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Busy Penguins
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Author:聽John Schindel and Jonathan Chester
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12 to 17 Months | Concept
<i>Busy Penguins</i> is a nonfiction board book with photographs that show penguins engaged in real-life activities like jumping, sliding, diving, splashing, feeding and cleaning. Nonfiction books (sometimes called informational books) provide accurate, factual information. Try to include nonfiction books in your home library, as children often enjoy them, especially if they provide new information about a child鈥檚 special interest. Read <i>Busy Penguins </i>with your child to help strengthen pre-reading skills like oral language, letter knowledge and print awareness. They're an important part of making sure your child is prepared to learn to read.</p>\r\n"}} id=text-83d3a64569 class=cmp-text>
Busy Penguins is a nonfiction board book with photographs that show penguins engaged in real-life activities like jumping, sliding, diving, splashing, feeding and cleaning. Nonfiction books (sometimes called informational books) provide accurate, factual information. Try to include nonfiction books in your home library, as children often enjoy them, especially if they provide new information about a child鈥檚 special interest. Read Busy Penguins with your child to help strengthen pre-reading skills like oral language, letter knowledge and print awareness. They're an important part of making sure your child is prepared to learn to read.
Before, During and After Reading
<b>Print Awareness</b></p>\r\n<p><b>Introduce the cover.</b> Read the title as you track under the words with your finger. Talk about the penguins on the cover and where penguins live. </p>\r\n"}} id=text-f0ff503b3f class=cmp-text>
Print Awareness
Introduce the cover. Read the title as you track under the words with your finger. Talk about the penguins on the cover and where penguins live.聽
<b>Oral Language</b></p>\r\n<p><b>Engage your toddler. </b>As you read about the penguins, invite your toddler to imitate the actions of the penguins (e.g., jumping, dashing, feeding, drooping). </p>\r\n"}} id=text-380d26d5e5 class=cmp-text>
Oral Language
Engage your toddler. As you read about the penguins, invite your toddler to imitate the actions of the penguins (e.g., jumping, dashing, feeding, drooping).聽
<b>Letter Knowledge and Print Awareness</b></p>\r\n<p><b>Leave the book</b> in a convenient place that is accessible to your toddler so that she can explore it independently. </p>\r\n<p>Find more <a href=\"/content/nemours/us/en/reading-brightstart/recommended-books/12-to-17-months.html\">recommended children鈥檚 books</a> for toddlers 12 to 17 months, or find an easy <a href=\"/content/nemours/us/en/reading-brightstart/at-home-activities/12-to-17-months.html\">at-home activity</a> designed to strengthen <a href=\"/content/nemours/us/en/reading-brightstart/reading-skills-by-age/pre-reading-skills.html\">pre-reading skills</a> in your toddler.</p>\r\n"}} id=text-f10023b21a class=cmp-text>
Letter Knowledge and Print Awareness
Leave the book in a convenient place that is accessible to your toddler so that she can explore it independently.聽
Find more recommended children鈥檚 books for toddlers 12 to 17 months, or find an easy at-home activity designed to strengthen pre-reading skills in your toddler.