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The Power of Books

The Power of Books . By Wanda Wyont. My Background. Master of Arts Degree in Birth-Kindergarten Experienced Director of Child Care Center Department Chair of Early Childhood Education Author of a Children’s Book. The Power of Books.

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The Power of Books

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  1. The Power of Books By Wanda Wyont

  2. My Background • Master of Arts Degree in Birth-Kindergarten • Experienced Director of Child Care Center • Department Chair of Early Childhood Education • Author of a Children’s Book

  3. The Power of Books • Research shows that children that are exposed to books on a daily basis by someone who loves books will develop a desire to learn to read. • Position Statements • NAEYC and International Reading Associations says, “failing to give children literacy experiences until they are school-age can severely limit the reading and writing levels they ultimately attain.”

  4. Rote and Associative Memory • Rote Memory • Things we do over and over until we learn them is put in rote memory storage. It has a limited capacity and if we do not practice it for awhile, the storage area gives that space up for more current information. • Associative Memory • Things that we remember based on association of things that we already know is put in associative memory storage. It has unlimited capacity. The memory can be attached to a smell, movement, image, or song. • The more rich and multifaceted the learning experience, the more neurons are fired. What fires together wires together!

  5. About You • What Age Group Do You Work With?

  6. Make Time for Read-Aloud Everyday • Be familiar with book • Ask children to listen • Discussion time later • Minimize distractions • Relaxing Atmosphere • Prior Knowledge • Model ideas and thoughts as you read

  7. What Messages Do Daily Read-Aloud Time Send? • Reading Books is so important that the teacher does it everyday • Books bring pleasure to the reader and listener.

  8. What Makes a Great Book? • Conjures up memories of a person, place, or event that helped shape our lives • May delight us by painting a picture of a thought of feeling left unexpressed • Inspires us by depicting characters with very similar or very different life experiences • That we enjoy reading over and over

  9. Set The Stage • Your are about to read Brown, Bear, Brown Bear • How would you help the children prepare for the story?

  10. Strategies to Enhance the Story • First Reading • Read for pleasure • Second Reading • Call attention to the colors and other things • Encourage the children to join in the reading • Act It Out • Yarned pictures card necklaces • Chart • I see a ______ looking at me. (Kim) • What things do you notice that are the same? • All sentences begin with I see a …

  11. Strategies Cont. • Sentence Builders • Write the first sentence on a sentence strip • Ask, Do you see the sentence that looks like this? • Cut the words apart • Make a Class Book • Children can glue down the words and illustrate the story

  12. Developing Phonemic Awareness • Have you ever listened to a young child on the playground teasing their friends by using funny rhymes? • The children are becoming aware of words and sounds. • Rhyming activities develop one of the most critical concepts for success in beginning readers. • Expose children to books with rhymes.

  13. Read-Aloud Vote You could have a selection of books on a table. The children are asked to cast a vote for the book that they want to be read. Each child gets a ticket. They drop their ticket in the ticket bank that is setting beside the book.

  14. Silent Reading • Have a block of time that everyone reads a book including the teacher

  15. Pre-reading Skills • Oral Language • General Knowledge • Print Awareness • Alphabet Knowledge • Phonemic Awareness • Pre-reading

  16. Early Literacy Can Be Nurtured • Use Rich Language • Encourage children to speak in complex sentences • Read Aloud Daily • Ask children what story characters feel • Give children opportunities to tell and act out stories

  17. General Knowledge • Read fiction and non-fiction • Encourage children’s questions • Provide new and varied experiences • Teach thematic units • Vary classroom centers • Print Awareness • Label Objects in the Classroom • Read “Big Books” • Alphabet Books and Post the Alphabet Chart (eye level) • Read, Sing, and Recite Nursery Rhymes • Help Children Recognize the Sounds of Letters • Count Syllables

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