Practical ideas
Practical idea - How to read a picture
24 Feb 2011
As a precursor activity to any reading activity, engage parents and wider family members by introducing the 'How to read a picture' activity. Give them a picture and ask them to imagine what the relationship is between the people in it, what happened before the picture was taken, what will happen afterwards and what is being discussed. This is a good icebreaker activity and will help participants to understand the value of a picture book for children and how it helps develop their imagination and powers of prediction.
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