Literature

 Picture Books and Early Literacy Skills Every picture book you share with a child will help them develop every early literacy skill. Some books, however, are especially supportive of one or two skills in particular. Use these resources to help you select books, whether you are looking for a book to add to storytime, or to place on display, or to share with parents and caregivers to help explain an early literacy concept. **Skill: Vocabulary** //Try these types of books:// Word books

Picture dictionaries

I Spy

Search and find

Alphabet books

Longer picture books

Any story with rich language

Non-fiction **Skill: Print Motivation** //Try these types of books:// Touch-and-feel

<span style="color: #535353; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Lift-the-flap

<span style="color: #535353; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Pop culture books like Barbie or Batman (to follow children’s interests)

<span style="color: #535353; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Non-fiction (follow their interests) <span style="color: #535353; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Skill: Print Awareness** <span style="color: #535353; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;">//Try these types of books:// <span style="color: #535353; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Books about books and reading

<span style="color: #535353; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Books with repeated phrases

<span style="color: #535353; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Books with word bubbles

<span style="color: #535353; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Books with large print

<span style="color: #535353; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Books with print as part of the illustrations <span style="color: #535353; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Skill: Narrative Skills** <span style="color: #535353; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;">//Try these types of books:// <span style="color: #535353; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Repetitive and predictable books

<span style="color: #535353; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Cumulative stories

<span style="color: #535353; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Wordless books

<span style="color: #535353; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Sequential plots

<span style="color: #535353; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Familiar folk & nursery tales <span style="color: #535353; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Skill: Phonological Awareness** <span style="color: #535353; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;">//Try these types of books:// <span style="color: #535353; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Rhyming books

<span style="color: #535353; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Songs (782.42s)

<span style="color: #535353; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Animal sounds

<span style="color: #535353; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Mother Goose

<span style="color: #535353; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Poetry

<span style="color: #535353; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Onomotopeia <span style="color: #535353; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Skill: Letter Knowledge** <span style="color: #535353; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;">//Try these types of books:// <span style="color: #535353; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;">ABC books

<span style="color: #535353; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Concept books (shape, color, opposites, etc.)

<span style="color: #535353; font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I Spy from: [] <span style="color: #4c4a45; display: block; font-family: 'Josefin Sans',sans-serif; font-size: 21px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="color: #4c4a45; display: block; font-family: 'Josefin Sans',sans-serif; font-size: 21px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">Welcome <span style="color: #4c4a45; font-family: 'Josefin Slab',serif; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline;">Lit2Go is a free online collection of stories and poems in Mp3 (audiobook) format. An abstract, citation, playing time, and word count are given for each of the passages. Many of the passages also have a related reading strategy identified. Each reading passage can also be downloaded as a PDF and printed for use as a read-along or as supplemental reading material for your classroom.
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