winter24 final exam notes

• Onset and rime


  The “onset” is the initial phonological unit of any word (e.g. /c/ in cat) and the term “rime” refers to the string of letters that follow, usually a vowel and final consonants
• 10 Ways to Enhance Kindergartener's Learning Development

  Outdoor play, Oral Storytelling, Poetry and Song, Arrival, Departure, Snack and Lunch Time, Book Center, Drama Center, Drawing and Writing Center, and Interactive Book Sharing
• Inflectional Morphemes

  • Children can distinguish between “regular” and “irregular” words.
  • EX: the verb ‘go’ is irregular because the past tense is ‘went’, not ‘goed’.
• Derivational morphemes

  Changes the way the word is used grammatically

  EX: adding ‘-ly’ to an adjective makes the word an adverb as in quick’- quick’ly’.
• Assimilation

  • incorporates a new concept into an existing conceptual schema.
  • Ex: different coloured cows still have four legs, tail, eat grass, say “moo”, even though it is a different colour.
• Accommodation

  • changes a cognitive structure or schema to incorporate the new concept.
  • Ex: a child calls a new animal a cow, even though it is a horse. The child realises that a horse and cow are animals and four-legged animals, but they are not the same animal.