Explains six tasks which require comprehension of words and which can be used to teach beginning readers. (MKM)

Voice programing for preschool children with communication disabilities is discussed, including suggestions for enriching the child's auditory environment, selecting target goals, and providing consistency of target presentations by caregivers. Sample vocal awareness and production goals and strategies are offered. (Author/DB)

Described are musical materials and methods to train auditory skills of low functioning students. Charts are provided which outline perception, sources, conceptualization, and student response for development of four areas: sound awareness, aural discrimination, auditory memory, and expanded listening skills. (CL)

READING READINESS IN YOUNG CHILDREN IS INFLUENCED BY SEVERAL FACTORS. PHYSICAL FACTORS OF VISUAL AND AUDITORY ACUITY, MOTOR COORDINATION, AND GENERAL GOOD HEALTH CONTRIBUTE TO READINESS. SOCIALLY, THE CHILD MUST BE SELF-RELIANT, COOPERATIVE, AND ABLE TO SHARE WITH OTHERS, HAVE GOOD LISTENING HABITS, AND BE ABLE TO ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY. MENTAL…

ANY ECLECTIC READING PROGRAM MUST BE BASED ON (1) AN UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THE TACTILE, AUDITORY, AND VISUAL SYSTEMS DEVELOP IN EACH CHILD, (2) A KNOWLEDGE OF THE AVAILABLE AND USABLE READING APPROACHES, AND (3) AN ASSESSMENT OF THE COMPONENTS OF EFFECTIVE INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES. INDIVIDUAL DIAGNOSIS AND TRAINING IS MANDATORY. A VISUAL…

A course in introduction to music emphasizing modes and forms is presented. A laboratory approach in which pupils are to develop skill in playing keyboard instruments, sing, listen to, read and compose music with emphasis on identification of elementary concepts of mode and form is used. Course objectives include: (1) The student will select the…

The effects of certain procedures as part of the curriculum in early childhood on the perceptual readiness of children exposed to it are explored. The procedures include: (1) the testing of each child to determine perceptual strengths and weaknesses; (2) the development of "learning print" for each child: a description of integrities and deficits…

The chapter examines audition and early intervention with hearing impaired infants, the normal development of audition, a model of auditory learning and teaching (involving discrimination, identification, comprehension, and detection), progression along the developmental sequence, natural interactions which aid learning, and parent role. (DB)

The cloze procedure is a method of systematically deleting words in a selection of reading material and evaluating the success of the reader in accurately supplying the deleted words. One three-phase procedure for implementing cloze includes: presentation and preparation, preview and completion, and follow-up. Other suggestions for using the cloze…

The role of hearing, although invisible, is critical to the development of language and literacy skills across key stage 1. Yet, Foundation stage and key stage 1 pupils are the most likely of all children to experience reduced hearing sensitivity, under developed listening skills and a less than ideal acoustic learning environment. The paper…

The neurological impress approach to remedial reading was investigated in a spring session involving 20 children and in a summer session involving 24 children. Children ranging in age from 7 to 14 were paired according to age and intelligence and then were assigned randomly to experimental or control treatments. All were at least a year behind in…

This article is a partial summary of a doctoral dissertation completed under the direction of Professor Lloyd M. Dunn at George Peabody College for Teachers. (RD)