 Emotional
Maturity/Language
and Cognitive Development /Communication
Skills and General Knowledge
The Language and Cognitive Development
domain focuses on literacy,
numeracy and the ability to use language correctly. This domain
includes such
concepts as a child’s interest in books, reading and language-related
activities,
literacy issues, interest in simple math-related activities
and numeracy issues.
Language related activities refer to activities such as rhyming,
literacy issues to a
child’s ability to recognize letters and read and write
simple words and
numeracy issues refer to a child’s ability to recognize
and compare numbers,
count and sort.
Table 20 is a description of children’s abilities within
a certain percentile range in
the Language and Cognitive Development domain. For example,
children
scoring above the 75th percentile are considered to be very
ready for school in this
particular domain.
Analysis of the Language and Cognitive Development domain by
neighbourhood found that there were 19 neighbourhoods that scored
below the
Ottawa 10th percentile and were thus considered “vulnerable”
on the Language
and Cognitive Development domain. The six neighbourhoods with
the highest
percentage of children in the lowest 10th percentile were, in
ascending order:
Ottawa South East and Ottawa North East (both at 16.7%), Vanier
(17.6%),
Carlington (19.6%), Lowertown (20.0%) and Overbrook (33.7%).
Please see Table
21 for a complete list of “vulnerable” neighbourhoods.
There were also many neighbourhoods in Ottawa that were doing
extremely
well on the Language and Cognitive Development domain. A total
of 17
neighbourhoods scored above the Ottawa 75th percentile and were
thus
considered “very ready for school”. The five neighbourhoods
that had the highest
percentage of children in the top 25th percentile were, in ascending
order:
Katimavik/Hazeldean (35.1%), Orleans South (38.1%), West Carleton
(43.2%),
Glen Cairn (46.5%), and Glebe (47.3%). Please see Table 21 for
a complete list of
“very ready for school” neighbourhoods.
Emotional
Maturity/Language
and Cognitive Development /Communication
Skills and General Knowledge
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