1. Ready to Read Using Dialogic Reading

2. Agenda Welcome Opening Activity What the Research Says
What is Dialogic Reading
Type of Books to use for Dialogic Reading
Practice
Wrap-up

3. Learning Outcomes Participants will be able to:
Explain what Dialogic Reading is and why it is important to use with young children
Describe the steps in CAR method
Identify the characteristics of appropriate books for Dialogic Reading

4. Reflections on Reading
What do you remember about reading as a child?
What was your favorite book when you were a child? Why?

5. How we read with children early in life
gives them a gateway to understanding
our world and developing a love of books.

6. What the Research Says
Picture book reading provides children with many of the skills that are necessary for school readiness: vocabulary, sound structure, the meaning of print, the structure of stories and language, sustained attention, the pleasure of learning.
Grover J. (Russ) Whitehurst, Ph.D., Director, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education.

7. What the Research Says
Children who have been read to dialogically are substantially ahead of children who have been read to traditionally on tests of language development.
Grover J. (Russ) Whitehurst, Ph.D., Director, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education.

8. What is Dialogic Reading?
The term “dialogic reading” means a dialog or conversation about a book.
The goal is to make children active participants in shared picture book reading rather than passive listeners to stories being read by adults.
It is an intervention to support emergent literacy and literacy acquisition among young children.

9. The CAR Method Draws upon 3 solid research bases:
Early language is critical to later academic success.
Parents and teachers can use simple language facilitation strategies after brief training.
Strengthening a child’s first language- the language spoken at home- will also support the development of English.
from Language is the Key by Washington Learning Systems 2006

10. The CAR Method
Asks the adult to “Follow the child’s lead” while they use the following research based strategies to facilitate language.
Comment and wait
Ask questions and wait
Respond by adding a little more
from Language is the Key by
Washington Learning Systems, 2006

11. Comment and Wait Describe the picture: Wait 5 seconds:
“There’s a dog.”
“He’s driving a truck.”
“They are riding bikes.”
Wait 5 seconds:
Allows the child time to say more.
Let’s the child know the adult is interested in what they have to say.
from Language is the Key by
Washington Learning Systems, 2006

12. Ask Questions and Wait Ask questions about: Wait 5 seconds
the pictures
what is happening in the book
what the child is interested in
what the child is pointing to
Wait 5 seconds
This gives the child time to:
think about the answer
give the answer
from Language is the Key by
Washington Learning Systems, 2006

13. Respond by Adding a Little More
This keeps the conversation going
Helps the child to speak in complete sentences
Introduces new vocabulary

14. A Closer Look View the video Talking with Books
While you watch look for:
Comment and Wait
Ask Questions and Wait
Respond by adding a little more
One thing about second language learners

15. Books for Dialogic Reading
have clear pictures
have a simple story
are not too long
have pictures of things that are familiar to the child
show action and detail in the pictures
are interesting to the child
From Hear and Say, 1999

16. Practice With a partner: Pick a book from the table
Decide who will facilitate using the CAR strategies and who will respond
After 10 minutes pick a new book and switch roles

17. Summary Follow the child’s interest.
Don’t push the child with more prompts than they can handle.
Keep it fun.