Wednesday’s Storybook, The Gingerbread Man – Promote Communication Through Thoughts and Feelings

Hello Everyone,

Here is a video of Sharon reading the Gingerbread man story by Debbie Pullinger, have you heard this story before? i wonder what the story might be about… listen in and you will see!

Once you’ve watched or read the story, have a talk about what happened in the story. Perhaps you could go into the kitchen and bake your own ginger bread man? can you use your fine motor skills to roll the dough flat, and create the shape of a gingerbread man? what could you use for eyes, a mouth and his buttons?

Did you know reading to your child promotes curiosity, imagination and aids their communication skills .. 

Reading to a child can increase their willingness to express themselves and communicate their thoughts and feelings. Ask them to talk to you about the story and characters in the story; to suggest the role each character has and to tell you why they think the character has behaved in a particular way.

When storytelling, you should actively encourage children to ask questions and to talk about how they feel.

Reading is a great way to broaden their vocabulary, as a child will pick up new words as they hear them. If they don’t understand a word, they will more than likely ask for an explanation, so always encourage this kind of questioning.

Storytelling also encourages children to be creative and use their imagination to picture the setting, the characters, and the story as it unfolds.