PowerPoint from CHD 120

1. BOOK LEARNING CENTER

2. BOOKS- PRESCHOOL CHILDREN
NEED A WIDE SELECTION OF
BOOKS.
They need 3-5 books for each category (3-5yrs)
• Realistic
• Factual
• Fantasy
• People
• Animals

3. • Realistic
• Factual
• Fantasy
• People
• Animals

4. INFANT AND
TODDLERS NEED
BOARD OR CLOTH
BOOKS WITH
Realistic pictures of:
• Transportation
• People
• Animals
• Routines
• Objects

5. SOME BOOKS SHOULD RELATE TO
CURRENT THEMES AND FOLLOW UP
ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE PROVIDED
Diorama used by children to retell, If
you give a mouse a cookie. (Theme:
“Sharing”)

6. THESE KIDS MADE PAPER CATERPILLARS
FOR THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR.

7. CHILD-DICTATED STORIES, CHARTS, LABELS…
TALK ON PAPER! TEACHERS SHOULD HELP CHILDREN
CONNECT TALK AND SYMBOLS

8. THE TEACHER ROLE IS TO ENCOURAGE
AND GET THE CHILDREN INVOLVED IN
BOOKS/STORY TIME.
Examples
• Encourage means that staff invite children to join them in using book and try to
keep them interested in book related activities.
• Let children leave story time when they loose interest, they shouldn’t be forced to
participate.

9. EARLY ON, INFANTS LEARN TO USE
THEIR OWN SOUNDS, FACIAL
EXPRESSIONS, AND BODY MOVEMENTS
TO COMMUNICATE THEIR FEELINGS
AND NEEDS; LATER, THEY BECOME
ADEPT AT EXPRESSING THEMSELVES
THROUGH GESTURES, BABBLING, AND
WORDS, AND WRITTEN SYMBOLS

10. DOMAIN: LANGUAGE AND LITERACY
Strand 1: Listening and Speaking
A4. Use consistent sounds, gestures, and some words to communicate
(page70)
Strategies
• Point to a bottle and say, “baba.” Use consistent sound combinations to
indicate specific object or person (e.g., “da-da” for daddy).
• Expanding upon child’s attempts to use words (e.g. child says “door”; you
say, “Yes, that is the door. Do you want to go outside?”).

11. DOMAIN: FINE ARTS
Strand 1: Dance Arts
A7. Express feelings and ideas through drama and movement.
(page 113)
Strategies
• Express through movement and dancing what is felt through
music. Use movement to interpret or imitate feelings, animals,
and such things as plants growing or a rainstorm.
• Encouraging child to talk about her feelings and ideas through
drama and movement. Modeling the expression of your own
feelings and ideas through drama and movement.

12. DOMAIN: LANGUAGE AND LITERACY
Strand 1: Listening and Speaking
A8. Demonstrate increased understanding of oral language through actions and
responses to directions and questions. (page 71)
Strategies
• Respond appropriately to simple directions or questions. Understand “let’s
pretend” and “make-believe.”
• Speaking in simple sentences and play games that require listening (e.g.,
Simon Says). Engaging child in play and conversations that help distinguish
between real and pretend experiences.

13. DOMAIN: APPROACHES TO
LEARNING
Strand 3: Creativity and Inventiveness
C4. Pretend and use imagination during play
(page 64)
Strategies
• Role play with another child (e.g., pretends to
be her parent). Take play dough to the
housekeeping area to fill the muffin tins before
putting them in the play oven.
• Playing with child in creative ways (e.g., using
soft toys to create a puppet show). Providing
dress-up and pretend play materials from
child’s daily life and cultural background or
books and songs