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Free Potty Book
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Using Routines
1. Choose a routine that your child enjoys.
Examples: Bath time, snack time, feeding pets, baking cookies
2. Think about 5-8 steps or main ideas in the routine
Example: open prepared dough, scoop on pan, put pan in oven, bake, take out of oven.
3. Use meaningful pictures.
4. When writing the stories remember to keep it simple. You may not even write anything until you show the pictures to your child and see what they have to say.
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Build a Bear
A Single exciting event may be a great opportunity to make a book. You can share the experience again and again.
A bear was used to illustrate the Show Jo books because many children already have a bear that could be used in pretend play. If you do not have a bear the build a bear sequence is a lot of fun and makes a great story.
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A cupcake routine gone wrong ... or did it?
We were making cup cakes as we had done many times. Unexpectedly, Ryan stuck his head in the bowl! I kept taking pictures! It became one of Ryan’s favorite books. Ryan truly enjoyed talking about how silly he was to put his head in the batter! It is always fun to interrupt a familiar routine. The interruption itself can lead to more conversation.
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Other Simple Book Ideas
Sometimes routines may be more information than a child is ready for. It can be fun to repeat one idea over and over.
- “I Like” - Take pictures of your child’s favorite things.
You can also use pictures from packages. Repeat a simple sentence such
as Ryan likes crackers. Ryan likes to swim. Ryan likes milk. Then you can
mix it up with dislikes such as Ryan does NOT like chocolate milk
- “Emotions”- take pictures of several people displaying the same feeling.
Then repeat a simple sentence. Ryan is happy. Daddy is happy. Mommy
is happy. You can use pictures of people from magazines and work on pronouns.
He is happy. She is happy.
- “AnyTarget”- Take pictures of an interaction or initiation that your child needs to
work on. Help them with the words they might use in a situation that is difficult for them.
This is a picture of Ryan playing. He loves to play with other children but needed practice asking them to play.
So his book repeated the following type of
sentences: “Jo will you play with me?”
Ryan and Jo played trains. “Kaytlyn, will you play with me?” Kaytlyn
and Ryan played dinosaurs.
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