tigger_gal
11-15-2009, 11:15 AM
Learning Skills
* Cognitive/thinking skills
* Creativity and imagination
* Language and vocabulary development
* Problem solving
* Sequencing
What Happened?
Help your child learn to anticipate and solve problems—before real problems come along! Make it fun for her to figure out solutions.
Materials
* Picture book with a good story
Instructions
* Select a picture book in which events happen that your child can anticipate.
* Sit together in a comfortable chair and begin reading the story.
* As you proceed, ask your child what she thinks is going to happen next and let her guess before you turn the page.
* Turn the page, read the next part of the story, and see if she was right!
* Continue until you reach the end of the book.
Safety
Be sure to select books that don't cause your child anxiety about what's going to happen such as a story about death.
* Cognitive/thinking skills
* Creativity and imagination
* Language and vocabulary development
* Problem solving
* Sequencing
What Happened?
Help your child learn to anticipate and solve problems—before real problems come along! Make it fun for her to figure out solutions.
Materials
* Picture book with a good story
Instructions
* Select a picture book in which events happen that your child can anticipate.
* Sit together in a comfortable chair and begin reading the story.
* As you proceed, ask your child what she thinks is going to happen next and let her guess before you turn the page.
* Turn the page, read the next part of the story, and see if she was right!
* Continue until you reach the end of the book.
Safety
Be sure to select books that don't cause your child anxiety about what's going to happen such as a story about death.