Literacy: Reading
•Enjoys looking at books and other printed material with
familiar people. (Birth-11 Months)
•Handles books and printed material with interest. (8-20 Months)
• Interested in books and rhymes and may have favourites. (16-26 Months)
what adults could do
•Use finger play, rhymes and familiar songs from home to
support young babies’ enjoyment.
•Notice and support babies’ developing responses as they
learn to anticipate and join in with finger and word play.
•Encourage and support children’s responses to picture
books and stories you read with them.
•Use different voices to tell stories and encourage young
children to join in wherever possible.
what adults could provide
•Collect a range of board books, cloth books and stories
to share with young babies.
•Let children handle books and draw their attention to
pictures.
•Tell, as well as read, stories, looking at and interacting
with young babies.
•Make family books using small photo albums with
photos of family members, significant people in the
child’s life, familiar everyday objects.
•Provide CDs of rhymes, stories, sounds and spoken
words.
•Provide picture books, books with flaps or hidden
words, books with accompanying CDs and story
sacks.
•Provide story sacks for parents to take them home to
encourage use of books and talk about stories.
