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Foundations for reading
Activities and Strategies
for Development
Book Nook
Make a book area in your classroom where your one year olds can look at
books on their own.
Find a quiet area in your room where you can put several books on a low shelf.
Choose board, cloth, plastic, and other sturdy books with pictures of familiar
objects and few words.
Use a rug and some cushions or pillows to make the area cozy for the children.
Put an adult-sized chair in the area, so you can hold a child in your lap to read.
Change the books from time to time.
Take photos of the children “reading” in the Book Nook and hang them on the
wall at the children’s eye level to reinforce the enjoyment of reading.
Special Needs Tip
Books with large pictures are good for one year olds, especially
children with vision impairments.
See Our Friends
At the beginning of the year, ask parents to bring in a photograph of their child
to be used in a class book.
Get a small photo album and put one child’s picture on each page.
Show the pictures in the album to the children. Encourage them to point to their
friends as you name them.
Put the album in the Book Nook for them to look through on their own.
Repeat this toward the end of the year with a new photo of each child—see
how the children have grown!
A variation of this activity is to make photo albums of special events, such as a
Family Brunch, to include in the Book Nook. Look through these with the children
to recall the events.“See, there’s Jayla with her mommy when she came to
visit our classroom.”
Another variation is to make a photo album of children participating in the
routines of your day. Put a label with the time of day the events occur such as
“8:00 a.m. Devin eats breakfast,” “9:00 a.m. We have fun on the playground.” The
children will enjoy seeing themselves at school. You can use this album to show
to new parents to explain your day.