Title: Homemade books
Age: 5-6 Year old
Subject Area: PreWriting (Knowledge Standard: PHD 1)
Length of time for activity: 15-18 minutes
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Objective: The goal of this activity is to encourage the development of pre-reading skills by providing materials for your child to create their own books.
Materials needed:
- Old Wallpaper Books
- Stapler
- Construction Paper or Trying Paper
- Scissors
What To Do:
- Choose pages from a wallpaper book for the front and back.
- Put several pages sandwiched in between.
- Trim off the excess from the sides so that all are equal lengths.
- Staple together.
- Write title on front of cover with permanent marker. Date it and write child’s name.
- Have child draw the inside pictures.
- Place the book on their bookshelf to read and reread.
In the Comment Post below:
Please share your child’s age and if they are a boy or girl. What kind of book did you create? Please describe your activity and how it went.
