These activities prepare the child for auditory learning developing memory and critical thinking through daily participation in songs, fingerplays, and oral reading of books (fiction and non-fiction) and poems. 

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Early Language activities prepare the child to read by developing vocabulary, reception and use of spoken language, the concepts of spatial and temporal sequence, isolation of discreet letter sounds, and visual discrimination of forms and letters. 

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Reading skills exercises are designed to strengthen and enrich vocabulary and introduce phonics and literature base whole language activities, leading toward reading and comprehension of printed material.