Many factors go into making a childrens book a hit in your home or classroom.
The story, the pictures, and the characters are all important.
Your role in reading the book is an important factor as well.
Here are 5 Simple Reading Tips it’s possible for you to try when reading picture books to children.
If your children are beginning to read, have them help you read the title of the book.
Point out the characters.
Ask the children what they think the title means.
Look at the illustration on the cover of the book.
What is happening in the picture?
Do you think the picture tells you something about the story?
Use the illustrations to help you tell the story at a level that makes sense for your situation.
What are they doing?
What will Mama say?
Which monkey will fall next?
Can you point to the bed?
I see a telephone…can you find it?
Change your voice for the characters.
you’ve got the option to speak in a whisper for a shy mouse.
you’re free to speak angrily.
you might speak in a loud silly voice.
you could speak in a quiet voice.
Even when you have only one character, have fun changing your voice.
This will make the story more entertaining and help the children understand which characters are talking.
Its the same way you hold a book when you read to yourself.
If you do this, you will need to read upside-down.
Reading sideways is usually easier than reading upside-down.
This will make it easier for everyone to see.
see to it that you show the pictures to all of the children in the group.
Do you have any Simple Reading Tips to share?
Coming up:more Simple Reading Tips!
