Sentences with phrase «basic early language skills»

Children's charity Save the Children has launched a new report detailing the consequences for boys in England who start school significantly behind girls in basic early language skills.

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In a study I undertook in 1989, I found that 12 percent of the elementary and middle school magnet programs in my sample specialized in basic skills and / or individualized teaching; 11 percent offered foreign language immersion; 11 percent were science -, math -, or computer - oriented; 10 percent catered to the gifted and talented and 10 percent to the creative and performing arts; 8 percent were traditional, back - to - basics programs (demanding, for instance, dress codes and contracts with parents for supervision of homework); 7 percent were college preparatory; 7 percent were early childhood and Montessori.

In short, all children — but especially the poor who grow up without the language and book exposure to help them succeed — should be getting early - literacy instruction that balances basic skills with playful, content - rich language experiences.

A direct cognitive assessment was developed for ECLS - B that included items from the ECLS kindergarten cohort and several standardized instruments, such as the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test31 and PreLAS 2000,32 to provide data on early reading (basic language and literacy skills, vocabulary, understanding, interpretation), and mathematics skills (number sense, counting, operations, geometry, pattern understanding).