Advanced Book Reading
Strategies
Discuss the title of the book
What does this mean:
Start by labeling the Title of the book,
this help the child understand there in a
beginning and an end
Ask open-ended questions such
as: what, where, who Kasinath, S., Woods, J., & Goldstein, H. (2006).
What does this mean:
ask short question to encourage mental
processing
For Example: wheres the dog?
Following childs lead when
answering questions
What does this mean:
when your child labels an object in a
story ask a question that relates to that.
For example, if the child says dog,
you can say that is a dog where is your
dog?
References Using Dialogic
Book Reading
Crain-Thoreson, C., Dale, P.S. (1999).Enhancing To encourage verbal
linguistic performance: Parents and communication
teachers as book reading partners for
children with language delays. Topics in
Early Childhood Special Education. Sage
Publications 19(1) 28-29.
Dale, P.S. & Cole, K. (1996) Parent-child book
reading as an intervention technique for
young children with language delays.
Topics in Early Childhood Special
Education. Sage Publications Inc. 16(2)
213-235.
Enhancing generalized teaching strategy
use in daily routines by parents of children
with autism. Journal of Speech, Language,
and Hearing Research, 49, 466485.
Sim, S., Berthelsen, D. (March 1, 2014). Shared
book reading by parents with young
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By: Colleen Douglas
 This Brochure
The Strategies listed in this brochure will
provide you a naturalistic option to embed
language during Dialogic/shared book
reading activities.
How Children Learn Best
Children learn best in an environment that
is familiar to them within their regular
routine with familiar people this is also
known as a Natural environment
Establishes Joint Attention
Increased Vocabulary
Strategies Provided
Each strategy provided will offer a
definition of the strategy as well as how
you can use them during dialogic/shared
Book reading.
Dialogic Book reading
Dialogic Book Reading is a shared book
reading strategy that involves parents using
thoughtful responding, commenting and
questioning during book-reading sessions.
With the focus on the childs interests and
initiations during the book reading activity.
Why is Dialogic Book reading
Important?
Encourages the child and parent to
participate in the same activity with a
common focus.
When a Parent and a child are
engaged in a book it allows the
parent to label new words, ask
questions and expand existing words;
this encourages child vocabulary
growth
Initial Book reading
Strategies
Repeating and expanding what
the child says
What does this mean: when the child labels
an object in a book you want to repeat what
they say and expand on that.
For example, if the child points to a lion and
says roar, you can say roar, lions say roar
Giving praise and encouragement
What does this mean:
When the child verbalizes throughout the book
you want to make sure you encourage their
hard work, but be specific.
For example, when the child vocalizes the
lions roar, you can say good roar, you are a
lion
Following the childs lead and
interest
What does this mean:
Follow where the child wants to go in the
book, you are not reading the entire book. You
are labeling what they are interested in.