CONCEPTSINF 322T 1st Edition Exam# 1 Study Guide Lecture 1& 2 - Children see 30,000 commercials per year- 60% cable of some sort- Every child has access to the internet- 0-2 years shouldn’t watch TV – linked to ADD & ADHDChildren’s Literature:Broad definition- anything that a child reads or is read, as long as it is enjoyedSpecific definition – must also be age appropriate and meet certain literary & artistic standards- Approximately 60,000 children’s books in print today- Approximately 5000 more each year- Books come in every type of packaging imaginable - Publishers produce books for money; therefore, they market these books to adults, not children- Children’s books primarily bought by public schools and public libraries Nursery Rhymes/ Mother Goose – o Usually the first thing that kids hear, icon of children’s literatureo Visual of Mother Goose first associated with puppet plays in Londono Passed down by word of moutho Ring O’ Roseso This Little Pig Went to Marketo Here Comes Mother Goose Kid-friendly Anthropomorphic animals Excellent use of space and colorABC books: Common objects and animals Uppercase and lowercase letters Should be identifiable Don’t use illustrations that are known by several names Letters – John BurninghamConcept books: Help see relations between objects Start with familiar and then move towards difficult Helps kids see similarities and difference- Ring O’ Roses – 1922; drawings by Leslie Brook; combination of color and B&W pictures; drawings are humorous and simple, small text, stayed in literature mainly because of the way the lively Pigs were drawn - House that Jack Built- “this is the rat, that ate the malt that lay in the house that Jack built,” etc.; uses panoramic view but then focuses in on something specific in the panoramic – focuses on one story - The Real Mother Goose – dressed in period costumes- traditional looking; a lot of text; more than one nursery rhyme per page- can be used to show children which pictures go with which rhymes- Hush Little Baby: a Folk Lullaby – ideal for infant, few text/pg, simple, calming colors, music in the back of the book-- A-Hunting We Will Go - a lot of action; colorful, very cartoon-style illustrations; not good for soothing or to put children to sleep; plot- children who aren’t ready for bedtime, start singing a song about their hunting adventures, eventually in the song the children start getting ready for bedThere are 3 types of counting books:1) first counting books: 1-on-1 correspondence (can easily ID 2 bears, etc)2) more complex groupings: 10s, 20s, etc.3) stories or puzzles- have plotsTen, Nine, Eight - counts backwards; more complex; ethnic representation, rhymes; everything they count is in the room, each page shows a different part of the roomCount with Maisy- board book, simple, very few words; very colorful; shows #, # spelled out, ex. “3 three buckles”CONCEPTS- COLORo one of the most transferable concepts in bookso Children as young as 15 months can grasp the concept of coloro Red is the first color children learn, then other primary colors, then secondary colorso One not-so-good thing in color books is mentioning B&W, which aren’t actually colors- TIME- MOVEMENT- SIZE - MASS- PLACEMENT- SHAPE- 5 SENSESo difficult to teach in booksEating Fractions - photos of food & kids; a good beginner’s book about SHAPES in fractions; ex) pizza shown whole, then cut in fourths; recipes in the backChild Psychology/Early Education- Early childhood: birth – 7 yrs old- It’s important to read to them starting at 3 mo. old- Lap reads – programs where parent and child do story timeWhat is Literacy?- You can read/write- Gordon Wells – he did a lot of research!o Believes child’s success in literature depends on early exposure- Inventive writing – the scribble that kids do when they pretend to writeInventive spelling – ex. Kri = cry; thay = they brd = bird allso = also....fxwnt to skoul = Fox went to