Children’s Books

1. Children’s Books

2. Storytelling • Reciting a story or reading aloud from a book

3. Importance of Storytelling • Promotes children’s intellectual, emotional, and social development

4. Importance of Storytelling • Understand other people • Develop a positive attitude towards books • Develop listening skills • Build correct concepts of objects and form new ideas • Increase their vocabulary and encourage verbal expression • Associate written and spoken words • Understand that printed words carry meanings • Develop an appreciation for printed words • Develop a desire to read • Learn that people read from left to right across the page Storytelling helps young children:

5. Selecting Books for Children

6. Selecting Books for Children • Storytelling is an art that requires study and practice • The key to a good story is selection

7. Selecting Books for Children ** Keep the selection process in mind when creating your own children’s book

8. Selecting Books for Children • Fictional Content • Stories should reflect the children’s developmental level, backgrounds, and experiences • Familiar objects, people, and situations make stories more interesting

9. Selecting Books for Children • Illustrations • Create interest and arouse children’s imagination • Illustrations should be • Large, colorful, and plentiful • Represent the written word • Reflect actions • Avoid unneeded detail • Be realistically and attractively colored http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/authors/wiesner/books/books_tues.shtml

10. Selecting Books for Children • Vocabulary • A good children’s book uses words that can be understood by most children of a certain age • Repetition of some words will increase children’s enjoyment

11. Selecting Books for Children • Durability • Children should be allowed to hold and carry books as well as turn pages • Covers must be sturdy and made with strong, washable material • Pages should be easy to handle

12. Selecting Books for Children • Length • Varies with children’s age • Interest is reflected in the number of pages in the books • Infants and Toddlers: • Interested for a few minutes=few pages • Two-year-olds: • 5-8 minutes • Three-year-olds: • 6-10 minutes • Four-year-olds: • 8-12 minutes • Five-year-olds: • 10-15 minutes

13. Reading Stories to Children

14. Reading Stories to Children • Good oral reading takes time and effort

15. Reading Stories to Children • Preparing to Read • Read the story several times so you know it well • Practice reading in front of a mirror • Record yourself reading

16. Reading Stories to Children • Introducing the Story: • Briefly set the mood • Ask questions, make personal comments, or show the book cover to get children involved in the story • Props

17. Reading Stories to Children • Reading the Story • Read stories with pleasure and feeling • Maintain eye contact with children • Read in normal speaking voice, you can add interest my whispering, shouting when appropriate, mimicking sounds, and changing pitches

18. Reading Stories to Children • Concluding the Story • Clear • Ask a question about the story • “Thank you for listening”