Recommended for children Newborn to 6 Months
Author
Van Genechten, Guido
Publisher
Independent Publishers Group (ISBN: 9781605370101)
Description
Even though your baby does not understand your words at this age, she loves the sound of your voice. Every time your baby hears your voice and hears new words, her brain is growing. So in addition to reading the words on the pages, talk to your baby about things on the page.
As your baby grows, you can introduce her to a variety of farm animals, by exploring animal names and noises.
As your baby grows, you can introduce her to a variety of farm animals, by exploring animal names and noises.
Why raising readers Has Selected This Book
You will notice that each of the animal illustrations in this sweet book are surrounded by a black line. The black line separating the picture from the solid color background helps very young eyes to focus on the picture.
Activities
How do you read a book with just a single word on each page? The reading would be over rather quickly if you just read the animal name. You can instead use this book to talk and interact with your child. For example, with the snail on the first page, could you talk about how slowly a snail moves while running your finger slowly up your baby's arm? For example, could you "meow" on the cat page? Will your baby understand what you are doing or saying? No, but she is making connections between sounds, images, and the feeling of your touch that will help her with her language in the coming months and years.
Theme
Animals
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From the 2011 Early Literacy Calendar (February):
At two months, infants are settling into their new world. They are able to focus on books with simple pictures or photos and Look at That! has just one animal per page. It is short but allows the adult to talk about the picture as little or as much as the baby likes. It contains common animals such as a cat, horse, and dog; but also has snail, peacock, and hedgehog that are not typically in young infant books. Talk to the baby about the long green caterpillar. Use descriptive words such as “slow” to describe how a snail moves, the “pink circles” on the butterfly’s wings, the “prickly quills” on the
hedgehog. Just hearing this language, even at two months of age, is important (and it stretches the caregivers vocabulary as well!). Taking time and having fun with a simple picture book help babies
begin to know that reading is an activity which connects them to the important people in their lives.
At two months, infants are settling into their new world. They are able to focus on books with simple pictures or photos and Look at That! has just one animal per page. It is short but allows the adult to talk about the picture as little or as much as the baby likes. It contains common animals such as a cat, horse, and dog; but also has snail, peacock, and hedgehog that are not typically in young infant books. Talk to the baby about the long green caterpillar. Use descriptive words such as “slow” to describe how a snail moves, the “pink circles” on the butterfly’s wings, the “prickly quills” on the
hedgehog. Just hearing this language, even at two months of age, is important (and it stretches the caregivers vocabulary as well!). Taking time and having fun with a simple picture book help babies
begin to know that reading is an activity which connects them to the important people in their lives.
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- The raising readers Team
- Jan 27, 2012- The raising readers Team
