development
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Zone of Proximal Development
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Natural and child centered approaches to learning
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Phonics: seems to be necessary
Exceptional teaching is the key to successful literacy instruction -
Careful selection of theories in practice in subjects like reading, writing, listening, speaking, spelling, and viewing
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5 main areas; phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, comprehension, fluency
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Grants and money from the Federal Government
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Says children should know and understand the letters and sounds and memory
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Differs state by state
Not a curriculum or method -
Created to make sure students were prepared with the literacy skills they need to be successful