Their thinking is based largely on nonverbal cues and mental images rather than on words as well as their understanding of abstract words is also limitary. ... These techniques are designed to both attract and hold children's attention and are characterized by lively action, animation, sound effects, rhyming and music. ... Song lyrics and rhymes can rehash in children's heads, leading to automatic rehearsal. ...

• Word Count: 1475
• Approx Pages: 6
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Five to six year-old children have a sentence length of five to six words and vocabulary of around two thousand words. They also know words related to space such as on, top, behind and near. ... In other words, girls are able to remember sentences better than boys that they hear. ... For instance, educators can make their children build vocabularies through introducing relevant new words such as seasonal, animal, and color words and they are also able to ask questions about daily activities or each child's individual event. ... They also start to understand other people's feelings ...

• Word Count: 1881
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate