The SLP Dictionary
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letter-sound knowledge: the knowledge that letter/s is/are associated with a sound.
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literacy skills: the ability to read and write
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object permanence: appear around 9 months, the acknowledgement that object still exists even though you cannot see them e.g. a child looks for the toy when mom hides it
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preliteracy skills: ability needed to prepare later reading and writing, this includes vocabulary and print awareness
phonological awareness: the knowledge of how sounds work in a word, such as a child can discriminate, manipulate sounds in a word
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print awareness: the knowledge of how prints work such as we read from top to bottom, left to right.
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pragmatic skills: a social langauge skills such as eye contact, turn taking, comment, respond or criticize
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