Reading with pointing
6–12 monthsSuccess MindsetMaterials: Board book with simple pictures
Look at a simple board book together and point to pictures while naming them. Wait for your child to touch or pat the pictures too. Take turns pointing to different things on each page. This creates a cooperative reading experience where both of you participate. Your child learns that books are for sharing and that looking at them together is more fun than alone.
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How to Do This Activity
Look at a simple board book together and point to pictures while naming them. Wait for your child to touch or pat the pictures too. Take turns pointing to different things on each page. This creates a cooperative reading experience where both of you participate. Your child learns that books are for sharing and that looking at them together is more fun than alone.
Why It Works
Shared book reading builds cooperative interaction patterns and early literacy skills simultaneously. Cooperative goal structures are strongly associated with achievement and positive peer relationships (Johnson, D. W., & Johnson, R. T., 2002). These early shared reading experiences establish patterns of collaborative learning that support both social and academic development.
Tips for Parents
Let your child set the pace for turning pages. They may want to stay on one page or skip ahead quickly.
Any interaction with the book counts, whether they touch the pictures, pat the pages, or just look. Follow their interest.
Materials Needed
Board book with simple pictures
Learning Methods
Responsive InteractionRepetition and Routine
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