Does Your Kindergartner Struggle with Beginning Reading Skills?
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Babies love to look at faces. This award-winning book features real photographs of infants with more than just hats on their heads. With silly and fun images, this book lets your baby focus on the pictures while you read the simple text about鈥痺hat is sitting on each鈥痓aby鈥檚 head.聽
Look for signs that your baby is alert and calm.鈥Position your baby comfortably on the floor or on your lap. See if your baby will reach for and touch the book with you.聽
Touch areas of the book to help your baby focus.鈥For example, you might touch the cover of the book and say 鈥渂ook,鈥 or touch pictures of the cover photo and say words like 鈥渂aby鈥 and 鈥渉at.鈥澛
Touch and say the name of the picture.鈥For example, touch the stuffed dog and say, 鈥減uppy dog.鈥澛
When your baby is alert and active, place an object on your head, such as a hat or toy, and say its name aloud.鈥Be as silly as you want! Remove the item from your head and place it on your baby鈥檚 hand to encourage a grasping motion.聽
Learn more鈥痑bout the importance of reading to babies from infancy and find鈥more recommended books鈥痜or children ages birth to five.鈥