storybook

**Title:** Sharing a storybook with your child can be fun!

 * Activity type:** Reading with your child on a daily basis.
 * Activity Form:** One-on-one, or with a small group of children.
 * Grade:** Pre-school, primary grades
 * Group size:** parent and child or several small children.
 * Length:** 20-30 minutes, usually at bedtime
 * Materials:** A storybook, library book, or favorite book.
 * Goal:** To familiarize your child or children with reading, words, and stories
 * What to do:**
 * 1) Pick out a book on your child's reading level, one he has picked out or one he is interested in. Try to select a book with few words and lots of pictures.
 * 2) Sit down with your child one-on-one, or with another child listening in.
 * 3) Do a "picture-walk" with your child, beginning with the cover of the book. Ask questions to keep his interest, i.e.,"What do you think this book is about?" "Who is in the story?"
 * 4) Read the book aloud, pausing to ask questions to keep the child interested. "What will happen?", "Where are they?", "What are they doing?".:
 * 5) Do a "story walk" and have the child go back through the book and tell you the story. Discuss his ideas about the story and share your ideas with him. Did he like the story? Would he like to read it again?


 * Related activities:**
 * 1) Draw pictures about the book or story. Who was his favorite character?
 * 2) Act out the story, as in "The Three Little Pigs", or "The Three Bears".
 * 3) Make a video of the actors doing their favorite story.