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Children's Literature Insights

Children's literature is defined as literature written for children from birth to adolescence that aims to inform, entertain, and make life experiences relatable. It can take various forms such as prose, poetry, fiction, and non-fiction. Literature benefits children as learners by developing their language skills, cognitive skills, personality, and social skills. It increases vocabulary, improves comprehension, and fosters critical thinking, problem solving, and understanding of moral concepts.

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Children's Literature Insights

Children's literature is defined as literature written for children from birth to adolescence that aims to inform, entertain, and make life experiences relatable. It can take various forms such as prose, poetry, fiction, and non-fiction. Literature benefits children as learners by developing their language skills, cognitive skills, personality, and social skills. It increases vocabulary, improves comprehension, and fosters critical thinking, problem solving, and understanding of moral concepts.

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EDUC 252

Childrens Literature
Chapter 1 Quiz
Name:

Ben Northrup

1. Define childrens literature, including the two major aspects discussed in


Chapter 1 of your textbook.
Childrens literature is first and foremost, literature; meaning it is meant to
inform, entertain, and make life experiences relatable on the most human level. It
takes thoughts of the imagination and turns them into words on a page.
Specifically, childrens literature is literature written for children from birth to
adolescence. The content and quality can vary from prose to poetry, and fiction to
non-fiction, but topics are always relevant and relatable to children as far as their
experiences go, as well as their emotional make-up.

2. Name and explain four ways in which literature might benefit children as
learners.
Literature is key in the development of many skills as a young learner.
First of all, language development is very important in the early stages of life, and
reading to children or children learning to read gain all of their language skills
from literature or the people they are surrounded with. It increases their
vocabulary, and helps them recognize sounds, as well as develop a love of
language, which leads to continued reading into adulthood. Literature also
develops cognitive skills, by making children think critically, and by making them
hypothesize, organize, and compare and contrast while they read. A childs
personality can also develop from literature. Each age group deals with a
different overarching conflict, and childrens literature is often focused on
explaining and helping children recognize and solve this conflict within
themselves. Finally, literature helps children develop socially. It helps them aquire
morals skills so that they are able to see the concept of right vs wrong, and how
that can help them in group or social situations.

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