- plants and flowers book-browsing box
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MA Standards:
Foundational Skills/RF.PK.MA.1.a: Handle books respectfully and appropriately, holding them right-side-up and turning pages one at a time from front to back.
Head Start Outcomes:
Literacy Knowledge/Book Appreciation and Knowledge: Shows interest in shared reading experiences and looking at books independently.
Literacy Knowledge/Book Appreciation and Knowledge: Recognizes how books are read, such as front-to-back and one page at a time, and recognizes basic characteristics, such as title, author, and illustrator.
Social Emotional Development/Self-Concept and Self-Efficacy: Identifies personal characteristics, preferences, thoughts, and feelings.
Social Emotional Development/Self-Concept and Self-Efficacy: Demonstrates age-appropriate independence in a range of activities, routines, and tasks.
Social Emotional Development/Self-Concept and Self-Efficacy: Shows confidence in a range of abilities and in the capacity to accomplish tasks and take on new tasks.
PreK Learning Guidelines:
English Language Arts/Reading and Literature 10: Engage actively in read-aloud activities by asking questions, offering ideas, predicting or retelling important parts of a story or informational book.
Health Education 19: Practice independence and self-help skills.
Independent and Partner Reading, Unit 7, Week 1
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Skill Focus: Book Care and Appreciation, Concepts of Print, Genre, Parts of a Book, Vocabulary
Encourage children to select a nonfiction book that interests them and to look at the words and pictures on their own or with other children. Ask each child to show you the front cover and point to the title of the book. Read aloud the title. Then invite the child to turn the pages to show his or her favorite parts of the book. Acknowledge children when they turn the pages gently and handle the books with care. If a child holds the book incorrectly or turns the pages roughly, demonstrate and model how to hold the book and how to turn pages gently.
Have children tell you about the book and ask them to turn to their favorite picture. Read the accompanying text aloud. Talk about different ways of reading and using nonfiction books. You can read it like a story, from beginning to end, or you can turn to a part that really interests you and just read that.