Children’s books can benefit young children in many ways in addition to building early literacy skills. They can satisfy children’s curiosity, help them think through tough situations, and support their growing understanding of themselves, other people, and the world around them. This lesson explores many different ways that children’s books can be used with children from military families to connect to the military parts of their lives. (1 hour)
Objectives
- Identify three main impacts that military-related children's books can have on military-connected children.
- Describe strategies for incorporating military-related children's books into the child care setting and curriculum.
- Recognize the knowledge that can be gained about a child by observing his/her responses to military-related books in the child care setting.
