Born Reading: Storytime Tips from Great Readers

BORN READING:

STORYTIME TIPS FROM

GREAT READERS

Numerous studies have shown that interactive reading—active engagement with a child during the reading experience—can raise a child’s IQ by more than six points.

In Born Reading: Bringing Up Bookworms in a Digital Age, I distilled interactive reading techniques into a simple “Born Reading Playbook” for parents.

BORN READING

While writing Born Reading, I interviewed teachers, librarians, child development experts, neuroscientists and many other professionals.

This slideshow collects interactive reading tips from some of the best readers I met on my journey.

Tip # 1 from author Sara Gillingham:

Ask questions & have the child point to objects they know

In Rebecca O'Connell’s book, a baby goes through the motions of a normal day.

These bright illustrations offer plenty of opportunities to point to objects inside the book.

PRACTICE: “THE BABY GOES BEEP”

Tip #2 from Reading Rainbow’s LeVar Burton:

Remember how to play like a child

PRACTICE: “PLEASE, BABY PLEASE”

Movie director Spike Lee and producer Tonya Lewis Lee evoke the frustration and joy of a toddler.

Kadir Nelson’s gorgeous pictures will help kids describe and talk about feelings.

Tip #3 from comic book creator Stan Lee:

Act out scenes from their favorite books

Mo Willems’ “Let’s Go for a Drive” is fi lled with interactive dialogue.

Try using different voices for characters, imitating facial expressions and jumping around the room like Elephant and Piggie.

PRACTICE: “LET’S GO FOR A DRIVE”

Tip #4 from Poet Nikki Giovanni: Whether you enjoy poetry,

storytelling or hip hop, share it with the kids in your life.

Giovanni edited this anthology of hip hop for kids.

It includes work by Langston Hughes, the Sugar Hill Gang, Kanye West, Gwendolyn Brooks and more…

“HIP HOP SPEAKS TO CHILDREN”

Tip #5 from author Mo Willems: Draw with your kids

This book by Peter H. Reynolds will encourage the kid in your life to make and share art.

Visit Reynolds’ website for even more ideas about making art with the kids.

PRACTICE: “THE DOT”

JASON BOOG

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