Thursday, May 9, 2013

Margret and H.A. Rey's Where is Curious George? Written & Illustrated by Cynthia Platt and Greg Paprocki



Platt, Cynthia, and Greg Paprocki. Margret and H.A. Rey's Where is Curious George?. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013. Print. 26 pages


Age Group:
 6 Months-4 years
Book Format:
 Picture Book
Annotation:
Look and Find picture book written in rhyme. Young reader will be able to find George hidden in various homes along with other hidden items. The readers will have fun associating the word names with the illustrations
Personal Reaction:
 One of my personal favorite ways to have young readers become interactive with reading readiness.   
Keywords/Tags:
 Fiction, Monkeys, Hidden Objects
Early Literacy Skills Enhancements:
 Vocabulary Skills
~Promote literacy and the love of language
~Develop and increase emergent literacy skills and vocabulary
Print Motivation
~Increase interest in and enjoyment of books
Visual Literacy Skills by observing the illustrations.
~Pictures have meanings
~Pictures and words are different
Reading Readiness, which includes understanding that
~Words have meanings and illustrations can represent those words
Print Awareness
~Provide a language enrichment environment
~Show the importance of and provide an opportunity for young readers to listen, observe, imitate, and practice language while interacting with books.
Narrative Skills
~Young readers will be able to re-tell a story based on the illustrations in Picture Books
Phonological Awareness
~Enhanced by guessing rhymes

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