separate documents for 1st one and second one

1st discussion

Read the article I Want My Baby To Read.pdf.

Post your responses to the following reflective questions:

1. What do you consider the most important reason that attempting to teach infants to read is not a good practice? Explain your response.
2. Which of the achievements by age 3 listed in the article on (pg. 43, left column) do you feel is the most important? Explain your response.
3. Give some examples (golden lines) from the article that you especially agree with. Is there anything that you disagree with?

2nd discussion

While we should not spend out time trying to teach babies to read, reading books with babies is a really valuable tool for supporting language and communication development. Infants and toddlers will gain a number of pre-literacy skills from repeated book reading sessions with an attentive care teacher.

Let’s work together and build resource list of truly awesome books for the infant and toddler learning environment. At the end of this week, I will compile all of our response into a resource list and share it back with you.

Respond to the following:

Part 1

1. While there are countless books for infants and toddlers out there, what constitutes a high quality book? What are some characteristics that we might want to look for when selecting books to read with very young children?
2. How are books designed for infants different from books designed for toddlers or even preschool children?

Part 2

1. Share three of your absolute favorite books for infants and/or toddlers with the rest of the class. List the title, author, a sentence or two summary, and tell us why you love this book.

If you don’t have any favorites or are not sure what books to share, visit the Children’s Section of your local public library.