Tips for Parents

TIPS FOR PARENTS

1. Scan the book before reading

2. Read books you enjoy also

3. Have expressions in your voice. Get into different characters by changing the tone of your voice.

4. Do not read to fast, read so the children can follow and understand

5. Stop and talk about the book with your child. Teaching comprehension can never start to early.

Children want to be read to and loves it. It just takes effort from the parent also to read to the child. It will improve their vocabulary and comprehension. This is very important for a child developing cognitively on track.

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Types of Children's Books

DIFFERENT TYPES OF CHILDREN'S LITERATURE

Pictures Books

Picture books have a unique format because they do not have any words. Picture books come in all forms, shapes, and sizes. Each picture in a picture book which serves as a visual sign that affects the reader to construct meaning of the authors story. These books create at children's imagination to work. This is a good way to let students in your classroom create a story about the book with no words. If 30 children were handed the same book and were asked to write a story about it, they would all have a different story.

Traditional Literature

Traditional Literature books are the cannon of tales, stories, and poems of people that have been passed down by word mouth through many generations. I always remember my grandma rocking me in her rocking chair and telling me stories of Cinderella, The three little Pigs, and many more. I loved being able to picture the story in my head. These are great stories that never get old. There is always a new version or a different one. I cant wait for my kids to learn about these stories the way I did.

Modern Fantasy

Fantasy unites the child's view of the world with the inherent fascination for magic. Children read these books and fantasise to be just like them or part of the story. Children get to see the blend of fantasy and reality. The author combines the two things to make their story. For example to borrowers is a great book where there is reality with a family living in a home and then there is the fantasy with the "little people" living in the walls of that home.


Realistic Fiction
Realistic Fiction is real in the sense that the setting, characters, and events are plausible. They reflect contemporary places,people, and situations. The reason it is fiction though is because these events did not really happen. These events can happened and are "realistic" and possible events but they are not on a particular event that did happen. I know I love watch Lifetime for their Realistic Fiction.

Historical Fiction
Historical fiction is a combination of historical facts as well as imagination. We love hearing what happened long time a go in our history, but sometimes they do not always have all the facts. In historical Fiction they will take the facts that they do have and then fill in the blanks of the parts that they don't have so that they can then make it a book. Usually a book will sat based off true events for a historical fiction novel.

Poetry
Poetry is usually presented to children first. They hear poetry through the lullabies and nursery Rhymes. As children get older the poetry is found in music, poems, and riddles. Children use poetry a lot but do not even realize it. Most students listen to rap music and a lot of that could be considered or portrayed as poetry. Poetry really expands a students vocabulary because when they have to create their own poetry they normally need a dictionary to help them find words that will fit. Poetry is not always used in the classroom nor is it mandatory to, but poetry is such a big part of our lives and it should not be lost, but it should continued to be taught.

Parent and child reading

It is so important for parents to read to their children. Children when they are at young age are like a sponge and soak everything up that they hear. Reading to them will just allow them to hear more words and build up their vocabulary.

Trying to learn a new language is hard and sometimes impossible. I know I took three years of Spanish and really can only say a few words in Spanish because I stopped hearing, reading, and speaking the language. It is the same thing to a young child. They do not know a language yet and they are tyring to learn from hearing other people speak and having them help them.

Children should be read all different kinds of books with different themes. Everything they read will impact them. Reading different books to students will expose them to news ideas and new words. This is a great way to help students start reading on their own.

10 reasons why parents should read to their children:

1. It is fun and relaxing for both the child and parent

2. It is a good habit to install for the parent to be reading as well as the child to start

3. Encourages conversation amongst the parent and child

4. Encourages bonding between the parent and child

5. Exposure to the child from the parent of different readings

6. Increases the child's vocabulary

7. Its a great way for the parent to teach the child values

8. develops the child's creativity and imagination

9. The parent is helping the child's concentration

10. The parent is encouraging critical thinking at an early age of the child

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Prior Knowledge

Prior knowledge is important that the students have acquired thought the days of their lives and through school. This relates to their knowledge through their experimental, worldly, or background knowledge.

Some people say that prior knowledge is the most important component to reading. It is very important. every time a child reads something they try and relate it to something in their lives. If the students has prior knowledge on the topic or concept it will be easier for them to understand if they do have something to relate t to in their lives that had previously happened.

Strategies to Activate Prior Knowledge:

Brainstorming

Class Discussions

Semantic Mapping

Visual Aids

Strategies to Increase Prior Knowledge:

Build off of what the students already know

Increase Background Information

Real-Life Experiences

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