Tired of reading the same book to your baby (ages newborn -2***)
Families know just how important reading to their child is and so we spend our time reading and reading and reading sometimes the same books to our infants. Then we run out of books and think its time to buy more... well we could do that or go to the library but we can also EXTEND the reading. We can take same Goodnight Moon b Margaret Wise Brown.
1. Take the book and show it to your baby (if still pregnant just speak to your belly)
2. Describe all that they see in the cover and point to it. Pay special attention to colors, shapes, animals, letters etc.
3. Open the book. Read the first page.
4. Describe the activities taking place. For instance, here is the room. It looks like a big room. The walls are painted green. The floor is red. There is a light pink round rug in the center of the room etc.
5. Continue to read and follow the above steps.
This should extend the book and make it more of a conversation about observations with your infant. This assists infants in making synapses that they will later draw upon as they continue to build their on their language skills.
*** This can work with ALL age groups (0-5) as well.
Families know just how important reading to their child is and so we spend our time reading and reading and reading sometimes the same books to our infants. Then we run out of books and think its time to buy more... well we could do that or go to the library but we can also EXTEND the reading. We can take same Goodnight Moon b Margaret Wise Brown.
1. Take the book and show it to your baby (if still pregnant just speak to your belly)
2. Describe all that they see in the cover and point to it. Pay special attention to colors, shapes, animals, letters etc.
3. Open the book. Read the first page.
4. Describe the activities taking place. For instance, here is the room. It looks like a big room. The walls are painted green. The floor is red. There is a light pink round rug in the center of the room etc.
5. Continue to read and follow the above steps.
This should extend the book and make it more of a conversation about observations with your infant. This assists infants in making synapses that they will later draw upon as they continue to build their on their language skills.
*** This can work with ALL age groups (0-5) as well.
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