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How do you handle story time? Do you allow the kids to keep interrupting to point to stuff on the page? Do you have them wait until the end?
(I'm asking about 2-5 year olds mainly)
(I'm asking about 2-5 year olds mainly)
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I actually encourage them to interact with me and stuff during the story. I ask questions about each page with some stories...I'll say where is the black cat? What does the boy have in his hand? Can you find a triangle? And it keeps them engaged in what we are doing. They have fun. If they get too excited I'll put the book down for a minute and keep them back on track. I keep it fun. -
I cant get my 2 yr olds to sit and watch. The other kids get annoyed b/c the younger ones are always too loud, or interrupting the story.Comment
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We work on "not interrupting" while someone is speaking - so for storytime, we work on not interrupting when I'm reading
However, my group is primarily 2s and 3s, so after I read the text on every page, we talk about the illustrations, make predictions about what's going to happen next, talk about "why" a character acted/felt a certain way, etc. I think it helps the children stay engaged in the book, and learn to interpret key cues from the illustrations and helps them understand the whole story.Comment
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I do stop through out the book and ask questions (I should have put that). I just have a few that will interupt on every page while I'm talking. Like they see a mouse on the page so one will start talking about the mouse and getting up to point to it, then another kids does, etc, etc.
I just wondered what others do, glad to see looks to be the same me for the most part.Comment
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