The IWK Health Centre is a hospital in Halifax, Nova Scotia that provides care to women, children, and youth from Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island.1  1 Location. multi-year fundraising campaign ensued, raising $6,000 by 1907; later that year a donation of $10,000 by the late Mr. F.D. Corbett resulted in the beginning of construction of the Halifax Children's Hospital which opened for use in 1909.
The National Reading Panel (NRP) has identified vocabulary development as one of the areas key to teaching students to read. The following are some other facts from prominent researchers. Vocabulary knowledge is the most important factor in reading comprehension (LaFlamme, 1997).
Language & Literacy. Kindergarten children notice that words are all around â in books, at the supermarket, at the bus stop and in their homes. They play with language by creating silly rhymes and nonsense words. While this is usually great fun, it is also a very important step in learning to read. Teachers read a variety of poems, stories, and non-fiction books aloud to children. Kindergarten children learn that letters and sounds go together to form words, and how to identify alphabet letters and their sounds.