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Why is reading with your child so important?

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Why is reading with your child so important?

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This Ted Talk from Rebecca Bellingham is a fantastic way to learn about why reading aloud with children of all ages is important. It is a way to learn the information while you are on the go, driving in the car, cooking dinner, any time that you are on the move.

She starts by talking about a production that she put together with a group of third graders based on "Charlotte's Web." She started her work with them by reading the book aloud, and the response from one child spurred this conversation; having this book read to him put him inside the story, watching it, for the very first time.

She then goes into discussing how reading with children provides a magical environment for learning, communication, and connection. One major take away is that reading with children provides an opportunity for face-to-face contact and connection where real conversations can happen. Reading books gives us a space away from technology where we are transported into a whole different world. This is especially important as children get older and don't place as much value on talking with their parents; books us a platform to lean on and a foundation to build from for conversation!

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Why we should all be reading aloud to children | Rebecca Bellingham | TEDxYouth@BeaconStreet

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Tips and Tricks for HOW to Discuss Books with your Children!

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Tips and Tricks for HOW to Discuss Books with your Children!

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Stop for a moment and think about the last time you read your child a book-- how did it sound? Did you only read the words on the page, or did you talk about the pictures? Were there any thoughts that popped into your head as you read? What were they? Did you say them out loud? Did your child sit there quietly, or did they chime in now and again? Did they ask you any questions? What did they ask? Did they echo you at all?

While we may not always plan out the questions that we want to ask children about the books we read to them, conversation often happens spontaneously and organically! When we have conversations with children about the books we read, it builds upon the content to help them learn! We know from the research on social- emotional development that reading to your child gives you a chance to talk about harder topics. Here are some tips and tricks for how to talk to your child about books in general, that may also help with those tricky conversations; as well as sample scripts of conversations with young readers!!

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Drop your book recommendations in the comments below to share them with other families! These recommendations will be added to the padlet to create a larger library from which families can shop to add to their home libraries!

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If your child is starting to recognize that words are made up of sounds, is in preschool, starting to read, or already reading; you can play I Spy using clues that focus on finding an object that:
- Starts with a specific sound
- An object whose name rhymes with _____
- An object whose name sounds like ______

Examples:

I spy something that starts with the sound /s/ (the sound for the letter s). This could be anything from the sss-street, to the sss-sidewalk, to the sss-seatbelt.

I spy something that rhymes with bat! This could be a cat, hat, rat, tat, etc.

I spy something that sounds like borcupine! What is it? A porcupine!

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Cognitive development refers to a person's ability to think and understand; it is how a person interprets and thinks about the world around them. Abilities related to cognitive development include how we process information, intelligence, reasoning, language development, attention span, and memory.

The most influential period in which parents can develop their child's cognitive skills is during the early childhood years, which range from birth to age 5. Reading to children between the ages of four and five years old has a positive effect on their reading and cognitive skills later in life, affecting the areas of language, literacy and reading, math, and cognition. The effects of frequent reading to children occur regardless of their family background (parent education, parent reading levels), socio-economic status (whether they are below the poverty line, middle class, or upper class), home environment (number of people in the household, single parents, divorced, blended families, etc.), or their gender. Increased cognitive ability affects the likelihood of the child pursuing higher education, advanced training (technical schools, certificate programs), earning higher wages, and better quality of jobs.

The best way to help a child's cognitive development is to read to them every day!!!

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KidsBooks is an online retailer that sells books for children ages 0-12! They receive overstock books and sell them at discounted prices; there are nearly 10,000 books for under $5.00 and shipping is free on orders over $35.

While shopping, you have the option to filter by price, age, popular characters, and format (box set, hardcover, board books, picture books, popup books, etc.)!

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Barns and Noble has a free children's eBook library where families can access thousands of books!

Users can choose their genre of books to scroll through including architecture, arts and crafts, animals, fiction, literature, learning basic concepts, insects, history, and more! Add the free eBook to your cart, check out (without paying), and read away!!!

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This resource is great for families who speak any language at home or who are teaching their child a new language!

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Book list (alphabetical by title)

Only books that we have "download" rights for

1. A Christmas journey

2. A Jacobite exile

3. A New-Year's gift for youth

4. A description of various nations

5. A final reckoning

6. A friendly visit to the house of mourning

7. A gift for a little child

8. A history of beasts for the use of children

9. A history of beasts for the use of children

10. A history of birds

11. A history of birds

12. A history of my father's dog, Towzer

13. A history of quadrupeds

14. A knight of the white cross

15. A little present for a good child

16. A march on London

17. A new hieroglyphical bible

18. A new home, a new friend

19. A parent's offering, or, My mother's story of her own home and childhood

20. A peep at the old world

21. A pleasing toy for children

22. A pleasing toy for children

23. A pleasing variety for the youthful mind

24. A present for little girls

25. A pretty picture book

26. A primer for the use of Sunday schools

27. A riddle book

28. A roving commission

29. A story for Charles

30. A story for Charles

31. A tale of Waterloo

32. A teacher's gift

33. A time for Evron

34. A token for children

35. A token for children

36. A token for children

37. A walk in the hay-fields

38. A.B.C. of the apple pie

39. Abridgment of Murray's English grammar

40. Absurd alphabet ; Baby's own alphabet ; Noah's Ark alphabet

41. Advice to sabbath school children

42. Aesop's fables

43. Aesop's fables

44. Aesop's fables

45. Aesop's fables

46. Aesop's fables

47. Aesop's fables

48. Aesop's fables

49. Aesop's fables

50. Aesop's fables in words of one syllable

51. Aesopi Phrigis Et Aliorvm Fabvlae

52. Aesopi Phrygis Fabellae Graece & Latine, cum alijs opusculis, quorum index proxima refertur pagella.

53. Aesopi Phrygis Fabellae Graece et Latine

54. Aesopi Phrygis Fabulae

55. Aesopi Phrygis Fabulae graece et latine

56. Aesopi Phrygis Fabulae græce et latinè

57. Aesopi Phrygis et aliorum fabulae

58. Aesopi Phrygis fabellae græce & latine

59. Aesopi Phrygis fabvlæ Graece et Latine

60. Aesopi Phrygis vita et fabellae

61. Aesopi fabvlae cvm vvlgari interpretatione

62. Aesops fables

63. Aisōpou mythoi

64. Animal biography, or, Book of natural history

65. Aunt Jane's nieces

66. Aunt Jane's nieces abroad

67. Aunt Jane's nieces and Uncle John

68. Aunt Jane's nieces at Millville

69. Aunt Jane's nieces at work

70. Aunt Jane's nieces in society

71. Aunt Jane's nieces in the Red Cross

72. Aunt Jane's nieces on the ranch

73. Aunt Jane's nieces on vacation

74. Aunt Jane's nieces out West

75. Bajki i powiastki Stanisława Jachowicza

76. Bajki niekrasickiego

77. Baśń o szopce

78. Beadle's dime song book no. 10

79. Bewicks select fables of Æsop and others in three parts

80. Bible histories

81. Bible history

82. Bible stories

83. Bible stories and pictures

84. Bible stories and pictures from the Old and New Testaments

85. Bible story book for a good little boy

86. Birth-day present

87. Black beauty: His grooms and companions

88. Black beauty: His grooms and companions

89. Blind Susan, or, The affectionate family

90. Bohaterski miś

91. Book about birds

92. Book about ships and cars

93. Book of pictures and verses

94. By England's aid, or, The freeing of the Netherlands (1585-1604)

95. By pike and dyke

96. By right of conquest, or, With Cortez in Mexico

97. By sheer pluck

98. Cage of birds

99. Captain Bayley's heir

100. Casket of toys

101. Catharine Warden, or, The pious scholar

102. Child's book of 100 pictures

103. Child's book of poetry

104. Child's first book

105. Child's picture book

106. Child's picture book

107. Child's story-book

108. Child's story-book

109. Clara, or, The reform

110. Col. Thorndyke's secret

111. Condemned as a nihilist

112. Conscience disobeyed, or, Story of Ned Bright

113. Der große Wettkampf

114. Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz

115. Dot and Tot of Merryland

116. Du schaffst das schon, Josephine!

117. Dutch Mother Goose

118. Eight stories for Isabel

119. Esopus moralisatus cum bono comentō

120. Fables of Aesop and others

121. Fables of Aesop and others

122. Fables of Æsop and others

123. Fables of Æsop, and other eminent mythologists

124. Fables of Æsop, and others

125. Fabulae Aesopi graecaè et latinè, nunc denuo selectae.

126. Fabulae Aesopiae curis posterioribus omnes fere, emendatae

127. Fabulae Aesopiae curis posterioribus omnes fere, emendatae

128. Fabulae c. Aesopicae

129. Fabularum Aesopicarum delectus

130. Fabulas de Esopo

131. Fabulæ Aesopi selectæ

132. Fabulæ Æsopi

133. Fabulæ Æsopi Graecè & Latinè, nunc denuo selectæ

134. Fabvlae Aesopiae e codice Avgvstano

135. Fabvlae aesopicae qvales ante Planvdem ferebantvr ex vetvsto cod

136. Facing death, or, The hero of the Vaughn pit

137. Fafi's sheep

138. Fairy tales by Hans Andersen

139. Figures in verse and simple rhymes for little learners

140. Filuś, Miluś i Kizia

141. Flower garden

142. Flowers for a juvenile garland

143. Flowers for the nursery, or, A good child's nosegay

144. Flying high

145. Flying high

146. Flying high

147. For name and fame, or, Through the Afghan passes

148. For the temple

149. Friends though divided

150. Gems for children

151. Gems for girls and boys

152. Gems for girls and boys

153. Glinda of Oz

154. Going to a wedding

155. Going to a wedding

156. Going to a wedding

157. Going to a wedding

158. Going to buy a book

159. Going to buy a book

160. Going to buy a book

161. Going to buy a book

162. Going to market

163. Going to market

164. Going to market

165. Going to market

166. Good and bad luck

167. Good for you

168. Good little Mary, noisy Cecilia, &c., &c.

169. Grandma Berry's secret

170. Grandmama Easys lullaby songs

171. Grandmamma's book of rhymes for the nursery

172. Grandpa Fish and the radio

173. Grandpa Fish and the radio

174. Grandpa Fish and the radio

175. Grandpa Fish and the radio

176. Habentur hoc uolumine hæc, uidelicet. Vita, & Fabellæ Aesopi cum interpretatione latina

177. Hanasaki jiji

178. Happy Maths 2

179. Happy Maths 2

180. Happy and sad

181. Happy and sad

182. Happy and sad

183. Happy and sad

184. Happy little Edward and his pleasant ride and rambles in the country

185. Happy little George

186. Happy maths 1

187. Happy maths 1

188. Happy maths 1

189. Happy maths 3

190. Happy maths 3

191. Happy maths 3

192. Happy maths 3

193. Happy maths 4

194. Happy maths 4

195. Happy maths 4

196. Happy maths 4

197. Heedless Mary

198. Held fast for England

199. Hey diddle diddle

200. Hey diddle diddle

201. Hinty Minty

202. Histories de peaux-rouges

203. History and anecdotes of the elephant

204. History and anecdotes of the elephant

205. History of animals

206. History of beasts

207. History of quadrupeds

208. History of quadrupeds

209. Home pastimes, or, Agreeable exercises for the mind

210. Honesty the best policy

211. Hop o' my Thumb

212. Hugo og gressklipperen

213. Hymns for children

214. Hymns for children in prose

215. Hymns for little children

216. I wouldn't tell a lie

217. In freedom's cause

218. In the Irish brigade

219. In the heart of the Rockies

220. In the reign of terror

221. In times of peril

222. Inaba no shirousagi

223. Indian anecdotes

224. Industry and idleness

225. Infant hymns

226. Instruction and amusement for the young

227. Instruction and amusement for the young

228. Instructive amusement, or, Amusing picture book

229. Jack Mason, the old sailor

230. Janko Hraško

231. John Dough and the cherub

232. Juvenile pastimes

233. Juvenile poems

234. Juvenile stories for little readers

235. Kachi-Kachi yama

236. Kato Clever and the big trouble

237. Kato Clever and the big trouble

238. Kato Clever and the big trouble

239. Kato Clever and the big trouble

240. Kato Clever and the big trouble

241. Kato Clever and the big trouble

242. Kato Clever and the big trouble

243. La Mére L'oie

244. Le premier Noël de Bonbon

245. Learning to think

246. Les meilleurs amis du monde

247. Lessons for Laura

248. Life on the farm in amusing rhyme

249. Listen to my body

250. Listen to my body

251. Listen to my body

252. Listen to my body

253. Listen to my body

254. Little Bo-Peep Mother Goose

255. Little Frank's almanack

256. Little Harry and the apples

257. Little Harry and the apples

258. Little Harry and the apples

259. Little Helen, or, A day in the life of a naughty girl

260. Little Helen, or, A day in the life of a naughty girl

261. Little Helen, or, A day in the life of a naughty girl

262. Little Helen, or, A day in the life of a naughty girl

263. Little Ino C. and his companions

264. Little Jack Horner

265. Little Lucy, or, A day in the life of a good girl

266. Little Lucy, or, The pleasant day

267. Little Lucy, or, The pleasant day

268. Little Lucy, or, The pleasant day

269. Little Mary, or, The pleasant day

270. Little Red-Riding-Hood

271. Little Robert and the owl

272. Little bright eyes

273. Little lessons for little learners

274. Little line

275. Little poems for little children

276. Little poems for little children

277. Little present for a good child

278. Little rhymes for little readers

279. Little stories for little children

280. Little stories for young folks

281. Little truths, or, The juvenile tell-tale

282. Little verses for good children

283. Lucy's wishes, or, The folly of idle thoughts

284. Madejowe łoże

285. Mama's old time jingles

286. Mamma's lessons for her little boys and girls

287. Maori and settler

288. Maria, or, The good girl

289. Mary Richmond

290. Matsuyama kagami

291. Mazeppa and the wild horse

292. Memoir of Ann Eliza Starr of Connecticut

293. Memoir of James M'Corkle

294. Memoir of Mary Jane

295. Milk for bables, or, A catechism in verse

296. Momotaro, or, Little peachling

297. Moo moo brown cow, have you any milk?

298. Moo moo brown cow, have you any milk?

299. Moo moo brown cow, have you any milk?

300. Moo moo brown cow, have you any milk?

301. Moo moo brown cow, have you any milk?

302. Moral emblems

303. Moral emblems

304. Mother Goose

305. Mother Goose

306. Mother Goose in white

307. Mother Goose in white

308. Mother Goose jingles

309. Mother Goose melodies

310. Mother Goose melodies

311. Mother Goose nursery tales

312. Mother Goose of '93

313. Mother Goose rhymes

314. Mother Goose set to music

315. Mother Goose's chimes

316. Mother Goose's melodies

317. Mother Goose's melodies

318. Mother Goose's melodies

319. Mother Goose's melodies

320. Mother Goose's melodies for children, or, Songs for the nursery

321. Mother Goose's melody

322. Mother Goose's melody

323. Mother Goose's melody

324. Mother Goose's nursery rhymes

325. Mother Goose's nursery rhymes

326. Mother Goose's nursery rhymes

327. Mother Goose's nursery rhymes and nursery songs

328. Mother Goose's nursery rhymes and nursery songs

329. Mother Goose's quarto of nursery rhymes

330. Mother Goose's quarto of nursery rhymes

331. Mother Goose, or, National nursery rhymes

332. Mother Goose, or, The old nursery rhymes

333. Mother Goose, or, The old nursery rhymes

334. Mother Goose, or, The old nursery rhymes

335. Mother Gooses' rhymes

336. Mother [Goose] in hieroglyphics

337. Mother's last words

338. Museum of foreign animals, or, History of beasts

339. Museum of foreign animals, or, History of beasts

340. Museum of foreign animals, or, History of beasts

341. My cousin Hester

342. My little primer

343. My little song book

344. My little song book

345. My mother's gold ring

346. Narrative of Catharine Yeates

347. National nursery rhymes and nursery songs

348. Natural history of animals

349. Natural history of birds

350. Natural history of birds

351. Natural history of quadrupeds

352. Naughty or not

353. Naughty or not

354. Naughty or not

355. Naughty or not

356. Never lonely again

357. New York evening tales, or, Uncle John's true stories about natural history

358. New York evening tales, or, Uncle John's true stories about natural history

359. New York evening tales, or, Uncle John's true stories about natural history

360. New York evening tales, or, Uncle John's true stories about natural history

361. No surrender

362. Nursery rhymes

363. Nursery rhymes from Mother Goose with alphabet

364. Old Mother Goose and her son Jack

365. Old Mother Hubbard

366. Old Mother Hubbard and her dog

367. Old grand-papa

368. Old nursery rhymes

369. Old tales newly told

370. On the Irrawaddy

371. Once upon a time in Connecticut

372. One of the 28th

373. Our Christmas 1985

374. Our Mother Goose

375. Our wonderful world

376. Our wonderful world

377. Our wonderful world

378. Our wonderful world

379. Our wonderful world

380. Our wonderful world

381. Out with Garibaldi

382. Parables in verse

383. Passion and punishment

384. Paulina and her pets

385. Peter Pan and Wendy

386. Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens

387. Pictures and stories for the young, or, Pleasing tales in poetry and prose

388. Pictures of Bible history

389. Pictures of animals

390. Pictures of animals

391. Pleasing poetry and pictures for the mind and eye

392. Poetic gift

393. Poetic gift

394. Poor Bessy, or, Kindness rewarded

395. Quelle porcherie!

396. Real stories from our history

397. Redskin and cow-boy

398. Restons bons copains!

399. Rhymes after meat

400. Rhymes for the nursery

401. Rhymes for the nursery

402. Rinkitink in Oz

403. Rip Van Winkle

404. Ritu's letter gets longer!

405. Ritu's letter gets longer!

406. Ritu's letter gets longer!

407. Robin Redbreast

408. Romance of Indian history, or, Thrilling incidents in the early settlement of America

409. Round and round

410. Round and round

411. Round and round

412. Round and round

413. Row, row, row your boat

414. Row, row, row your boat

415. Row, row, row your boat

416. Row, row, row your boat

417. Row, row, row your boat

418. Rujub the juggler

419. Sagacity and fidelity of the dog

420. Sarah and Emily

421. Schnitzel is lost

422. Schnitzel's first Christmas

423. Select and amusing anecdotes of animals

424. Select and amusing anecdotes of animals

425. Select fables of Esop and other fabulists

426. Shitakiri suzume

427. Simple poems for infant minds

428. Sing a song for sixpence

429. Sniffles the crocodile and Punch the butterfly

430. Sniffles the crocodile and Punch the butterfly

431. Sniffles the crocodile and Punch the butterfly

432. Sniffles the crocodile and Punch the butterfly

433. Some of Aesop's fables

434. Soms kietelt het

435. Songs for the nursery

436. Spincy Spider

437. Spincy Spider

438. Spincy Spider

439. Spincy Spider

440. Spincy Spider

441. Spincy Spider

442. St. Bartholomew's Eve

443. St. George for England

444. St. Nicholas book of plays & operettas

445. Stories about Arnold the traitor, Andre the spy, and Champe the patriot

446. Stories about Indians

447. Stories about Tom, Jane and Ben

448. Stories about dogs

449. Stories about the lion, elephant, dromedary, tiger, panther, leopard, ounce, cougar, and jaguar

450. Stories for a good boy

451. Stories for little girls, or, A present from mother

452. Story for the Fourth of July

453. Story of William and Ellen

454. Story of little Linnaeus

455. Sturdy and strong, or, How George Andrews made his way

456. Sunday-scholar's mirror

457. Susan Smith, or, The country Sunday-school girl

458. Sweet and sour

459. Sweet and sour

460. Sweet and sour

461. Sweets for leisure hours, or, Flowers of instruction

462. Szczęśliwy światek

463. Szkolne przygody Pimpusia Sadełko

464. Tairon el horrible

465. Tairon el super tramposo

466. Tairon en apuros

467. Tales for all seasons, or, Stories and dialogues for little folks

468. Tales from Mother Goose

469. Tales from the land under my table

470. Tales of passed times by Mother Goose, with morals

471. The Belle songster

472. The Bible, the best book

473. The Christmas dream of Little Charles

474. The Christmas dream of little Charles

475. The Fables of Aesop, and others

476. The Madrid shaver's singular adventures and wonderful escape from the Spanish Inquisition

477. The Mother Goose

478. The Mother Goose book

479. The Old Mother Goose nursery rhyme book

480. The Proverbs

481. The Queen's cup

482. The Springfield cottage girl

483. The Sunday-school pocket almanac for the year of Our Lord 1855

484. The Tin Woodman of Oz

485. The adventures of Robinson Crusoe

486. The affecting history of the children in the wood

487. The alphabet in rhyme

488. The amusing history of Tom Thumb

489. The aviary, or, Child's book of birds

490. The aviary, or, Child's book of birds

491. The babes in the wood, in verse

492. The baby brother

493. The baby's opera

494. The best friend

495. The birds who flew beyond time

496. The black velvet pelisse

497. The blind man & little George

498. The blue fairy book

499. The boat ride

500. The boat ride

501. The boat ride

502. The boat ride

503. The boat ride

504. The boat ride

505. The boat ride

506. The book of accidents, or, Warnings to the heedless

507. The book of domestic animals

508. The book of fruits

509. The book of nature

510. The book of pictures and history of Sukey Jones

511. The book of riddles

512. The boy knight

513. The boy's picture book

514. The boy's picture book

515. The boy's picture book

516. The bravest of the brave, or, With Peterborough in Spain

517. The brick-makers ; The long journey ; The first lie, or, A story of myself ; Lame Susan

518. The bud of promise

519. The canine race

520. The cat of Bubastes

521. The catechism of nature

522. The child's book about Moses

523. The child's book about birds

524. The child's book about birds

525. The child's casket

526. The child's casket

527. The child's library

528. The child's own Sunday book, or, Sabbath-day lessons for little children

529. The child's own Sunday book, or, Sabbath-day lessons for little children

530. The child's own Sunday book, or, Sabbath-day lessons for little children

531. The child's own story book

532. The child's own story book, or Simple tales

533. The child's own story book, or, Simple tales

534. The child's own story book, or, Simple tales

535. The child's own story book, or, Simple tales

536. The child's own story book, or, Simple tales

537. The children in the wood

538. The children in the wood

539. The colonists

540. The comical history of the king and the cobbler

541. The cornet of horse

542. The cries of London

543. The dash for Khartoum

544. The day the vegetables came to school

545. The day the vegetables came to school

546. The day the vegetables came to school

547. The day the vegetables came to school

548. The day the vegetables came to school

549. The death and burial of Cock Robin

550. The death and burial of Cock Robin

551. The deserter ; Little Theodore's faith

552. The dirty child

553. The dragon and the raven, or, The days of King Alfred

554. The emerald city of Oz

555. The enchanted Island of Yew

556. The entertaining tales of Mother Goose for the amusement of youth

557. The fables of Aesop

558. The fables of Aesop

559. The fables of Aesop

560. The fables of Aesop and others : translated into human nature

561. The fables of Æsop

562. The fables of Æsop, selected, told anew and their history traced

563. The fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm

564. The farmer and soldier

565. The flock of sheep, or, Familiar explanations of simple facts

566. The flock of sheep, or, Familiar explanations of simple facts

567. The flower-vase, or, Pretty poems for good little children

568. The four seasons, or, Spring, summer, autumn, and winter

569. The fourth commandment

570. The friendly instructor, or, A companion for young masters and misses

571. The generous crow

572. The generous crow

573. The generous crow

574. The generous crow

575. The generous crow

576. The gift of friendship

577. The girl's picture book

578. The girl's picture book

579. The golden canon

580. The good boy

581. The good child's Sunday book

582. The good child's own book of moral and instructive stories

583. The good childs present

584. The good girl

585. The good girl

586. The good-natured little boy

587. The graver & the pen, or, Scenes from nature with appropriate verses

588. The grey fairy book

589. The happy man, or, The life of William Kelly

590. The happy mute, or, The dumb child's appeal

591. The hare and the tortoise (again!)

592. The hare and the tortoise (again!)

593. The hare and the tortoise (again!)

594. The hare and the tortoise (again!)

595. The hare and the tortoise (again!)

596. The hermit of the forest and the wandering infants

597. The history of Aladdin, or, The wonderful lamp

598. The history of Emma Jones

599. The history of Goody Two Shoes

600. The history of Goody Two Shoes

601. The history of Joseph

602. The history of Joseph

603. The history of Peter Thomson

604. The history of a day, or, The scholar and truant contrasted

605. The history of birds

606. The history of curious and wonderful fish

607. The history of insects

608. The history of the house that Jack built

609. The history of the house that Jack built

610. The idle girl

611. The idle girl

612. The ill-natured boy

613. The importance of distinguishing between true and false conversions

614. The infant's friend

615. The jolly fisherman

616. The jungle school

617. The jungle school

618. The jungle school

619. The jungle, or, Child's book of wild animals

620. The jungle, or, Child's book of wild animals

621. The juvenile miscellany

622. The juvenile story book

623. The koel's song

624. The koel's song

625. The koel's song

626. The koel's song

627. The land of Oz

628. The life and adventures of Santa Claus

629. The life and death of Cock Robin

630. The life and death of Eliza Thornton

631. The lion in St. Mark

632. The lion of the North

633. The lion's tail

634. The little casket

635. The little casket

636. The little gift, or, Pictures and verses for infant readers

637. The little keepsake, or, Easy lessons in words of one syllable

638. The little man in the goose

639. The little old woman who lived in a shoe

640. The little picture Bible

641. The little post-office, or, My brothers and sisters

642. The little riddler

643. The little scrap book

644. The little sisters, or, Emma and Caroline

645. The little sisters, or, Emma and Caroline

646. The little story book

647. The little truant boys, or, The dangers of disobedience

648. The little woodman and his dog Caesar

649. The littlest rebel

650. The lost Princess of Oz

651. The lost heir

652. The lover's Mother Goose

653. The magic ring

654. The marvelous land of Oz

655. The moon and the cap

656. The moon and the cap

657. The moon and the cap

658. The moon and the cap

659. The morning ramble

660. The morning ride

661. The morning star, or, Stories about the childhood of Jesus

662. The mother's primer

663. The multiplication table in rhyme for young arithmeticians

664. The multiplication table in rhyme for young arithmeticians

665. The natural history of birds

666. The natural history of birds

667. The new game of cards, or, A pack of cards changed into a complete and perpetual almanac

668. The ninepenny-piece and the little basket-maker

669. The old fashioned Mother Goose' melodies

670. The old woman who lost her dumplings

671. The only true Mother Goose melodies

672. The only true Mother Goose melodies

673. The only true Mother Goose melodies

674. The orange fairy book

675. The original Mother Goose melodies

676. The original Mother Goose's melody

677. The original Mother Goose's melody

678. The original Mother Goose's melody

679. The passionate child

680. The passionate child

681. The patchwork girl of Oz

682. The pet lamb, in rhythm

683. The picture book

684. The pleasant journey

685. The power of instruction, or, The guilty tongue

686. The practical joke, or, The Christmas story of Uncle Ned

687. The practical joke, or, The Christmas story of Uncle Ned

688. The practical joke, or, The Christmas story of Uncle Ned

689. The primrose

690. The puzzle-cap, or, Book of riddles

691. The rainbow fish

692. The rainbow fish

693. The rainbow fish

694. The rainbow fish

695. The rainbow fish

696. The ramble in the woods, or, A dialogue on man and animals

697. The red squirrel

698. The religious experience of Elizabeth Vermeule

699. The renowned history of Richard Whittington and his cat

700. The rider of the black horse

701. The road to Oz

702. The rose-bud, or, Poetic garland of unfading flowers

703. The royal book of Oz

704. The royal raven

705. The rusty needle

706. The sailor boy, or, The first and last voyage of little Andrew

707. The sailor boy, or, The first and last voyage of little Andrew

708. The sailor boy, or, The first and last voyage of little Andrew

709. The sailor boy, or, The first and last voyage of little Andrew

710. The scarecrow of Oz

711. The school of good manners

712. The school of good manners

713. The seasons

714. The seasons

715. The seasons

716. The shepherd boy

717. The shepherd boy

718. The shepherd boy

719. The shepherd boy

720. The shepherd boy

721. The shepherd boy of Bethlehem

722. The shipwrecked orphans

723. The singular and extraordinary adventures of poor little bewildered Henry, who was shut up in an old abbey for three weeks

724. The slave's friend

725. The snow-drop

726. The snow-drop

727. The soldier turned farmer

728. The soldier turned farmer

729. The songs of Father Goose

730. The sparrow and the fruit

731. The sparrow and the fruit

732. The sparrow and the fruit

733. The sparrow and the fruit

734. The story book for good little girls

735. The story book in verse

736. The story book in verse

737. The story book in verse

738. The story of Beauty and the Beast

739. The story of a charmed fawn

740. The tale of Peter Rabbit

741. The teenie weenie man's Mother Goose

742. The tickets, or, A story for Sabbath scholars

743. The tiger of Mysore

744. The tiny picture book

745. The tract primer

746. The tragi-comic history of the burial of Cock Robin

747. The traveller's story, or, The village bar-room

748. The treasure of the Incas

749. The true Mother Goose

750. The true and wonderful story of Paul Gasford

751. The true story of a little boy who cheated himself

752. The turned-into's

753. The twelve brothers, or, The history of Joseph

754. The twelve months of the year

755. The two cousins and the water-cress girl

756. The two doves and other tales

757. The two friends ; and Kind little James

758. The two goats and the sick monkey

759. The two lambs

760. The two yellow birds

761. The uncle's present

762. The vacation, or, The four cousins

763. The village model, or, Truths of today / The Creation, or, God's first works :

764. The wagon-boy, or, Trust in Providence

765. The watch-chain

766. The water-babies

767. The way to be good and happy

768. The wonderful Wizard of Oz

769. The wonderful lamp

770. The young Carthaginian

771. The young Puritans of Old Hadley

772. The young arithmetician, or, The reward of perseverance

773. The young arithmetician, or, The reward of perseverance

774. The young arithmetician, or, The reward of perseverance

775. The young arithmetician, or, The reward of perseverance

776. The young captives

777. The young colonists

778. The young franc-tireurs

779. The young girl's book of healthful amusements and exercises

780. The young girl's book of healthful amusements and exercises

781. The young sailor, or, The sea-life of Tom Bowline

782. The young sailor, or, The sea-life of Tom Bowline

783. The young sailor, or, The sea-life of Tom Bowline

784. The young sailor, or, The sea-life of Tom Bowline

785. The young sailor, or, The sea-life of Tom Bowline

786. The youth's dayspring

787. Three hundred Aesop's fables

788. Three hundred Æsop's fables

789. Through Russian snows

790. Through the Sikh war

791. Through the fray

792. Through three campaigns

793. Tik-Tok of Oz

794. Timmy and Pepe

795. Timmy and Pepe

796. Timmy and Pepe

797. Tom Thumb's picture alphabet

798. Tommy True, the industrious scholar, and little Agnes

799. Too many bananas

800. Too many bananas

801. Topsy turvy

802. Topsy turvy

803. Totally bored Boris!

804. Towarzysz pilnych dzieci, czyli Początki czytania i innych wiadomości sposobem łatwym i do pojęcia młodocianego wieku zastosowanym

805. True charity

806. True to the old flag

807. Twenty four pictures from Mother Goose

808. Tyranno le terrible

809. Tyrone and the swamp gang

810. Tyrone the double dirty rotten cheater

811. Uncle Frank's select fables for good boys and girls

812. Uncle Frank's select fables for good boys and girls

813. Uncle Frank's select fables for good boys and girls

814. Under Drake's flag

815. Under Wellington's command

816. Vayu, the wind

817. Vayu, the wind

818. Waldo and the desert island adventure

819. Waldo at the zoo

820. Waldo's Christmas surprise

821. Waldo, one, two, three

822. We are all animals

823. We are all animals

824. We are all animals

825. Wesołe chwile małych czytelników

826. Where is my bat?

827. Where is my bat?

828. Where is my bat?

829. Where is my bat?

830. William Seaton and the butterfly

831. Wisdom in miniature, or, The young gentleman and lady's magazine

832. With Clive in India, or, The beginnings of an empire

833. With Cochrane the dauntless

834. With Frederick the Great

835. With Kitchener in the Soudan

836. With Lee in Virginia

837. With Moore at Corruna

838. With Roberts to Pretoria

839. With Wolfe in Canada, or, The winning of a continent

840. Won by the sword

841. Woodbine-arbor, or, The little gardeners

842. Woodbine-arbor, or, The little gardeners

843. Wulf the Saxon

844. XHNΩΔIA, or, The classical Mother Goose

845. Yamata no orochi

846. Yankee Mother Goose

847. Yarns on the beach

848. [Father at home]

849. ¡Gol de Federico!

850. ¡Qué desastre!

851. Æsop's fables

852. Æsop's fables

853. Æsop's fables

854. Æsop's fables, embellished with one hundred and eleven emblematical devices

855. Æsopi Phrygis Fabulae graece et latine, cum aliis quibusdam opusculis

856. Ёс заншил идээ шүүс

857. Аавын ач ээжийн эрдэм

858. Аавын бэлэгнүүд

859. Аймаар том нохой буюу наргиантай шүлгүүд

860. Андерсний үлгэрүүд

861. Борхүү, Одхүү, Төмөрхүү гурав

862. Гриммийн шидэт үлгэрүүд

863. Гүүрийн нууц

864. Динозавруудын өлгий

865. Долоон бөхтэй тэмээ

866. Дэлхийн хүүхдийн анхны ном

867. Зургаан мөнгөн мичид

868. Киппер ба аварга биетэн

869. Кипперийн бөмбөлөг

870. Кипперийн төрсөн өдөр

871. Миний хүү Мио

872. Мундаг хүүхэд

873. Мэргэн гурав

874. Намайг асраарай

875. Нийтийн аяс буюу ногоохон навчны үлгэр

876. Ногоон гэрэл

877. Ноход юунд дуртай вэ?

878. Нүүдэлчдийн сууц

879. Повесть о рыжем Мотеле, господине инспекторе, раввине Исайе и комиссаре Блох

880. Саахалт айлын санаа нэг

881. Сайн хүүхэд

882. Сонин юутай вэ?

883. Талд ургадаг талх

884. Тоодой цоохондой хоёр

885. Тэмээ Томоо Тиймээ

886. Тэмээний зураг

887. Тэнгэрийн хүлэг

888. Түрүүлээрэй ээжээ

889. Усаар байлдсан нь

890. Уутхан түүний нөхдөд тохиолдсон явдал

891. Флоппиг угаасан нь

892. Хар үрээ, хундан төлөг, саарал чоно, жаалхүү дөрвийн тууж

893. Хойд нутгийн Араши нэрт үнэг

894. Хэнд хэн үйлчилдэг вэ?

895. Хятад ардын үлгэр

896. Хүүхэд асрагч

897. Цагаадай Цоохондой хоёр

898. Цагаан тэмээцэх

899. Цуутын цагаагч гүү

900. Цэцэрлэгт хүрээлэн

901. Цөлөөр аялсан нь

902. Шатлал 1 дотроо 6 хэсэг Багшийн ном

903. Шатлал 2 дотроо 6 хэсэг Багшийн ном

904. Шатлал 6 дотроо 6 хэсэг Багшийн ном

905. Шилдэг нохой

906. Шинжлэх ухаан ба технологи

907. Шоргоолжны хаант улсыг сурвалжилсан тэмдэглэл

908. Эвсэг гэр бүл

909. Эрдэнэсийн авдар

910. Эрээн алчуур

911. א ציג מיט זיבן ציגעלעך

912. אַ לעבעדיק געזינדל

913. אַ מעשה מיט אַ ציג

914. די גילדערנע פאווע

915. דער אלטער פון לאמפאדוני

916. דער דרייסטער יורקע

917. דער מילנער, די מילנערין און די מילשטיינער

918. מע שליסט אויס דערפאר

919. פורים איז אַ שפיל אַזאַ

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ICDL - International Children's Digital Library

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Only books that we have "download" rights for A Christmas journey A Jacobite exile A New-Year's gift for youth A description of various nations A final reckoning A friendly visit to the house of mourning A gift for a little child A history of beasts for the use of children

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This online library provides families with children in grades Kindergarten through eighth grade access to free books to read online or to download as a PDF.

This online resource allows you to filter by age range (toddlers, children, older children, young adults) or search by topic! Books are able to be clicked through with ease and actually simulates the sounds of pages turning. This is a great resource to provide you with access to books without spending any money!

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Free Children's Books - Stories, ebooks, textbooks, and much more

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Children books for free download or read online, stories and textbooks and more, for entertainment, education, ESL, literacy, and author promotion.

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Epic books provides children, families, and teachers with access to a large virtual library. Books can be filtered by the child's age (0-12+), grade level, reading level (input your school's leveling system), or genre.

Teachers can set up a free class account that generates student codes to give them free access to the virtual library. Talk with your child's teacher about creating a class account!

Parents also have the option to pay a monthly subscription of $11.99 per month if your child's teacher does not utilize this platform.

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Instantly access over 40,000 of the best books & videos for kids on Epic

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Funbrain has books for readers in kindergarten through eighth grade. By selecting the grade level at the top of the page, you can scroll through the different books offered to be read for free, online!

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Half- Pint Kids books provides users with free access to decodable books that work on your child's decoding skills.

Speak with your child's teacher about what decoding skills the class is working on, so you can utilize these books at home to do shared reading activities with your child!

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If you want hard copies of the books for your students and your school cannot afford to buy them, many teachers have written grants to obtain them, asked their PTO for help or used websites such as Donors Choose who buy materials for classrooms. It is unlawful to copy the books!

Please know that these digital books show up best on computers or iPad and tablets rather than phones.

In addition, you will see that I have listed the skills that children need to learn, BEFORE reading each set of books. Each book builds upon the skills from previous books so the books should be presented in sequence. An explicit, systematic, sequential and cumulative approach to teaching reading is the Science of Reading!

I have also included links to the FREE Teaching Guides, Activity Pages and Literacy Centers. You have permission to download and print these supplemental resources but you do not have permission to change the content and/or resell them.

Thank you and happy reading!

LuAnn Santillo, Author

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Online Materials Portal - Half Pint Kids Decodable Books

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Reading to infants teaches them the importance of language. As you read, you can draw attention to the pictures by pointing at them, and connect them to other pictures or real world objects.

Infants can:
- Look at pictures in books
- Help turn the page
- Listen to your voice
- Point to objects

The important thing to know is that what you read to infants does not matter; all that matters you read to them and expose them to stories. You can read:
- Newspapers
- Books that you are reading for your pleasure
- Recipes
- Board books
- Picture books
- Chapter books
- Instructions/ Directions

If you do not have access to a book at a given moment, you can tell them stories of your own. By doing this, you're still exposing them to the language we use when telling stories, descriptive words, dialogue, and more.

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When we talk about reading to toddlers, we refer to children between the ages two and three! The content of the books that you read to toddlers matters more than what you read to infants. Good books to read to toddlers include ones with a problem and a solution, simple story lines, and that include feelings! You can also introduce nonfiction books to children at this age.

While reading, it is important to:
- Expand on the plot by asking questions, using funny voices, and acting out scenes.
- Explain new vocabulary words to help them understand new words. For example, the word "soggy" means that something is very wet! When you come inside from playing in the rain, you are soggy.
- Point to the words while you are reading and connect them to the pictures.
- Focus on the feelings felt by the characters in the story. An example of how to do this would be, "The boy has a frown on his face and a tear. What is he feeling? He's sad! Why do you think he is sad?"

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When we talk about reading to preschool age children, we refer to those between the ages of four and five years old. Children at this age can listen to books that are a little longer. Good books to read to children in this age group are ones that have four-ten sentences per page and include pictures!

Books for this age group should include:
- Multiple issues
- Characters facing an internal struggle- this could be as simple as a character who is afraid of doing something but also wants to, like a Koala who is afraid to leave his tree but also really wants to play with the other animals
- Secondary plots- things happening at the same time that make the story more complex; instead of there just being one problem, there's two or three; another character who is facing difficult emotions, a character having problems with two other characters, etc.

Preschool age children can understand more complex stories that include characters that are both similar and different from themselves!

While reading, you can...
- Point out sentences that rhyme (The Cat in the Hat went and sat-- hat and sat rhyme!)
- Point out alliteration, or words that are together in a sentence with the same beginning sound (i.e., little lion, bouncing baby boy)
- Read out the text that is in the illustrations, pictures, diagrams
- Make predictions about what is going to happen next in the story

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The elementary age group includes children ages six and up! This is the age when children start to read by themselves. Children should be encouraged to read independently and often, but they still need to read with you! Books read by our beginning readers include simple words that are easy to break down (decode) and put back together (encode). Their simple plots make it harder to make predictions about and connections to the stories they are reading.

Children in this age group have developed a longer attention span, so they can start to listen to chapter books with minimal pictures that include complex plots, advanced language, and passive sentence structures (i.e., He went to the farm and bought a goat. He brought it home and decided to name it Billy). This is a great opportunity for including bigger siblings who are reading chapter books in your story times by having them read to the younger child!

You can have deeper conversations with your child while reading with them when they hit this age. You can:
- Point out how other people (besides the main character) are feeling in the book. Discuss what happened to make them feel that way, how actions impact others, what they need to do to fix the problem.
- Make connections between books, to people they know, their lives, themselves!
- Read books about their interests that help them to learn about science, history, nature, cultures, people, etc.

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Upper Elementary School Age-- Why we keep reading with children after they learn to read

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Upper Elementary School Age-- Why we keep reading with children after they learn to read

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While your child may be reading on their own, it is important to keep doing read alouds with them at home! A child's reading age does not catch up with their listening age until they are about 13 years old. Children in this age group enjoy being read to because it allows them to enjoy books above their reading level without worrying about figuring out the words. These books typically include complicated themes, an advanced grammatical structure, longer sentences, and more difficult vocabulary. You can use your time reading together to introduce them to new authors, writing styles, genres, ideas, themes, and world views. Reading together encourages conversation which is especially important as they grow older and become more independent.

While you read to them, you are modeling:
- How to read dialogue and how conversations flow in text.
- Prosody- how your voice changes as you read, increasing in tone, getting faster, expresses excitement and questions.
- How fast or slow to read
- Phrasing of sentences
- Expression

It also builds the child's skills related to:
- Pronunciation of vocabulary words
- Spelling patterns as they see more difficult, longer words in text
- Reading and listening comprehension

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There is no right way to read to your child-- the most important thing is that you just read to your child as much as you possibly can!!

Reading at home can happen in small increments throughout the day, or all at once. The recommended amount of time spent reading is at least 15 minutes per day, but if you can only take 5 minutes to read, that is okay!

There are different ways that you can incorporate reading into your daily schedule, including:
- At bed time
- Before bath time
- During bath time
- While potty training, while they are sitting on the potty trying
- In the car (road signs, maps, books on your phone)
- At the doctors office
- At the park (signs, posters, ebooks)
- At the breakfast table (reading cereal boxes, ingredients, expiration dates)
- While cooking in the kitchen (reading recipes)

It is okay if you cannot always maintain a schedule where you are reading at the same time every day; the important thing is just that you take the time, sit down together, and read!

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Reading should not be a chore, otherwise it will decrease children's motivation to engage with books! Make it into a fun time together by using different voices, bringing the characters to life, making predictions about what could happen next, acting out scenes from the book, making up or finding a song about the story, making crafts related to the story, and more!

This is a time to be creative, laugh, and make inside jokes about what it is you're reading-- have fun with it! They will enjoy this time because it is an activity that they can do with you, regardless of how many minutes you take.

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Choosing a book can be one of the easiest or hardest things to do! As children get older, it's important to use time reading as a way for them to learn about their interests. If your child is interested in dinosaurs, find fiction and nonfiction books that teach them about the different types. If your child is interested in art, find books that teach them how to draw, introduce different artists, and feature illustrations that are intricate and colorful!

It is okay if your child picks the same book to read over and over, have patience; they will eventually find a new book that they want to read! You can also find books by:

- Doing book swaps with friends and family where you share your favorite ones to read
- Joining book clubs
- Going to the library
- Giving books as presents

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Reading to children is crucial for helping them to learn about how we structure sentences, use language in our day to day lives, and the meaning of the words they are hearing and saying. Early exposure to language in early childhood is the greatest influence in language development and learning to read because it targets the part of the brain that allows children to understand the meaning of language. Reading to children exposes them to more descriptive language, larger words, and formal grammatical structures that they wouldn't normally here in conversational speech.

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how reading affects the brain-- language

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According to a study performed in collaboration with the Columbus Metropolitan Library, reading with children more often affects the amount of language they hear and learn.

Their study revealed that if a child is read to once a month, they will learn an additional 4,662 words by their fifth birthday from books. If a child is read one book once or twice a week, then they are introduced to 63,570 words. If they are read one book three to five times a week, they learn 169, 520 words. If they are read one book a day, they learn 296,660 new words. Finally, the child that is read five books a day learns an additional 1,483,300 words by their fifth birthday! This is possible because the cardboard books that are typically read to children through their second birthday include, on average, 140 words; and picture books, typically read to children starting at age three, include an average of 228 words.

The language learned through reading is built upon through extra-textual talk, or the talk that an adult has with a child about the book that they are reading, or the ways that the reader adds to the story (using voices, sound effects, explanations, changing the words on the page to make them more understandable or relatable). This talk reinforces new vocabulary words introduced in the story and lets them practice using them in their everyday lives.

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There is a clear association between reading to children during the early childhood years (birth- 5 years) and the level of reading and other skills developed over the following years.  Students who are read to more often score higher test on standardized tests, including the National Assessment Program (NAPLAN) tests for both reading and math during their second and third grade years.

An increased frequency of reading at home puts them ahead of other children their age. Reading to a child 3-5 times per week has the same effect on their reading ability as being six months older than their chronological age* (see note below); being read to 6-7 times per week has the same effect as being 12 months older than their chronological age*.

*Chronological age is the child's actual age. A child born 7 years ago would be 7 years old.

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Currently, more than 1/3 of children entering kindergarten do so without the skills required to learn to read.  A study of schools in Bexar county revealed that approximately 50% of children entering kindergarten do so without the required skills. While reading to your child at home will not teach them how to read, it will introduce them to the necessary skills, including:

- Phonics- how the spoken sounds map to the letters on a page
- Phonemic Awareness- their ability to hear, identify, and manipulate the individual sounds of spoken language by breaking them apart, deleting them, replacing them
- Vocabulary- the meanings of different words
- Prosody- how the voice changes while reading; we want a child to read like they speak, almost like they're having a conversation, instead of reading like a robot.
- Reading Comprehension- whether they understand what they are reading

A study of almost 100,000 children in the United States found that access to printed materials is the most important factor that affects their ability to learn to read-- not poverty! Reading to a child introduces them to new language; the stronger their language skills are when they reach kindergarten, the more prepared they are to be able to read; the better they read, the more likely they are to graduate from high school! Reading to children also develops their background knowledge which gives them more context to relate to new information, making learning easier! It also improves their:
- Attention Spans- As they are read longer books, they learn to sit still longer.
- Memory- They work on remembering the characters, plots, and details of a story.
- Self- Discipline- They learn to monitor their behaviors, listen, to be polite.

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Reading with your child provides an opportunity for bonding, even when there is a disconnect between you. It provides parents and children a platform for talking about more difficult topics, like bullying, stress, changes in the home, their worries, fears, and more.

Books can act as mirrors for children; they can be reflections of themselves and their experiences in text. If your child is having difficulty with coping with their emotions, you can read to them stories where characters experience the same feelings and use them to ask your child what is happening in their lives, how to figure out what someone is feeling, and ways to move through those emotions. For example, if you read the picture book "Strictly No Elephants" by Lisa Mantchev where the boy and his pet elephant are being excluded from the pet club days, you can use this as a gateway to talking about bullying, how bullying makes someone feel, and what to do when you encounter a bully.

Books also allow children to look into the lives and experiences of people that are different from them. The windows in our stories help to teach children empathy and compassion. For instance, the book "Just Ask" by Sonia Sotomayor explains different disabilities and health conditions using child- friendly language. This book provides families with a basis for introducing blindness, deafness, Autism, ADHD, physical disabilities, etc.; while also teaching children that asking questions is okay, as long as you are being respectful about it. Windows can also be opportunities for learning about different cultures, traditions, religions, and family structures. This is especially important to introduce as students start school, since their classmates will be incredibly diverse.

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Just Ask introduces disabilities and illnesses to children in very simple, easy to understand language. It highlights our differences while also emphasizing the importance of being kind, asking questions, and being compassionate.

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Strictly No Elephants by Lisa Mantchev follows a little boy and his pet elephant who are excluded from the pet club, just because the elephant is different from the other pets. It provides readers with a foundation for discussing bullying.

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My Mouth is a Volcano by Julia Cook is the story of a young boy who is constantly bursting out, interrupting people, and making them feel bad by interrupting. This book talks about self-control and remembering listening to others when they speak!

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I Am Perfectly Designed by Jason "Rachel" Brown

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I Am Perfectly Designed by Jason "Rachel" Brown

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I am Perfectly Designed by Jason "Rachel" Brown introduces children to the differences between us all, while promoting acceptance of yourself for being different! This provides families with a platform for discussing diversity!

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I Color Myself Different by Colin Kaepernick

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I Color Myself Different by Colin Kaepernick

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I Color Myself Different by Colin Kaepernick introduces us to a little girl who has been adopted! She looks different from the rest of her family, but they love each other all the same! This book provides a platform for discussing different family structures and acceptance!

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A Family is a Family is a Family by Sara O'Leary

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A Family is a Family is a Family by Sara O'Leary

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A Family is a Family is a Family by Sara O'Leary introduces children to the different family structures that people have, including same sex parents, single parent, blended families, adoptive families, military families, and more!

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No Prob Llama, published by Make Believe Ideas introduces children to a llama who thinks that he is better than everyone; he can dance better, do karate better, hold his breath longer, you name it! The lemur in this story challenges him to do different things and ends up leaving him alone on an island. This book provides families with the opportunity to talk about how boasting and believing you're better than everyone else makes others feel.

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The Koala Who Could by Rachel Bright follows Kevin the Koala who has lived his life in fear of what would happen when he left his little tree. All of the animals in the story ask him to play and try to involve him in activities, but he is too scared! One day, a woodpecker visits his tree and makes it fall down. The animals try to tell Kevin to come down, but he refuses. Kevin falls to the ground while clutching onto his branch and finds that the ground, in fact, is not scary at all! This book allows us to explore feelings of fear and worry to figure out how to face our fears!

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Dan Santat brings the story of Humpty Dumpty to life and explores what happened to him "after the fall." We find out that Humpty loved being up high in the sky where he could watch the birds, but he is afraid of what will happen if he climbs back up the wall again. When Humpty finally conquers his fear, he emerges into the world completely different! This book shows us that life starts when we move past our fears!

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The Darkest Dark by Astronaut Chris Hadfield

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The Darkest Dark by Astronaut Chris Hadfield

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This book is a narrative, written by Chris Hadfield, the astronaut. Chris grew up pretending he was a brave astronaut, but he was always afraid of the dark and what may lay within it. Chris tells us about when he watched the groundbreaking moon landing on tv and realized that space is the "darkest dark" there is.  He realizes that the darkness isn't scary but is rather exciting; his dreams keep him company in the dark.

This is a great book to read when discussing fears and dreams! It is also a very good read for those interested in space!

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If your child is very interested in books and reading, B.J. Novak's Book With No Pictures is a fantastic way to teach them the correlation between speech and text! This book is nothing but words, but it shows children that the words in books can make adults say silly things!!!! This book is great for a giggle and perfect for introducing phonics to young readers!

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Wonder is an amazing chapter book that follows Auggie, a child who has always been different! Auggie has been homeschooled for most of his life, but he enters the mainstream schools in fifth grade. He wants to be treated normally, but his classmates have difficulty looking past his facial deformity. The author never explicitly explains what Auggie looks like to the reader, but rather gives the reader little glimpses into his deformity with small, subtle details. The primary message portrayed by this story is that the smallest acts of kindness make the biggest difference! We should always choose to be kind.

Best for children in upper elementary school grades.

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Some questions to ask while reading with your child that help them to make predictions about the story and guesses about why things are happening:

- What do you think will happen next?
- Why do you think that the character is doing that?
- What do you think might happen in this story?
- What do you think this story is about?
- What could the character do to solve their problem?
- How do you think the character will change by the end of the story?

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Life happens, and that is okay!

It is important to note that while reading with your child is important-- life does happen! If you cannot sit down to read with your child everyday, that is okay! While we can provide additional resources, tips, and tricks for how to add reading and literacy into your daily routine at home; not every strategy or activity will work for every family.

We want to know-- what works for your family? Join the conversation and share what you do at home, what challenges you face, how you make it through the day. At Lighthouse, we are a community of learners and families that are here to support one another. In the comments below, share your tips and tricks!

Some questions to think about:
- What games do you play with your children at home that build their vocabularies?
- Do you have any family traditions that surround school, reading, stories, etc.?
- How do you structure your schedule to make time for these activities?
- Are there places in the community that you have gone to for help?
- What do you wish you were given more information on?
- How can your child's school help you to be or feel more involved in your child's education?

We want to hear your voice because you, our Lighthouse families, are what matter!

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To play this game, have your child make two fists. Say a sentence and have your child say it with you. As each word is said, tell your child to put up one finger to count the number of words in the sentence. This helps them to build an awareness of words and works on their counting skills!

Examples:
- I see an elephant eating with a polar bear! (9 words)
- I want to dance with a pepperoni pizza! (8 words)
- The cow jumped on the bed. (6 words)
- Sally sells sea shells! (4 words)

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Clapping your hands is a fun way to count syllables, or the parts of a word.  Clapping out syllables works on the child's ability to hear the different parts of words! This will help them once they start learning to read bigger words!

Examples:
- Banana- Clap 3 times for the syllables ba-nan- na
- Hippopotamus- Clap 5 times for the syllables hip-po-pot-a-mus
- Skittle- Clap 2 times for the syllables skit-tle
- Tractor- Clap 2 times for the syllables trac-tor
- Ladybug- Clap 3 times for the syllables la-dy-bug
- Caterpillar- Clap 4 times for the syllables cat-er-pill-er
- Train- Clap 1 times for the syllables train
- Garbage- Clap 2 times for the syllables gar-bage

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Rhyming is a big skill that is targeted during the preschool age level because it starts to train children to listen to the sounds in words. This game can be played by giving your child two words and asking if they rhyme, like "do dog and fog rhyme?" or "do dog and fox rhyme?" Or, it can be done by giving them a word and asking them to come up with a word that rhymes with it. For example, "What is a word that rhymes with cat?"

2 Word Examples: "Do ____ and _____ rhyme?"

Yes:
- Dog and hog
- Fox and socks
- Brain and train
- Gnome and home
- Bin and win
- Cook and book
- Truth and booth
- Snail and fail
- Bug and rug
- Cot and bot
- Bee and tree

No:
- Fox and dog
- Bone and snow
- Pit and zip
- Lamb and bob
- Bag and tab
- Chair and bell
- Snake and Bike
- Land and Lamb
- Best and Fast

Looking for a Word: "What is a word that rhymes with ______?"
- Cat
- 🤬
- Pill
- Bone
- Zip
- Pup
- Tribe
- Fly
- Note
- Cash

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We all know the classic tongue twisters like "Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore" and "how much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?" Work together to come up with your own tongue twisters! This makes your child think about words that start with the same sound.

Examples:
- She sells sea shells by the sea shore
- How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood
- Betty's bell blew by the barn behind the bench
- Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
- I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!
- Better Botter bought some butter but the butter was better, so Betty bought better butter to make the bitter butter better
- Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear, Fuzzy Wuzzy has no hair!
- The peppy puppy the prince presented the princess produced piles of poop in the palace

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Children hear stories consistently from books, parents, friends, siblings, teachers, tv shows, videos, etc. So, to build on this, make up stories in the car, at the table, in the tub, while grocery shopping, etc. and have each person tell a part!

Example:
Mom- One day a princess went to the store,
Brother- Because she wanted to find a pizza.
Sister- The store was out of pizza though,
Brother- So the girl decided to make her own!
Mom- She went to the bread isle,
Brother- But they were out of flour!
Sister- So she went to the cashier and said,
Mom- Can I make pizza with flowers from the ground?

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This game forces children to both listen and speak. Ask your child to be very quiet and listen for sounds in the environment around you. When they hear a sound, name it!

Examples:
- Beeping sound= car horn
- Machine whirling= blender
- Whining= baby crying, dog whining
- Sizzling= someone cooking
- Steps= someone coming in the room
- Voices= tv show
- Rhythm Playing= music, someone playing an instrument
- Door= sibling going to the bathroom, someone coming home
- Clicking= someone typing, hitting a button

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Stopping at a rest stop or gas station is a good time to stretch your legs, but also a good time to work on literacy skills! To burn off energy, you can:
- Hop to the nearest trash can
- Run to the lightpost
- Hug a tree
- Walk to the water fountain
- Sit on the bench and stretch your legs
- Skip to the car
- Find a car that is green

These activities can also be done at a park, grocery store, waiting for a reservation at a restaurant, or anywhere when you go out!

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Use this Little Free Library World Map to find book boxes in your town! These are free book- sharing boxes where anyone can take or share a book for others to read!

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How to use the map

Welcome to the Little Free Library map where you can find Little Free Libraries near you! Choose from three main search options and use the search filters to refine your results. Search by Near Me to find libraries based on your current location. Search by Location to search by any city, state/province or postal code. Search by Charter Number if you know a library's unique charter number.

Download the App

This map is also available in the Little Free Library mobile app! The app not only makes it easy to find little libraries wherever you are, but you can also get directions, create routes, save your favorites, and track the ones you visit. There's a section of the app just for stewards, too, that lets you edit your library's listing in real time!

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Welcome to the Little Free Library map where you can find Little Free Libraries near you! Choose from three main search options and use the search filters to refine your results. Search by Near Me to find libraries based on your current location. Search by Location to search by any city, state/province or postal code.

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The San Antonio Public Libraries are great resources for allowing you to get print books to use at home, for free! These buildings provide us with access to millions of books, DVDs, music downloads, and more!

San Antonio Public Library cards are FREE for all:
- Bexar County residents
- Anyone who owns property or a business in Bexar County
- All City of San Antonio Employees

You can apply for one in person OR online!

Online:
- Fill out the online form, then go into a San Antonio Public Library within 90 days with your photo ID and proof of address to pick up your card
Form: Home Room (sirsi.net)

In Person:
- Bring in a Photo ID and proof of address (could be a driver's license)
- If your ID does not have your address listed, bring in a bill that includes your address

Children:
- May be given a library card if accompanied by an adult with photo ID and proof of address

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Audio books are a great way to expose your child to the language of books, especially if you do not have time today to sit down and read!

Epic Books- will read to your child!
Amazon Books- has some for free and some that cost a few dollars
Public Library- audio books are available for patrons!
Vooks- an online, virtual book library that will animate books, read to your child, and highlight the words as they are read
Youtube- Youtube is a great resource for finding videos of teachers, parents, etc. reading books to children! Look up your favorite book and listen to it read aloud!

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Extra Tips and Examples About HOW to Read with Your Child

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Extra Tips and Examples About HOW to Read with Your Child

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This video, produced by the Atlanta Speech School, goes through the important parts of reading with young children at home. They break it down into 4 parts:

R- Repeated Reading
Read books with your child at least 4-5 times. This gives you the opportunity to expose them to the setting, big events, and the vocabulary. With each repeated reading, they will start to understand the story a little better.

E- Engage and Enjoy
Be silly! Use different voices, act it out, add some movements to it! By taking these little extra- textual steps, you make your child more engaged in the story. This helps them to learn easier and gives them a deeper understanding of the story.

A- Ask Questions
Asking questions makes children think about what is going on in the story. The number one piece of advice for this section is to ask why questions-- "why does chicken want that hat?" "Why does Pooh stay with Piglet?" You may not have time to build on every part of the story but try to ask one or two why questions while you read together! Even if your child cannot talk, they can listen! You can think aloud about the questions.

D- Do More with the Book
This portion of the video explains that we should try to build upon the stories we read as we can. If your child has been very into books about animals lately, then you could take a trip to the San Antonio Zoo! If they are interested in books that look at artists, take them down to the Children's Museum! Even if it's something as simple as watching a youtube video about the topic or taking a walk outside, building upon what you read allows them to apply their knowledge in their everyday lives.

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How to READ with Your Children (extended version)

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Playing with puppets is a great way to build upon story telling skills and relate the content of books to real life!

Things to do with puppets:
- Use them to tell stories
- Play rhyming games (Puppet- My name is Mark! I like words that rhyme with my name. Does ham rhyme with Sam? Does ball rhyme with Sam?
- Play out different scenes using emotions with puppets
- Use them to talk about difficult concepts (bullying, moving, worries about school)

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As children start to play with writing utensils, they can start writing stories! This can happen regardless of whether your child has started to read or write words!

Toddler and preschool age children can use pictures or symbols as forms of writing to create stories, write letters, labels, you name it!

Preschool- First Grade age children can start to write using letters that they believe map to the sounds they speak. As they learn what sounds match letters, they can start apply these skills to their writing!

Children in first grade and beyond can start applying their knowledge of letter- sound matches, grammatical structure, and how language is used in their writing. This provides them with great practice for how to break down words!

So, what can you do to help them write?

Have them write...
- Letters
- Thank you notes
- Invitations
- Cards
- Stories
- Scripts
- Recipes
- Lables
- Directions
- Treasure Maps
- Captions for pictures
- Shopping Lists
- Menus
- Receipts
- Brochures

Anything!!!!!!

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Talking to your child about their day is one way to build their language skills in a very easy and informal way!

Instead of just asking "What did you do today?" you can ask them questions that require them to explain!

Sample Questions include:
- You made a suncatcher at school today? How did you make that?
- Tell me about the game you played at recess!
- What was your favorite thing that you did today? Why?
- What do you wish that you could change about your day? Why?
- What are you looking forward to when you go back to school tomorrow?
- What is one funny thing that you heard at school today?
- Tell me about the book you read with your teacher!
- What is one kind thing that you did for someone today?
- What is one kind thing that someone did for you?
- Who did you sit with at lunch today? What did they have to eat? What did you talk about?

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The Twig Book Shop is a diamond in the downtown area! This store has newly released books for children and adults! In addition to their large selection of books, they also put on events for the community!

Every Friday, special guest Miss Anastasia hosts a wild and wacky story time and fun craft! She is a very entertaining story teller! During the school year, she hosts her story time every Friday at 10:30 AM. During the summer, she hosts them every Friday at 9:30 and 10:30 AM! All ages are welcome to attend!

They also regularly bring in authors to share their books with young readers, host summer reading activities, and host celebrations for book anniversaries and launches! Their full event calendar can be found here: The Twig Book Shop | “'Tis education forms the common mind; just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined” -Alexander Pope

Address: 306 Pearl Parkway Suite 106, San Antonio, Tx
Hours: Sunday- Saturday 10-6!
Phone Number:210-826-6411
Website: The Twig Book Shop | “'Tis education forms the common mind; just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined” -Alexander Pope

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The Nowhere Bookshop is a newer addition to the San Antonio community, recently opened in July 2021.  This book shop caters to the whole family, selling books of every genre. They also host no- pressure book clubs, including:
- Fantastic Strangelings- sends a new hardcover book to your doorstep every month, primarily literary fiction with a fantastical or magical twist.
- Nightmares from Nowhere Book Club- sends a brand new, hardcover horror novel to your door every month!
- Little Bitty Book Club- every month, your little bitty reader will receive a brand new, hardcover picture book from a different author! The books included in this subscription range from silly rhyming read alouds, to more deep stories about the world we live in. This book club requires a $10 non-refundable enrollment fee, and then $25 a month, including shipping! Link:Little Bitty Book Club | Nowhere Bookshop

This shop also hosts events year-round, revolving around book conversations, crafty hours, book festivals, and author visits! Their full event calendar can be found here: Nowhere Bookshop

Address: 5154 Broadway, San Antonio, TX 78209
Hours: Monday- Saturday 10-8, Sunday 12-6
Phone Number: 210-640-7260
Website: Nowhere Bookshop

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The Book Cellar is a nonprofit book store located in the basement of the Central Library! They sell used books, CDs, DVDs, and audiobooks for usually $1 or less! This is a great shop to visit to buy books for cheap to grow your home library!

Looking to clear out some old books? You can donate some of your gently used books to the BookCellar Monday- Thursday between the hours of 10:30 and 3:30!

Address: 600 Soledad Street, San Antonio, TX, 78205
Phone Number: 210-227-9519
Hours: 11-4 Thursdays, 11-4 Fridays, 11-4 Saturdays
Website: BookCellar (Used Book Store) - Friends of the San Antonio Public Library (friendsofsapl.org)

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Nine Lives Books is a small bookstore located North of I-410. They sell gently used books, media, and other items related to reading and literacy. This bookstore has something for everyone in the family, including books on business, math, science, history, activism, art, fiction, mystery, education and parenting, gardening, crafts, and books for children and young adults!

Address: 4907 NW Loop 410 #102, San Antonio, TX, 78229
Hours: Sunday 12-6 and Monday- Saturday 10-9
Phone Number: 210-647-5656
Website: Nine Lives Books - Home

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Try to ask Open Ended Questions

These are questions that require more than a "yes" or "no" answer; they force children to explain! By asking these types of questions, you also encourage them to express their thoughts and feelings, which helps build their confidence as speakers and readers. Instead of asking a child what they like about the book they're reading, ask what their favorite part is of the book they're reading!

We commonly refer to these questions as the W's: Who, what, where, when, why?

- What is your favorite part of the book that you're reading?
- Why do you like that character?
- Who do you think is going to save the princess?
- Could you tell me about the book you're reading?
- How are you liking the book you're reading?
- Why does _____ look sad?
- Why did you choose that book to read?
- What do you think will happen in this book?
- What do you think this book will be about?
- What could _____ have done instead?
- What do you see in the picture?
- What is this object? What is it used for?

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Ask About Parts of the Book

Asking about specific parts of the story helps your child to better understand what they are reading. You can ask them about:

- Who are the main characters?
- How would you describe (character name)?
- Who is your favorite character in the book?
- Where does the story take place?
- What does the place look like in your head as we read?
- How does the setting of the story impact the characters?
- What is the most important part of the book (so far)?
- What caused them to do that?
- What is the problem in the story?
- Was the problem solved? How?
- What's another way that the character could have solved their problem?
- How does the story end?
- How might the story be different if it was told from another person's point of view?
-  Can you make up a different ending to this story?
- Were you satisfied with the ending of the story? Why?
- What do you think the author wanted us to take away from this book?
- Describe your favorite part of the book.
- What was the main feeling in the story? How do you know this?
- Tell me about some of the emotions the characters experience.
- What is something that surprised you in the story?

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Making Connections and Expanding on the Story

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Making Connections and Expanding on the Story

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Making connections to a text is one way to help with comprehension. Children can relate the story to their lives, things that they know, other stories, people they know, movies, etc.!

- Does anything in this book seem familiar to you?
- If you could be a character in the book for one day, who would you choose to be? Why?
- If you could be friends with any character in the book, who would it be and why?
- Does the story or character remind you of anyone?
- How did the story make you feel? Why?
- The boy has a frown and looks sad. What is something that made you feel sad?
- The girl is angry! What is something that made you feel angry? What did you do to feel better?
- The character in the story was mean to the other kids. How do you think that made them feel? How would you feel if this happened to you?

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When reading with toddlers, there's an acronym to help us remember a way to engage with them while reading! It is called the PEER sequence:

P- Prompt
E- Evaluate
E- Expand
R- Repeat

Example:
Grandma and Juan are sitting down to read The Gruffalo, a story about a mouse who goes through the deep dark wood and meets an owl, a snake, and a fox. He tells the animals that he cannot "eat" with them because he is going to eat with a Gruffalo, knowing very well that each animal is inviting him to "eat with them" so that they may eat him! He tells them a terrible story about this great monster Gruffalo, and eventually he runs into him!
When Grandma reaches the page where the mouse hears a "Hoo-Hoo" in the trees ahead, she stops to ask:
Prompt- "What is that in the tree?"
Juan- "A bird!"
Grandma Evaluates his response by saying:
Evaluate: "That's right! It's a kind of a bird. It's called an owl."
Grandma points to the owl. Then, she expands:
Expand- "The owl is in the pine tree."
Grandma runs her finger down the pine tree, before asking Juan to repeat the new word he learned:
Repeat: "Can you say 'owl'?"

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Having Conversations with Preschool Age Children

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Having Conversations with Preschool Age Children

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Preschool age children, between the ages of 3 and 5, are able to have much more rich conversations about books! An acronym that helps us have talks about books with them is CROWD.

C- Completion
R- Recall
O- Open- Ended Question
W- Wh- Question
D- Distancing Question

Example:
While reading the book The Koala Who Could, Dad and Giselle are introduced to the Koala, Kevin, who never wants to get out of his tree. Kevin is asked to go play by the different animals in the story, but he always gives them an excuse! One day, a woodpecker comes and starts to tap on his tree, and Kevin is too afraid to let go!
As Giselle and Dad are reading, Dad notices that the letter K is used a lot. He asks Giselle,
Completion- "K is for what?"
Giselle- "Koala!"
Dad reads further on in the story, and just before the wood 🤬 starts to tap on the tree, he asks:
Recall- "Can you remember the different animals that asked Kevin to play? Was the woodpecker one of them?"
Giselle- "The lions, kangaroos, foxes, and woodchuck asked him! The woodpecker didn't ask."
Dad- "You're right! I don't remember seeing the woodpecker on any other page." He then asks her,
Open Ended: "What happens next in the story?"
Giselle- "The woodpecker hits the tree!"
Dad- "He does hit the tree!"
Giselle- "And he falls to the ground!"
Dad- "I think you're right! Let's find out!"
Dad keeps reading on and confirms Giselle's answer. Dad stops, just as Kevin hits the ground:
Wh- Question- "What was Kevin afraid of on the ground?"
Giselle- He was afraid of being eaten and that he would miss home!
Dad- "He was afraid of being eaten by the bigger animals like the alligator and getting caught in the rain, missing home!"
Dad tilts his head to the side. He then asks:
Distancing- "When is a time that you were afraid to leave home? What did you do?"