Pair up each child and their caregiver with another child and caregiver and have each child show and talk about their toy. (For younger or non-verbal children, the caregivers can talk and encourage ph...Pair up each child and their caregiver with another child and caregiver and have each child show and talk about their toy. (For younger or non-verbal children, the caregivers can talk and encourage physical or tonal interactions or responses.) You might ask a pair of attendees you know well to volunteer by modeling what a Show and Tell conversation might look like at the beginning of this activity.
Book conventions are the general "rules" for understanding how to read a book such as the parts of a book (front and back cover, pages, spine, etc.), where to start reading, the direction in which to ...Book conventions are the general "rules" for understanding how to read a book such as the parts of a book (front and back cover, pages, spine, etc.), where to start reading, the direction in which to read, the contents of the cover (title, author's and illustrator's name(s), etc.), and text features such as a table of contents or an index (read more about these in the Spotlight on Informational Texts).
