In your own words, explain the importance of teaching vocabulary within the context of meaningful conversation in the early childhood classroom. How do you accomplish this now or what steps could you take to ensure this occurs in the future?Support your statements with evidence from the required studies and your research.

Describe your understanding of the term "phonemic awareness."Choose any three activities in the text and explain how each one helps develop phonemic awareness in the early childhood classroom.Support your statements with evidence from the required studies and your research.