https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 17 May 2026 18:02:55 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-talk-to-your-lo-about-the-books-you-are-reading#post-2384932 Thu, 10 Dec 2015 21:08:08 +0000 LilSprinkles 2384932@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've taught kindergarten and first grade for almost ten years, so I tend to target the same literacy skills at home. DS is only two, but we discuss genre, author and illustrator purpose, inferencing, context clues, predictions, topics, details, characters, setting, vocabulary, answering questions, asking questions, summarize etc...... Sometimes, I movie read the book the first time, and then do closed reading the 2nd time around. It's all out of habit. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-talk-to-your-lo-about-the-books-you-are-reading#post-2384922 Thu, 10 Dec 2015 21:00:22 +0000 mrbee 2384922@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bao: Totally, I do the same thing!! I heard that it's also good to ask reading comprehension questions so I try to do that... but it's harder to come up with those late at night!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-talk-to-your-lo-about-the-books-you-are-reading#post-2384886 Thu, 10 Dec 2015 20:45:18 +0000 Bao 2384886@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When reading to my girls I spend more time talking about other things in the book than actually reading the words on the pages. I especially do this with longer books, because their attention span is so short. For example I will say things like: </p> <p>-How many birds are on this page?<br /> -Can you find the blue fish?<br /> -What is the bear doing here? </p> <p>Things like that, I really think it helps them learn in a fun way. Making up silly voices also grabs their attention as well. I started doing this when I realized a few pages into a book they were getting distracted but I still wanted to have that time to read to them, interact and cuddle! </p> <p>Do you talk about the things in books with your LO, asking them questions etc or do you just strictly read the book? Is your LO good overall about sitting and listening to a full book, even longer ones? </p>