📚 Shared Reading
Pause, wonder, predict, describe illustrations, and invite children to participate in repeated readings.
📖 Books & Reading
Use shared reading and everyday book experiences to build comprehension, print awareness, vocabulary, and a love of stories.
BOOK EXPERIENCES
Make Reading Interactive
Children learn about language and literacy when books are part of relationships, conversations, play, and meaningful classroom experiences.
🔎 Print Awareness
Notice book parts, print direction, letters, words, signs, labels, and environmental print.
🧠 Story Comprehension
Talk about characters, settings, events, problems, solutions, feelings, and children's connections.
❤️ Book Choice
Provide accessible books that reflect children's interests, families, cultures, experiences, and curiosity.