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Children's Literature
- 1. Purpose of Children's Literature:
To Instruct or to Delight?
- Vital for developing a child’s
cognitive, social and emotional skills
- Important for instilling society's morals and norms,
and for teaching culture and heritage.
- Builds imagination and creativity
- Connects children to literacy
and develops reading and writing skills
- BOTH are important. instructional as the content, and delightful to make it appealing
for kids. Delight and instruct can easily coexist within the same piece of literature that
both child and adult find meaningful.
- Provides a blueprint of behavior and
informs how to negotiate the world
- Vital for developing a child’s
cognitive, social and emotional skills
- 2. Picture Books
- What value do picture books have for children?
- Picture books provide an opportunity for children to work on their oral skills
and create their own story according to the pictures.
- Alice the Fairy {image}
- Alice the Fairy {image}
- Good quality picture books
works on several levels and
appeal to adults as well
- Generates story-telling
- Combines visual and verbal narratives, which are
essential tools in language acquisition
- Develops vocabulary
- Develops cognitive skills
- promote the possibility for children to develop
creative skills since there are many visual stimuli
(Krueger, 2010).
- Having pictures in a book helps children improve
other ways of communication, gives children the
possibility to understand beyond words and get
the emotional value of the story.
- Having pictures in a book helps children improve
other ways of communication, gives children the
possibility to understand beyond words and get
the emotional value of the story.
- Picture books matter because they are the
first books people know in their lifetime, and
they are gateways to appreciation of art and
literature and the knowledge of the world.
(according to Leonard S. Marcus)
- reading stories to very young children is
crucial for the development of their brain
(according to Leonard S. Marcus)
- “A picture book is a book with
pictures that are as important as the
words. The reader gains information
from the pictures, the words, and
putting the words and pictures
together.” (Krueger, 2010).
- The value of these books according to Krueger is that they
develop intellectual capabilities since during the reading process
children collect information, ask questions and use their
imagination.
- The value of these books according to Krueger is that they
develop intellectual capabilities since during the reading process
children collect information, ask questions and use their
imagination.
- books can be a means of both
fueling curiosity and satisfying it.”
(Allyn, 2010)
- "stories help us to learn the pleasure of
taking our time, deciphering meaning, and
creating connections between ideas.”
(Allyn, 2010).
- Important for developing
imagination, asking questions,
roleplaying, making a first positive
connection with literature, laying
the foundation for a READING
child and bonding with parents
- Picture books provide an opportunity for children to work on their oral skills
and create their own story according to the pictures.
- What value do picture books have for children?
- 3. Children's Poetry
- There are different kinds and
types of poetry for children
- Rhyme, haiku, limerick, ballad poems,
acrostic poems, cinquains, free form etc.
- Rhyme, haiku, limerick, ballad poems,
acrostic poems, cinquains, free form etc.
- Rules and definitions of the genre
- Poetry terms - SIFT:
symbolism, imagery, figurative
language, tone and theme
- Poetry terms - SIFT:
symbolism, imagery, figurative
language, tone and theme
- Trying to write my
own children's poem
- There are different kinds and
types of poetry for children
- 4. Folklore
- Fairy tale, legend, myth, nursery rhyme, or song from the past
- what is BOTH appropriate and inappropriate
about Folklore stories for use in an
elementary classroom setting
- Rules of the genre
- Functions of the genre -
morals as a social code
for behavior
- Power and effect
of folk stories
- Critical thinking - does
the story stand the test of
time?
- Advantages and
disadvantages of folk
stories going P.C.
- LRRH {image}
- what is BOTH appropriate and inappropriate
about Folklore stories for use in an
elementary classroom setting
- Fairy tale, legend, myth, nursery rhyme, or song from the past
- 5. Biography
- Children love to read
about famous people and
events
- Special biography websites fit for children
- User-friendly experience, language and graphics that appeal
to children, engaging interaction, games and fun with the facts.
- User-friendly experience, language and graphics that appeal
to children, engaging interaction, games and fun with the facts.
- Interesting facts about the famous person
- Vocabulary words
children will learn from
reading biography.
- Children love to read
about famous people and
events
- 6. A Good Children's Book
- Selecting good quality children's literature
- Criteria for choosing a
good children's book
- Awards
- Does the author avoid
stereotyping based on gender,
race, culture, and profession?
- Do the illustrations
complement the
text?
- Does the story have
universal or personal
appeal?
- Awards
- Whodunit {image}
- Criteria for choosing a
good children's book
- Selecting good quality children's literature
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