Asource of frequent delight to practitioners is the way in which even babies will respond to a story being read from a book out loud, and how they will want to join in by making their own noises.
As Kay Rooks, an early literacy specialist based at Castle Kindergarten in Sunderland, testifies, props also come in handy during story time. ‘For example, with the book A Busy Day for Birdsby Lucy Cousins, we have little toy birds, and the babies sit holding them while they hear the story, joining in through babbling or even saying one of the words. That is the start of learning about reading.’
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