reading tip 8: learn about authors

Learning about authors gives kids a chance to make even deeper connections with books.

It’s one thing to read about characters and conflict and setting and to appreciate a story, but it’s another to step back and learn about the person behind the story.

And learning about authors has always been something that has truly fascinated me.

 

 

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Want a few more early literacy or alphabet activities? Check out:

• backyard alphabet hunt
• homemade alphabet book
• leafy letter learning
• ABC hunt
• on the road ABC hunt
• lowercase ABC hunt
• build your own bingo: uppercase and lowercase match
• ABC cards and clothespin match
• alphabet letter splash
• alphabingo (play with lowercase letters)
• alphabet letter lids
• leafy outdoor alphabet hunt
• build your own board game
• clothespin letter match
• 10 fun ways to learn the alphabet

 

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