What can be said about books, that hasn't been said before?

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Nothing beats the time spent with a child reading a book! It could be in that special time before bed when the pace of life and our breathing slows...BUT why should that be the only time?

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There are so many things to do with a book!

• Talk about the pictures

• Notice the similarities and differences from page to page

• Discuss the setting, the landscape, the weather.

• Imagine you are a character in the story...would you take the same action?

• Find a few books with the same illustrator...what do you notice in the way they draw?

• Enjoy the rhymes in a book and make up your own rhyming words!

• Read a story with a toy or a friend

• Ask a family member to 'phone in a story' using FaceTime or similar.

• Draw your favourite part of the story.

• Swap books with a neighbour or find a street library.

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Remember to look at Non-Fiction books too and use them to spark questions for inquiry and wonder!

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Talk about how much you like books and read in front of your children to show the value of books in your family. 

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Many libraries are offering alternative ways of borrowing books or sharing story times so check around.

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Many authors are reading their stories online .... Alison Lester has been doing it nightly on her facebook page and it is a treat!

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Check in here regularly as we upload more stories to our page read by the fabulous staff at Grove!