What Parents and Caregivers Can Do to Promote Literacy
Source: Pearson Allyn Bacon Prentice Hall
Topics: Early Years (Birth-5), Reading, Nurturing a Growing Reader
- Read often to infants and toddlers.
- Show enthusiasm as you share books with the child.
- Make the experience pleasurable.
- Talk to the child about the book by pointing to pictures and talking about what is happening.
- Name objects in picture books. (Armbruster, Lehr, & Osborn, 2002)
Excerpted From:
Excerpt from Play and Child Development, by J.L. Frost & S.C. Wortham & S. Reifel, 2008 edition, p. 107.
© 2008, Merrill, an imprint of Pearson Education Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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