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An Activity for Preschoolers |
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| Take the opportunity as often as possible to “Talk Through a Book.” Talking through a book is taking time to talk about the parts of a book and how we use books. | |
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 To show awareness of how books work |
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| No Preparation Required | |
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1. Talk to children about the parts of a book and we use books. (Note: This activity can occur before or after a story is read to the children.)
2. Some important points to bring out while talking through a book:
• The front cover tells/ shows us what the book is about and has the title of a story.
• The author’s name on the book tells us who wrote the story (point out the illustrator’s name if it is different than the author).
• The title page tells us what book we are reading.
• Words are letters put together to say something.
• When we begin to read, we read from left to right. | |
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| This is a good time to talk about the basics of handling a book. Talk about how to open the book a certain way, and how to turn a page. Talk more about how we read print from left to right, running your fingers across the page to demonstrate. Going through these physical movements is fundamental to developing early literacy skills. |
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