Download - Picture books finished
Emily Smith
EDU 290
PICTURE BOOKS? ESSENTIAL.
“A picture book is a book with pictures that are as important as the words. In fact, often the text does not
make sense without the pictures”. (Pam Krueger)
WHAT IS A PICTURE BOOK…?
Picture books help kids develop
Socially
Intellectually
Culturally
Self Acceptance
Imagination
PICTURE BOOKS HELP KIDS DEVELOP
Identifying Oneself
Identifying others
Dealing with separation anxiety
Friendship
SOCIALLY
Appreciating Reading at a young age
Able to analyze reading
Picture/Text Relationship
INTELLECTUALLY
Respect for others
Recognition of other cultures/religions
Understand differences in cultures
Appreciate differences in cultures
CULTURALLY
Learn to love oneself
Teach that everyone’s different, but its okay
Accepting disabilities
Learning to look beyond appearance
SELF ACCEPTANCE
See things in a different way
Since many picture books can be made interactive, it makes kids think
Hear
See
Taste
Feel
Smell
IMAGINATION
1. Better understanding of the story2. Art… what kid doesn’t love art.
3. Many have a higher reading level then chapter books, just with art added to the story.4. Language: Rhythm and Rhyme
5. Imagination
10 REASONS WHY PICTURE BOOKS ARE ESSENTIAL.
6. Children can get involved in the story7. Able to learn cause and effect
8. Able to learn that a story has beginning, middle, and end
9. Interaction between students10. Teach kids that reading can be fun at an early
age
10 REASONS CONT.
• Schulze, Bianca. How Picture Books Play a Role in a Child’s Development. The Children's Book Review, 8 Nov. 2010. Web. 26 Sept. 2011. <http://www.thechildrensbookreview.com/weblog/2010/11/how-
picture-books-play-a-role-in-a-child%E2%80%99s-development.html>.
• Jalongo, Mary. Young Children and Picture Books. National Association for the Education of Young , n.d. Web. 26 Sept. 2011. <http://www.naeyc.org/store/files/store/TOC/160.pdf>.
• Krueger, Pam. Picture books remain important. The Bismark Tribute, 9 Nov. 2010. Web. 26 Sept. 2011.
<http://bismarcktribune.com/entertainment/books-and literature/article_8216d0aa-e84a-11df-ac7e-001cc4c002e0.html>.
• Children's Literature. Pearson Education, Inc, n.d. Web. 26 Sept. 2011.
<http://wps.prenhall.com/chet_literacy_cluster_1/17/4549/1164749.cw/index.html>.
MLA CITATIONS
• Why do Kids Need Books?. The National Childrens Books and Literacy Alliance, n.d. Web. 26 Sept. 2011.
<http://www.thencbla.org/BPOSpages/supportarguments.html>.
MLA CITATIONS CONT.