Evaluating the Story with The Most Magnificent Thing
January 17, 2025
An effective way to deepen your child’s understanding of a story is to encourage them to make judgments and form opinions about the events that take place. Here are some tips to help your child evaluate a story with the fun book, The most Magnificent Thing.
Building Print Knowledge with This Book is on FIRE
November 28, 2024
Learning about print doesn’t come naturally to children. They need our support to understand what print is for and how it works – a key early literacy skill called print knowledge. Read on for some tips to build your child’s print knowledge with the fun children’s book, This Book Is on Fire!
Introducing Rare Vocabulary with Big Words for Little Paleontologists
October 21, 2024
Use the Hanen strategy, “Shoot for the SSTaRS” to help your child learn the kinds of higher-level words that prepare them for school success.
Introducing Rare Vocabulary with Mama Built a Little Nest
October 14, 2024
Helping a child understand less commonly used words will have a big impact on their reading and writing abilities later on. In this Book Nook, we share some helpful strategies to introduce rare words to children and to ensure they really understand them.
Incorporating Pretend with Billie and Bean at the Beach
August 15, 2024
When we support children to act out a story, we encourage them to think more deeply about the events and characters in the book, which deepens their understanding. Here are a few tips for adding pretend to your book sharing with children.
Developing Story Comprehension with I’m Not Scared, You’re Scared
July 14, 2024
Bear might be scared of a lot of things, but is it possible he’s braver than he thought? Come along for the fun as we share strategies for helping children learn about story structure with this charming book.
Building Letter-Sound Awareness with an Alphabet Book
June 18, 2024
Studies show that children who start school with strong sound awareness skills tend to become better readers and writers. Learn more about what sound awareness is and use a fun Hanen strategy to help children learn this skill while you’re looking at print, both in books and at other times throughout the day.
Waiting with The Three Little Superpigs
May 17, 2024
It can be tempting to read a children’s book straight through without stopping. But when you carve out a bit of time to pause and wait for your child to participate, you open the door to far more learning for yur child.
Problem Solving with Stuck
April 22, 2024
A little boy named Floyd has a big problem: First his kite gets stuck in a tree, and then his shoe! What will he do? In this Book Nook, we talk about how you can build children’s problem-solving skills during book reading to enrich their story understanding and help prepare them for reading and writing.