LTL Podcast Episode #20: Supporting Readers During the Summer Months: Spotlight on the Power of Picture Books
This episode as well as the next few episodes are more aimed at parents and how parents can support their children with reading during the summer months. When reading with kids during the summer months, think of it as time together with your child and find books that your child will enjoy or that you will enjoy reading together. I approach summer reading as a time to connect with my daughters and I really try to pick books that we can talk about together or books that they will really find funny and enjoyable.
In this week’s episode, I focus on picture books and how they can be beneficial to read to kids of all ages during the summer months. Picture books are great for kids of all ages - even kids who are in the upper elementary grades. Picture books are a format of children’s literature and they come in all different genres - which is wonderful because there are many options when reading to your child.
Some suggestions when reading picture books with your child include:
Identifying the characters in the text
Talking about the character’s traits or describing the characters with your child
Identify the setting in the book
Thinking about the big idea or the theme in the book
Making connections to the book
I hope you will give this episode a listen! Feel free to respond and let me know what you are reading with your child this summer!