One way to help your child understand what you read is to talk about why certain things happen in the book, or why characters do certain things. This often means talking about characters’ emotions or motivations, and talking about “cause and effect”, or how one event leads to another.

How does one event in a book lead to another? What emotions or motivations lead characters to act in certain ways? Helping your child understand why things happen deepens their story comprehension and prepares them for reading and writing on their own. Here are some tips to get started using the fun children’s book, Bruce’s Big Move. 

How does one event in a book lead to another? What emotions or motivations lead characters to act in certain ways? Helping your child understand why things happen deepens their story comprehension and prepares them for reading and writing on their own. Here are some tips to get started.

Discussing why certain things happen in a book is a great way to encourage your child to think about the story and further his understanding. The better your child understands the stories he hears, the easier it will be for him to read and write stories on his own later. In this Book Nook, we introduce strategies that will help your child understand Mmm, Cookies!

Learn how to help your child understand what happens in a story with this classic children's book.

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