Playing is one of the literacy skills that Every Child Ready to Read, 2nd edition emphasizes. Duh! Kids love playing. (So do grown-ups, for that matter). I think, though, that I'll use this blog as an opportunity to recognize innovative books where reading them is a form of playing.
Last night, I read In My World by Lois Ehlert with my daughter. Cutouts of various parts of nature layer over each other to yield an image that looks like Earth. I think the moths were D's favorite part. (Naming all of the different elements ties into the former version of Every Child Ready to Read's "vocabulary" focus). It puts a message about environmentalism into a preschooler-friendly format. Moreover, the clever shape overlays are just fun.
Another Lois Ehlert book was a huge hit when I took it with me on fall storytime outreach. It is called Leaf Man. The illustrations are all made from collages of different leaves and acorns, and the end-papers identify what types of foilage they are. I used how many animals the tale mentions for the children to join me in making animal sounds (which ties into "phonological awareness" from ECRR version 1). Again, the creative way of seeing ordinary objects in a unique was is fun.
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