by admin | Sep 6, 2017 | Uncategorized
Using Children’s Books to Enhance Language Skills Reading to children beginning at a very young age is a great way to introduce them to language. However, enhancing their language can go far beyond reading the book. Here are some fun, simple ways to use children’s books for more than just reading the words on the page. Select books that are repetitive and have child “fill in the blanks” Example: Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See” By Eric Carle. Repetition is a great way for children to learn language. After multiple times reading this book with your child, start pausing in the reading and see if your child can fill in the blanks. Use picture books that don’t have any words. Using picture books you and your child can make up your own story. Take turns adding to the story with each turn of the page. Instead of making up your own story, describe what you see on each page. This can start at the word level with just naming items on the page and eventually expand to sentences describing items on the page. Play a game of “I Spy.” Describe something on the page and see if your child can identify it, then switch roles where he/she describes then you guess. Example: “I Spy something that’s red, is a fruit, crunchy, and grows on trees.” Use traditional nursery rhymes or fairy tales. Nursery rhymes have rhythm to them just like songs….after multiple repetitions start pausing during the rhyme and see if your child can finish the rhyme. You can also act out nursery rhymes using yourself or...
