Category: Appreciation of Books
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Turning Pages
Your Child Will Learn
How to turn book pages one at a time (and explore a book on their own)
Here’s What to Do
- Read a board book with me (one with thick cardboard pages). Encourage me to turn one
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Picture Walk
Your Child Will Learn
To look at pictures and words in a book, and that reading is fun!
Here’s What to Do
- Choose a board book to read that has only pictures or just a few words.
- Read the title
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I Know That Story
Your Child Will Learn
To enjoy reading familiar books with adults.
Here’s What to Do
- Choose one of your child’s favorite books, ideally one with repeating phrases.
- Prompt your child to join you when you read the repetitive phrases on
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A Look in the Library
Your Child Will Learn
To find new books they like in a library.
Here’s What to Do
- Go to your local library with your child or children and explore the different sections, floors, or special areas; point out important areas,
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Let’s Go to the Library
Your Child Will Learn
That they can find some favorite books at the library and take them home!
Here’s What to Do
- Go to your local library and find the infant and toddler part of the children’s section. Many libraries
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Texture Tales
Your Child Will Learn
To look at and interact with books.
Here’s What to Do
- Find a board book with different textures your child can touch. (Or, tell a story out loud and have your child touch the textures of
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It’s Book Time
Your Child Will Learn
How to explore books through the senses (looking, touching, and with their mouth)
Here’s What to Do
- Choose a book that will gain the interest of your infant (soft books, books with textures, board books, picture