I Knew You Could

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Mercedes Wessels Tami McCoy Children’s Literature 24 March, 2017 Read Aloud For the read aloud assignment, I choose to read the book I Knew You Could by Craig Dorfman. This children picture book is all about life and the lessons you will learn along the way. The book shows these life lessons from a cartoon train’s perspective. The train experiences doing things on its own, making new friends, going through hard times, and learning to be proud of itself along its journey. This trains journey is similar to growing up and going throughout life. You will experience all the things the train experienced and much more. This book taught its readers and listeners very valuable life lessons while drawing them in with bright, colorful images and a cute …show more content…

Because it was a daycare, my audience varied in age from the youngest being 11 months and the oldest being 6. While the children listened to the book, there were many different reactions. The 11 month olds stared at me while I read and would smile and interact with me whenever I would smile or look directly at them. The children around the ages of 3 and 4 were very into the book and would react each time something happened. For example, when the book talked about something scary and I changed my tone of voice, the children would change their facial expressions to look frightened as if they were in the story experiencing it themselves. The children around ages 5 or 6 you could tell were thinking more about what the story was saying. They were the ones that comprehended more of the life lesson part of the story. Although I can be pretty shy, I tried as much as I could to get out of my comfort zone a little bit and make the book even more interesting. I changed my tone of voice and facial expressions as I read. As the children listened and watched me, they too began to copy and react to …show more content…

One activity I would do with the older half of the group (5-6) would be to have a discussion. I would ask the children why they felt the book was important. I would also talk to them about the life lessons in the story and would ask them if they think they will ever experience them and if so, when they think they will. In addition to this, I would also discuss whether or not they have already experienced some of the things that happened in the story. I think a discussion about the lesson of the book is a good activity because it is a large part of the book and is also very valuable to

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