Children's Books
Name of book: Hungry Friends
For ages: 3+
How does this book promote language development?: "This book helps children just learning to speak to form short sentences and to communicate. Around 18-24 months children begin to use two-word expressions. By the time they are 3 years or older they will be able to read and make sense of this book. This book contains sentences such as "See Frog eat" and so on." -(Alysha, Michigan)
How does this book promote cognitive development?: "This book supports cognitive development by helping the child learn the rules of language to help with syntax and semantics of words. This book also uses information processing approaches to help the child use their memory and schemas to understand the different animals in the book. According to Vygotsky, language is the root of development and it considered to be context specific. This means social interaction is important during development. So take the time to read this book with your child. " -(Alysha, Michigan)
For ages: 3+
How does this book promote language development?: "This book helps children just learning to speak to form short sentences and to communicate. Around 18-24 months children begin to use two-word expressions. By the time they are 3 years or older they will be able to read and make sense of this book. This book contains sentences such as "See Frog eat" and so on." -(Alysha, Michigan)
How does this book promote cognitive development?: "This book supports cognitive development by helping the child learn the rules of language to help with syntax and semantics of words. This book also uses information processing approaches to help the child use their memory and schemas to understand the different animals in the book. According to Vygotsky, language is the root of development and it considered to be context specific. This means social interaction is important during development. So take the time to read this book with your child. " -(Alysha, Michigan)
Name of book: If You Give A Mouse A Cookie
For ages: 5+
How does this book promote language development?: "This book promotes language development by helping the child learn things in a chronological order. The book uses phrases such as "If you give a mouse a cookie, the mouse will..." and the next sentence will follow the previous with use of sentences like "If ... the mouse will..."." -(Alysha, Michigan)
How does this book promote cognitive development?: "This book supports cognitive development by using Piaget's processes of development and promotes learning of organization. This helps the child understand things in a hierarchal order." -(Alysha, Michigan)
For ages: 5+
How does this book promote language development?: "This book promotes language development by helping the child learn things in a chronological order. The book uses phrases such as "If you give a mouse a cookie, the mouse will..." and the next sentence will follow the previous with use of sentences like "If ... the mouse will..."." -(Alysha, Michigan)
How does this book promote cognitive development?: "This book supports cognitive development by using Piaget's processes of development and promotes learning of organization. This helps the child understand things in a hierarchal order." -(Alysha, Michigan)