Before Reading Activities

• Look at the title and illustrations together.  Predict what the story will be about.
• Discuss what you both already know about the topic of the story.
• Read the first page and then ask your child to predict what might happen next.

During Reading Activities

• Encourage your child to picture in his or her mind what is happening in the story.
• Ask what might happen next in the story.
• Have your child change his or her predictions as the story provides new information.
• Ask how a character might feel.
• Talk about the illustrations.

After Reading Activities

• Have your child retell the story.
• Ask your child to create a new ending.
• Retell the story from another character's point of view.
• Let your child illustrate his or her favorite part of the story.  The picture shouldn't be in conflict with details supplied in the story.
• Discuss the story together.