“Don’t judge a book by its cover.” We have all heard this saving several times throughout our life, for it’s literal meaning as well as life situations. The saying can also be used to describe what this article is about. The idea that children are not getting the most out of texts or stories because of the pictures that are provided gives me mixed emotions. I understand that pictures can take away from concentration of what is being read. From past experience, however, the kindergarten class I read to was very receptive to the questions I asked. Not only did I show the pictures to the class as I read, I also acted as an entertainer by changing my voice for each individual character. The students loved it and were able to give thoughtful answers, for their ages, to most of the questions I asked throughout the story. By showing the students the pictures as well as acting, enabled them to think of more creative answers to the questions I was asking. For example, in the story, A Balloon for Isabel, Isabel is a porcupine who is trying to figure out a way to make her quails less dangerous. Half of my class did not know what this animal looked like, therefore, they would have had no idea how to think of ways to cover up the animal’s sharp quails if I had not shown them the pictures. I understand what the article is trying to state, but I feel like the kids are too young and have not experienced enough to have to create mental pictures of what is being read to them. This brings up my questions.
- How can you get a student who has no experience of reading or being read too to make a mental picture of a story?
2. Isn’t the ages 4-7 too young to not show pictures of information being read to them?
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