# 5 Reasons Why You Should Expose Preschoolers and Kindergarteners to Challenging Words

### At-a-glance

##### Screening, Assessment and Curriculum

Story Friends

##### Topics

Communication & language, Literacy & reading

##### Resource Types

Tip sheets

##### Author

Howard Goldstein, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Elizabeth Spencer Kelley, Ph.D., CCC-SLP

##### Year

2016

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This handout explains how to introduce more challenging vocabulary to young learners, and the importance that these more challenging words can have in a child’s development.

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