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Veronica Vera, an English Major at Wellesley College, shares the benefits of Spanish reading and storytelling in her home and recommends you:
- Share stories in your first language
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Melanie Kerr; a Literacy through the Arts teacher at Mattahunt School who reads, sings and tells traditional tales with Spanish words to Kindergarteners; offers these tips:
- Read stories from other cultures
- Remember you have an eager audience
- Let the story become part of you
- Don’t be afraid to ad lib and share the excitement
- Read for long or short periods
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Laurie Joy Haas, Executive Producer of Words that Cook!™ and co-author of Read it Aloud! A parent’s guide to sharing books with young children, gets Chip the Cookie-Bookie Bear's help to suggest you and your children:
- Make up stories around noisy words
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Mared Alicea-Westort, Director of Multicultural Programs at Wellesley College recalls lessons from her own grandmother’s knee, including:
- Use stories to guide behavior
- Use characters as examples
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Motoko and Eshu Bumpus, International Storytellers who give our studio audience stories and tips on building excitement into storytelling, suggest you:
- Introduce trouble
- Have a character do what is forbidden
- Try it – everyone is a storyteller
- Read, read, read
- Read stories ahead of time
- Make stories your own
- Tailor stories to your child’s emotional level
- Relax, let yourself go
- Let kids help with voices
- Help build your child’s vocabulary
- Play and have fun with language
- Introduce morality through stories
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