- book-browsing box, including children’s cookbooks and fiction and non-fiction books about food
- title
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.
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 8, Week 1
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Skill Focus: Book Appreciation, Book Care and Handling, Concepts of Print, Listening and Speaking, Vocabulary
Encourage children to select a book that interests them and to look at the words and pictures on their own or with other children. Ask children to show you the front cover and point to the title of the book. Read aloud the title.
Then ask children to tell you about the book they have selected. Let children turn the pages, prompting them as needed. Ask them to describe the food featured in the book. Ask, What colors do you see? What shapes?
Acknowledge children for turning the pages gently and handling the books with care.