I recently observed a story time of a newer story time presenter. I saw their passion and playfulness with the preschool crowd, but felt them trip over the words of the story a bit. Afterwards, we followed up– and I admitted that I only take the words of the books as a suggestion. A tip that I love sharing with parents and caregivers— you don’t have to read every word of the book, every time you read that book. There are many retellings of favorite books, and words are only one part of the story for “reading” the book.
Tag: visual literacy
Visual Literacy and Cartoons
My four-year-old was recently introduced to The Pink Panther by his grandfather. One of his favorite things to do is snuggle up with Papa and watch an episode of the wordless cartoon and laugh at the various antics of the clever panther. While he was watching one day it occurred to me that watching these wordless (or nearly wordless in the 1990’s version) cartoons was teaching my son about visual literacy.