Mattie is the four-year-old daughter of Nicole, a single mom living in poverty in an urban community. When Mattie enrolled in preschool, she didn't talk to the teacher or the other children. At snack time, she used two words to ask for more. When her mom filled out the enrollment form, she checked boxes indicating that Mattie has no books, watches TV a lot, and doesn't play with other children
As the teacher, you are prepared to give the mom activities to do at home to help Mattie develop the emergent literacy skills needed for reading.
Describe Mattie's current state of language development.
Explain at least five activities you recommend to Mattie's mother and describe how each activity helps with inside-out and/or outside-in (code and oral language) skill development.
Suggested Response:
Mattie is behind her peers in the development of emergent literacy skills. At the age of four, a child would be expected to have an expressive vocabulary of about 1,500 words and make sentences using 4-5 words at a time. Mattie should be able to tell a story using a book or picture. She should be playing with other children and show the ability to interact.
I would instruct Nicole, Mattie's mom, to do the following activities regularly.
Outside-in skill development activities:
• Borrow books from the school and from the library on a regular basis.
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