"Cute Picture!"

 

Introducing speech bubbles are a great way to introduce using voice when reading. There are SO many graphic novels being written for younger children now.  The pictures keep interest of any aged child and the story line moves along. 

Being demonstrating to young children by using voices when reading books to them. Eventually, teach them about quotation marks and how they are connected.

An activity we love to do is to use photos of themselves. We tape a few on the wall. Make speech bubbles with your kids and even laminate them by covering with packaging tape. Let your kids create what they think or remember what was going through their mind at the time.

Have your child create their own little comic strip with the photos and speech bubbles. 

My middle had just gotten a lego stuck in her teeth (third photo). It was so fun to talk about her emotions during that traumatizing time in her life :)

Begin by reading our favorite: 

Fairy Tale Comics by Chris Duffy

Make your own speech bubbles! http://wigflip.com/

EXCITED to begin!!!

It is so fun to see the connection between reading and writing. After my daughters learned their letters, I took time to focus on special characters they find in stories. We practiced altering our faces when we saw a question mark, taking a breath at a comma or period, and making different voices when we saw quotation marks. One of my favorite times was when we talked about exclamation marks, which are my daughter's favorite. She calls them "excited marks" and uses them frequently. She makes cards for birthdays, which appropriately say 'Happy Birthday!!!' and her daily writing includes 'I Love You!!!'. Even when in trouble, she likes to write notes that say 'I'm sorry!!!'. To her, there's never a time that it's not appropriate to be excited. So...here we go!!! I am excited to share so many endless ways to read and write collaboratively!!!