You are settling into a read aloud with a new book.
Even before you open the book to read aloud, do a "cover check."
Read the title, and ask, "What do you think this book is going to be about?"
Talk with your young child about her predictions. Then probe some more. Ask, "How can you tell? Tell me what you see on the cover."
Questions like these are the perfect lead-in to reading a new book together. It will be fun to see how accurate her predictions were. And she is building her ability to make predictions based on evidence, an important critical thinking skill.
