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Chapter Four Books to Begin On

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Babies’ First Books

• Identification books

• Naming books

• Books with simple narratives

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First Books

• Give and take of language between adult and child occurs in this stage of first books

• First books experienced huge growth in the 1980s and 1990s.

• Well known nursery rhyme classis were

re-issued/series were created.

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First Books

• Sturdy board books like Freight Train and Olivia Counts came out on the market

• Books illustrating children of many cultures such as Dressing and Young Joe were published.

• Cloth books with mirrors and rattles such as Sweet, Sweet Baby are sold.

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First Books• First books are made of heavy laminated cardboard,

cloth or plastic pages that could withstand teeth or sticky fingers.

• Photographic concept books that depict only one object on each page show familiar objects.

• What Is That? and Red, Blue, Yellow Shoe

are two concept books to check out.

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First Books

• Books that introduce children to rhythms and forms of literature like Goodnight Moon and Whose Mouse Are You? invite babies to participate in finding objects in pictures or repeating simples phrases.

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Toy Books

• Children are invited to feel the pictures as well as see them. The Very Busy Spider is one example of a multi-sensory book.

• Toy books also have sound which incorporates rhythm

and pacing in books like Chugga-Chugga Choo-Choo.

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Toy Books

• Have built in participation like flaps that lift up, soft flannel to touch or holes to poke fingers through. Pat The Bunny is one example of this type of toy book.

• Cut-Out books like Maisy Goes To Bed are appealing for their many cut-outs and colorful illustrations.

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Finger Rhymes and Nursery Songs• Finger plays date back to the “father of the

kindergarten movement”, Friedrich Froebel.

• Five Little Pigs, Where Is Thumbkin?, and Eensy, Weensy Spider are examples of finger rhymes.

• Highly imaginative illustrations like Marla

Frazee’s Hush, Little Baby, show two

frantic parents trying to

calm a crying baby!

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Finger Rhymes and Nursery Songs

• Folk songs illustrated in board books such as Fiddle-I-Fee have patterns that children enjoy.

• Children love to make up additional verses to folk songs using the established pattern.

• The Wheels On The Bus is one of children’s favorite primary songs.

• Paul Zelinsky’s interpretation is a well-constructed, movable version that captivates children.

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Mother Goose

• Often is the first introduction into the world of literature• Folk rhymes passed from generation to generation &

found across cultures• No one knows the origin – most likely spoken language

first• The attraction of Mother Goose is the obscure language

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The Appeal of Mother Goose:Why Children Like Mother Goose

• Musical quality of the varied language patterns, • The rhythm & rhyme of the verses & alliteration of lines • Love the sound – experimenting with language• Chance to participate and response – clapping, playing games,

counting and saying tongue twisters• Narrative quality – tells a good story/quick action. Can use

pantomime or drama• Interesting & likeable characters – Old King Cole • Content reflects the interest of young children – animals, every day

experiences and verses about weather and seasons. • Humor – delight at the misfortune of another – Jack and Jill• Nonsense of rhymes is also fun for children

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The Appeal of Mother Goose:Why Mother Goose is Important

• Ability to manipulate sounds of words is a necessary foundation for understanding relationships between letters and sounds & contributes to their emergent literacy development

• Research – link children’s experiences with nursery rhymes & speech play to development of sensitivity to the sounds with in words – Phonemic awareness

• Helps with language patterns and stimulates further language development

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Different Editions of Mother Goose

• There are many beautiful editions of Mother Goose

• Older versions tend to remain popular• There are collections of Mother Goose also • Tomie dePaola’s Mother Goose is a colorful

version• Arnold Lobel Book of Mother Goose• There are also single verse editions of Mother

Goose rhymes

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Alphabet Books

• History– Cautionary Rhymes

• Concepts Taught– Names and Shapes of Letters– Identification or Naming

• Selecting Criteria• Different Structures

– word-picture formats– simple narratives– riddles or puzzles– topical themes

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Counting Books

• using pictures to visually represent counting– Pictures have to be clear and not cluttered

• Vary in Difficulty– one-to-one correspondence– simple mathematical concepts – number stories and puzzles

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Concept Books

• teach a concept– Colors– Shapes– Sizes– Alphabet– Counting– Opposites

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Examples of Concept Books

• Colors

– Bill Martin

• Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?

• Shapes

– Ann Montague-Smith

• My First Shape Book

• Sizes

– Pat Hutchins

• Shrinking Mouse

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Examples of Concept Books

• Alphabet

– David Kirk

• Miss Spider's ABC

• Counting

– Eric Carle

• The Very Hungry Caterpillar

• Opposites

– Nina Crews

• A High, Low, Near, Far, Loud, Quiet Story

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Wordless

• Story told entirely through pictures• Help develop skills needed for reading

– Handling the book, turning pages, beginning at left side and moving to the right

• Stimulate language development– Children take an active part in storytelling

• Learn Literary Concepts– Stories have a beginning and an end and a sequence– Characters have actions and emotions

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Books About Common Experiences

• Children’s concerns are the main focus

• Humor is often directed to the parent reader, therefore both can relate

• These stories provide reassurance and acceptance

• Also provide a sense of love and comfort

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Some examples…

• No David! -David Shannon

• When Sophie Gets Angry- Really, Really Angry – Molly Bang

• Jamela’s Dress- Niki Daly

• Goodnight Moon – Margaret Wise Brown

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Books for the Beginning Reader

• Predictable Books– Contain repetitive word and story patterns

• Controlled- Vocabulary Books– Meaningful easy read stories

• Big Books– Books shown on a large scale so that

everyone can follow along

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Some examples

• Predictable Books– Where’s Spot – Eric Hill– The Three Billy Goats Gruff – Glen Rounds– Shoes from Grandpa – Mem Fox

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Controlled Vocabulary Books

• The Cat in the Hat – Dr. Seuss

• Bread and Jam for Frances – Russell Hoban

• Frog and Toad Together – Arnold Lobel