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sharing books.
 What is Dialogic/
Shared book LetÕs Practice!
reading?
Prompt the child to say
something about the book
Shared book reading is the act or page.
of adults reading aloud to
¨ Ask the child a
children, while encouraging question about
something on the
interaction through asking page.
questions or engaging in a
¨ Have the child name an
discussion about the book.
object on the page or talk
about something in the story.
Why do it?
This gets them engaged
In the story and
It helps to develop language Is their
helps them to use
words.
answer
skills through adult child correct?
interactions. Evaluate the
childÕs response.
How to do it? This will help you figure out
what information you can
add to it.
¨ The idea is to have a short
Some tips to help:
What is this?
What types of questions
could you ask?
Where is the
dog?
¨ Completion: Read the first
part of a repeated phrase and
let the child finish the phrase.
What is the
¨ Recall: Asks questions about
dog doing?
the characters or events in
the story.
¨ Open-ended: Encourages the
child to tell what is happening
in a picture.
¨ wh-questions: Asks wh-
Yes, The dog questions (what, where, who)
is eating? about a picture.
¨ Distancing: Ask questions that
relate parts of the story to
the childÕs personal
What is the experiences.
dog is eating?

conversation Expand on what the child

said. This will help to build
their words. If the child Is the dog
¨ It can be used while reading gave a wrong answer, eating cookies?

almost every page of a book. help them with the correct

answer.

¨ The goal is to let the child Repeat the childÕs

become the storyteller of
the book. Then the adult
reads less over time. Listen
to the child talk; follow what
is being shared by the child.
response. Have the child
repeat what you said. This
will also help to build their
words.
Yes, cookies! The
dog is eating
cookies!