Making a mini-book

Ages 3 to 5 Read and do together · about 20 minutes

Read together

You can make a book. A book has a cover and pages.

Your book will tell your story.

Do it

1. Fold two or three sheets of paper in half and staple or tie the fold.
2. Let your child draw a picture on each page about their day.
3. Ask them to tell you the story and write their words under each picture.
4. Add a title and their name as author. Read it together at bedtime.

Talk about it

• What is on this page?
• What will you call your book?

For the grown-up

Making a book teaches that stories have a start, a middle and an end, and that our words can be written down.

Mark as done

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