1WhatMakesaGoodBook!NationalAssociationfortheEducationofYoungChildrenAnnualConference,2006DorothyS.Strickland福州SEO&ShannonRiley-Ayers“EarlyLiteracy:Policy&PracticeinthePreschoolYears”&andanexcerptfromtheirforthcomingbook“LiteracyLeadersinPreschoolSettings”AQuickGuideforDirectors,Principals,Supervisors,andTeacherLeadersPublishedbyNAEYCandTeachersCollegePress3Whatmakesagoodbook?ReadingAloudtoChildren--athomeandatschool--hasaspecialroleinyoungchildren’sliteracydevelopment.BUT,WHATMAKESAGOODBOOK?4WhatMakesaGoodBook?Dorothy’stopten#1Ithasuniversalappeal!5AChairforMyMotherbyVeraB.Williams6AChairforMyMotherbyVeraB.Williams7Reflection--Sharingbookswithchildrenisstrongmotivationforlearningtoread.Showyourenthusiasmandinterestasyoureadaloud.Listeningtofluentreadingprovidesthefoundationforfluency8WhatMakesaGoodBook?Dorothy’stopten#2Ithasinterestinglanguage!thelanguageflows;ithasrhythm;youcanplaywithit9Honey,ILoveEloiseGreenfieldpicturesbyDianeandLeoDillon10Reflection--Languageplayfostersasensitivitytothesoundsystem,thefoundationforphonemicawarenessandphonics.Providesasenseofwordsandsentences11WhatMakesaGoodBook?Dorothy’stopten#3Iteducatesasitentertains!12SnowballsbyLoisEhlert13SnowballsbyLoisEhlert14Reflection--Informationalbooksofallkindsprovidebackgroundknowledgeabouttheworld,whichisessentialforvocabularydevelopmentandreadingcomprehension.15WhatMakesaGoodBook?Dorothy’stopten#4Itevokesdiscussion!16AmazingGraceMaryHoffmanCarolineBinch17AmazingGraceMaryHoffmanCarolineBinch18Reflection--Encouragechildrento–Reflectonwhatwasread;Comparebooksonthesametopic;andbythesameauthor;Helpmakeconnectionstotheirliveslisteningandspeaking19WhatMakesaGoodBook?Dorothy’stopten#5Itprovidesasenseofhistoryandconnectiontothepast!20TheAmazingLifeofBenjaminFranklinJamesCrossGiblinIllustrationsbyMichaelDooling21TheAmazingLifeofBenjaminFranklinJamesCrossGiblinIllustrationsbyMichaelDooling22Reflection--Extendbookexperiencesthroughinteractivewriting.TalkaboutwhatwasreadSavethegoodideasbywritingthemdownaschildrendictatethemReadandrereadtogether23WhatMakesaGoodBook?Dorothy’stopten#6Itintroduceschildrentoothercultures!24GoingHomebyEveBuntingIllustratedbyDavidDiaz25GoingHomebyEveBuntingIllustratedbyDavidDiaz26Reflection--Sharingbooksaboutpeoplefromothercultureshelpsbroadenchildren’sbackgroundknowledgeandunderstandingofthediverseworldinwhichwelive.Helpchildrenunderstandthatthewaywelivemayseemstrangetoothers.Vocabulary&Comprehension27WhatMakesaGoodBook?Dorothy’stopten#7Itintroduceschildrentovariedformsofliterature!28Stringbean’sTriptotheShiningSeabyVeraB.Williams&JenniferWilliams29Stringbean’sTriptotheShiningSeabyVeraB.Williams&JenniferWilliams30Reflection--Knowingsomethingaboutthestructureofstoriesandinformationalbookssupportsboth–readingcomprehensionandwriting.31WhatMakesaGoodBook?Dorothy’stopten#8It’saclassicpieceofliterature!32TheIllustratedBookofFairyTalesRetoldbyNeilPhilipIllustratedbyNileshMistry33Reflection--Classicliteratureisreferredtoinjokes,newspaperarticles,andmodernstories–akeypartofbackgroundknowledgefor–readingcomprehension34CartoonfromtheNewYorkerMagazinebyShanahan35WhatMakesaGoodBook?Dorothy’stopten#9It’sworthreadingoverandoveragain!36GoodNightMoonMargaretWiseBrownPicturesbyClementHurd37Reflection--Thereisvalueinrepeatedlisteningtothesamestoriesandpoems.Childrenmemorizeportionsandgainasenseofcomfortandcontroloverknowingwhatcomesnext.Sharedreadingofbigbooksandchartsofferschildrenanopportunitytoparticipateinthereading.Builds-conceptsaboutbooks&print.38WhatMakesaGoodBook?Dorothy’stopten#10Itmakesyoulaugh!!39RaisingSweetnessDianeStanleyG.BrianKaras40HandoutswillbeavailableinExhibitHallAintheGWCCandat--www.naeyc.orgwww.nieer.orgPreschoolPolicyBriefbyDorothyS.Strickland&ShannonRiley-Ayers“EarlyLiteracy:Policy&PracticeinthePreschoolYears”&andanexcerptfromtheirforthcomingbook“LiteracyLeadersinPreschoolSettings”AQuickGuideforDirectors,Principals,Supervisors,andTeacherLeadersPublishedbyNAEYCandTeachersCollegePress