So much good happens during any crisis in America and this is no different. Many celebrities have joined in reading books for children to see and listen to. Of course, your child always loves to hear you read, but a new voice and a new book can be a special experience. And a really wonderful thing is that it appears there are books being read that appropriate for many, many age levels so this should be fun for lots of age groups. Hoorah!
To make a book or story more meaningful, here are some extension ideas.
Talking about a story afterwards is a great pre-literacy exercise & can be tailored to your child's age.
After your child watches a story time, ask them some questions. Here are some suggestions, but certainly don't drill them with all of these each time they hear a story. We want them to love books!
What did you think about the story?
Who were the characters?
What happened in the beginning, middle, and end?
Was there a problem to be solved?
Did one character in the story need help or help another?
How did it make you feel?
Was it funny?
Did you hear rhyming words?
Did you like the pictures?
Did you like it?
There are other ways to extend a story and teachers are great at this as well. Depending on your child,
they could draw or paint something the book made them think about. Was there any food in the book? If so, remember your kitchen is a visual learning lab. Figure out something you could make together that reminds them about the book. Did the characters build a fort? Get out the blankets and sheets and build a fort over your furniture. Did they call or write a letter? Help your child do that.
Once again, these are all just ideas. Some days it's just the best thing ever to listen and be done. You know your child, and you know when it would be appropriate to extend story time just a little.
Here are some new links in addition to the story time links from a previous post:
celebrities reading @operationstorytime
Librairin Bookends Present: #unitedbybooksCOVID19
@savewithstories - On this Instagram page, celebrities read favorite children's stories; for example,
Jennifer Garner reads one of the Day School's favorites, Jan Brett's The Mitten
Storylineonline.net - Listen to movie stars and other celebrities read some of your favorite books
@petethecatofficial - Author James Dean reads his books aloud every weekday at 11:00 CST; you can also pull up past stories and watch and listen
PBS Kids - Marc Brown reading Arthur's New Puppy or go to the Arthur or PBS Kids Facebook pages for more stories
Bedtime Stories Read Aloud - Look for these on You Tube - lots of wonderful books that will be worth listening to with your children
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