Category: Comprehension and Making Meaning
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Making Connections
Your Child Will Learn
To focus on a book and begin to make connections between books and the real world
Here’s What to Do
- Pick out a board book and settle into your reading spot.
- Before opening the book, read
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Story Parts
Your Child Will Learn
How to identify the main character, beginning, and end of a story.
Here’s What to Do
- Read a book with your child.
- At the end of the story, ask your child who the main character was.
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Making Connections
Your Child Will Learn
How to connect what they read in books to real-life experiences.
Here’s What to Do
- Invite your child to read with you and let them choose the book.
- While reading, connect this story to your own
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Picture Walk Read-Aloud
Your Child Will Learn
How to use a book’s pictures to tell a story.
Here’s What to Do
- Choose a picture book that tells a story (ideally one your child hasn’t read before or doesn’t know very well).
- Point to
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Book Play
Your Child Will Learn
Retell a story from a favorite book through dramatic performance
Here’s What to Do
- Ask your child to select a book that they enjoy reading. Read the book together and discuss the characters and settings, and
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Draw a Story
Your Child Will Learn
About the elements of stories in books and how to re-tell stories
Here’s What to Do
- Read a picture book that your child is very familiar with. As you read, point out story elements like characters, settings,