How to use Eric Carle Books to Develop Reading Skills in Preschoolers

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How to use Eric Carle Books to Develop Reading
Skills in Preschoolers

• Submitted By - Salintha Gunasekara
• https//www.palosverdesmontessori.com/
• PalosVerdesMontessori_at_gmail.com
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• One of the very important activities you can do
  with your babies is reading and storytelling as
  this helps in their brain and language
  development. Besides this, reading and
  storytelling can
• Help kids learn phonics, words, and language.
• Spark their imagination and stimulate curiosity.
• Help develop their brain, concentration, social,
  and communication skills.
• Assist them to understand the difference between
  real and make-believe.
• Develop their understanding of the world around
  them.
• So, as parents, it is your responsibility to
  develop your childs reading skills from the very
  beginning and according to the Preschool
  teachers, to do so you can opt for the picture
  books authored by Eric Carle.

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Eric Carles The Very Hungry Caterpillar and
Brown Bear Brown Bear, What Do You See? are the
two most popular books among teachers and kids.
While you may think that the kids get attracted
to the bright illustrations and simple writing
style of these books, there is much more going on
under the surface. This is why childcare experts
recommend using Eric Carle books to develop
reading and linguistic skills in preschoolers. In
many play schools, teachers use these picture
books as anchor texts for their reading
programs. But what makes teaching with Eric Carle
books so captivating for children and adults?
Please go through the following slides to find
the answer to this question.
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Eric Carle Books Are Predictable Pattern
Books. Predictable Pattern Books help kids
predict and this is a very important
comprehension skill. To make sense of the text
and master the process of reading for
comprehension and meaning, kids should learn how
to predict. Eric Carle's books assist them to do
this from an early age. The predictability of
following the caterpillar through the seven days
of the week in The Very Hungry Caterpillar
helps them understand that stories should have a
sequence of events. As they read the story, they
can easily predict the next action. Kids feel
involved with the story and can easily able to
comprehend the text.
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Matching Illustrations Enhance Fluency and
Comprehension. Illustrations play a very
important part in picture books. Bright,
text-matching illustrations provide young readers
with an immediate vision of the characters,
setting, and mood of the story. Looking at the
pictures, they can instantly build a connection
with the characters. Kids do not need to know all
the letter sounds to read the multi-syllabic word
like, caterpillar in The Very Hungry
Caterpillar. The word comes quite a few times in
the story and the matching illustration on every
page helps them to recognize it and read it
effortlessly.
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Eric Carle Books use High-Frequency
Words. High-frequency words are one of the main
types of sight words that occur most frequently
in texts. These are words (like and, the, as, it,
etc) having little meaning on their own but they
contribute significantly to the meaning of a
sentence. In Preschool Rolling Hills CA, teachers
always encourage kids to read more of Eric
Carle's books as they use plenty of
high-frequency words. These words normally do not
follow any spelling rules, so kids have to
memorize their spellings. While reading Eric
Carles books, kids constantly grapple with
high-frequency words and in the process, they
learn their spellings.
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Reading Becomes A Fun Activity When You Use Eric
Carles Books. The Very Hungry Caterpillar,
Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear, The
Very Busy Spider are some of Eric Carles famous
books. Besides these, almost all his books are
quite entertaining and tell stories about the
world around them. This is ultimately what
Daycare teachers are always aiming for
encouraging children to enjoy reading. As kids
start loving the activity, they develop a sense
of wonder in them that not only propel their
little minds through the learning process but
also help them to be independent, lifelong
readers.
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In Palos Verdes Montessori, teachers always put
stress on developing childrens reading and
comprehension skills. To help kids achieve this
objective, they always inspire the little minds
to read Eric Carles predictable pattern books.
They even do various activities related to
stories to make them feel connected with the
characters in the books. In fact, you can even
buy at least some of Eric Carles books and have
read-aloud sessions with your toddlers. If not
reading, just seeing the pictures in the books
with your kids and talking about them would
promote bonding between you and your kids.
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Reference
Palos Verdes Montessori https//www.palosverdesmon
tessori.com/ PalosVerdesMontessori_at_gmail.com (310)
541-2405 Address 28451 Indian Peak Road, Palos
Verdes Peninsula, CA 90274 We are enrolling
kids from Palos Verdes CA, Estates CA, Torrance
CA and Rolling Hills CA locations.
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