Something to remember'''

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Something to remember...

• The kind of care that is taken in printing books
  is, I believe, very important.
• Children must grow up with a sense of quality of
  excellence.
• To have little respect for our materials and for
  the things we make means to have little respect
  for the people for whom these things are meant.
• Leo Lionni
• Authors and Illustrators of Children's Books

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Criteria for choosing a good book

• Could I read this book enthusiastically, really
  enjoying the story?
• Are the contents of the book appropriate for the
  children?
• Can the children relate some parts to their lives
  and past experience?
• Can the children identify with one or more of the
  characters?
• Does the book have directly quoted conversation?
• Will the child benefit from attitudes and models
  in the book?

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Criteria for choosing a good book

• Was the book written with an understanding of
  preschool age-level characteristics?
• Is the text too long to sit through? Are there
  too many words?
• Are there enough colourful or action-packed
  pictures or illustrations to hold attention?
• Is the size of the book suitable for easy
  handling in groups or for individual viewing?
• Can the child participate in the story by
  speaking or making actions?
• Is the fairy tale or folktale too complex,
  symbolic, and confusing to have meaning?

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Criteria for choosing a good book

• Is the author's style enjoyable
• Is the book written clearly with a vocabulary and
  sequence the children can understand?
• Are repetitions of words, actions, rhymes, or
  story parts used?
• Does the story develop and end with a satisfying
  climax of events?

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Criteria for choosing a good book

• Are there humorous parts and silly names? The
  young child's humour is often slapstick in
  nature.
• Does it have educational value?
• Could you use it to expand knowledge?
• Does it increase or broaden understanding?

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Language Opportunities

• picture books
• story aprons
• told stories - with or without props
• felt stories
• magnetic stories
• white boards or drawing stories
• overlay stories
• flip cards
• slides and videos

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Language Opportunities

• big books
• sand stories
• paper stories
• string
• poems, fingerplays or rhymes
• collections
• special treasures
• wall hangings
• cube

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Language Opportunities

• story maps
• discussion
• posters or pictures
• cardboard cutouts
• overhead transparencies
• television - made from boxes
• dramatization
• puppets
• riddles and jokes
• games

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Storytelling

• is more direct than reading from a book
• involves the listener in a way that passive
  entertainment never can
• provides excellent listening training
• encourages the exercise of imagination
• fosters a special bond between the participants
• is flexible and informal

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Basics of storytelling

• sincerity and enjoyment
• voice and diction
• appearance
• preparation
• be familiar with the story
• feel confident abut any story you plan to tell
• organize props (if any) beforehand
• settle on a quiet story area before starting
• think through your introduction to the story and
  your follow on

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Basics of storytelling

• Eye contact
• Slow or quick speech
• Pause

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