Favorite Children's Stories

05/20/2004

"If we would have new knowledge, we must get a whole world of new questions." - Susanne K. Langer

Favorite Children's Stories

Sometimes the most important tasks are the most fun. Promoting children's literacy can be significantly advanced by reading aloud to preschool children frequently and with enthusiasm. By reading books you enjoy to preschool children you encourage their interest in reading through their joy in predictable rhymes and repeated phrases, through anticipating and being surprised by story developments, through saying aloud fun words and sounds, and through participating in a shared social experience.

We want to know your favorite books for reading aloud to preschoolers. We know that if you don't enjoy reading a book, you won't engage the enthusiasm of the children. I remember the pleasure of reading to our children Noisy Nora and A Flower Pot is Not a Hat, and most of all the charming books of Robert Munsch, The Paper Bag Princess, Mortimer and Mud Puddle.

Tell us your favorite read-aloud books, and learn about the favorite books of your peers, by participating in the Exchange Insta-Poll at http://mail.ccie.com/go/eed/0192.

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