Big Books for Big Learning!

In Early Childhood Education many students come into preschool, kindergarten and sometimes first grade without being able to read. One of the ways as teachers to help children read is by the use of Big Books. Big books are children’s literature books on a larger scale for children to follow the teacher more easily read along. Teachers can use Big Books to model reading, help children connect the sound of words with the words on the page and help children engage in the text. Teachers using the big books should point to each word while saying them and model reading from left to right. This shows children how to correctly read the book from left to right and that the words on the page actually have meaning. According to  "Reading-Like Behavior" by Doake big books help children portray reading like behavior, which is rehearsing the reading that was shown for them. Also big books help draw children into the book by the engaging them in the reading and being able to see the pictures. Teachers should use these big books to engage children in the lesson being taught and how to begin the stages of reading.