Shared Reading Opportunities

Shared Reading Opportunities 

Impact on children’s conceptual knowledge and reasoning skills.

• Builds vocabulary and language comprehension.

• Exposes children to specific components of print and book conventions which 

  facilitates the learning of letter names, shapes and sounds

Emergent literacy print concepts should including: 

• Book orientation knowledge 

• Understanding of principles involving the directional arrangement of print on the page 

• The knowledge that print, not picture, contains the story 

• Understanding of important reading terminology such as word, letter, beginning of sentence, and top of page 

• Understanding of simple punctuation marks

• Key factor is the conversation that  takes place around shared storybook reading.

Our goal is to maximise interactions page-by-page .

This a great opportunity to introduce important vocabulary and extend our children language and understanding.