Training Guides for the Head Start Learning Community:
Emerging Literacy: Linking Social Competence to Learning
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The Magic World of Reading: Opening Doors for Children
Handout 17: Responding to an Emergent ReaderInstructions: Complete this activity before your next coaching session.
- Display the books you chose for the focus child in the library area. Encourage the child to look at the books on his or her own. Observe and talk with the child to see which one he or she finds most interesting. Note the book the child chose below:
Title: _________________________ Author: ________________________
- Use Handout 15: Checklist for Reading Aloud to Preschoolers and Handout 18: Open-Ended Questions for Reading Aloud to prepare for reading the book listed above to a small group of children. As you plan the read-aloud session, consider the individual characteristics of the focus child and those of other children in the group.
- Read the book to the small group. Stop frequently to ask open-ended questions, encourage discussion, invite children to express their ideas, and so on.
- After reading the book, engage the children in a discussion about the characters, setting, and plot. Introduce the activity you planned to enhance the children's enjoyment of the book.
- Put the book in the library area. Observe how the focus child explores the book on his or her own.
- Share what you have learned about this child's emergent reading skills with his or her family. Plan ways to continue supporting the child's skills in English and his or her home language.
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