PowerPoint Presentation for Week 6 discussion Topic: Promoting Early Literacy with Dialogic Reading

1. Advije Memishi
SOE 115: Psychology of Teaching
and Learning
Kendall College

2.  Dialogic reading is an
interactive method of
reading picture books with
children. The P.E.E.R.
sequence is used, which is
a short interaction
between the child and
adult to promote interest
and engagement in
reading.
 This method was
developed by The Stony
Brook Reading and
Language Project.

3.  In the article Dialogic
Reading: An Effective Way to
Read to Preschoolers, by Grover
J. Whitehurst, it states that the
fundamental reading technique
in dialogic reading is using the
PEER sequence
(Whitehurst,2009).
 These short interactions
between the adult and child
promotes a child's oral
communication skills, helps to
further engage the child in what
they are reading, and allows the
adult to determine if the child
understand and comprehends
the reading.

4. “Dialogic reading is children
and adults having a
conversation about a book.”
(Headley,2014).
The conversation should feel
natural and not forced. In
order to be most effective,
the adult should use a variety
of prompts from the list of
C.R.O.W.D. types.
Dialogic reading is most
effective when you follow the
child’s interests, and ask a
variety of question types.

5.  Professor Elizabeth Stilwell from Cornell’s Department of
Human Development states in a Book Buddies Blog that
“This process of sharing dialogic reading deepens
children’s engagement with story and text through
enjoyable interactions with an attentive adult. It can be
contrasted with the scenario of an adult sharing a book
with a child by reading as the child sits quietly and listens
the entire time.” (Stilwell, 2011)
 Children learn more when they are actively participating in
reading one on one rather than sitting quietly as a listener
only.

6.  Dialogic reading is an effective method used to promote early
literacy in children, such as preschoolers. It is proven to be
more effective to have a child be an active participant rather
than just a listener to a story.
 This method can be used by both educators in the classroom
as well as at home by parents and families.
 Keeping a child engaged in the reading and being an active
part of story telling encourages their interests in reading, as
well as their comprehension.
 Dialogic reading promotes school readiness in children by
furthering oral communication skills, patience and
understanding when reading and listening, understanding
print meaning, and expanding vocabulary.

7.  The dialogic reading method can be connected to
what we have learned by focusing on the ways that
people, especially children, learn. By using the
Dialogical Reading method, we are appealing to
both visual and auditory learners. It is a very hands
on approach, and the adult is also using the tool of
observation in order to determine whether or not a
child is understanding and comprehending the
material being presented.

8.  I feel that using the dialogic
reading method puts to use
the skills and techniques we
learn about in our
education, in the real world.
 I think that the connections
made using this method are
how children can learn to
love literacy and language
at an early age, which
creates the school
readiness that we expect of
most children.
 By allowing the child to
become an active part of
the story telling, we can see
what grabs their attention,
and can expand on their
interests.
 I think that educators can
better determine a child’s
understanding of a story
through this method by
using the P.E.E.R. sequence.

9.  If families have questions
about the Dialogic
Reading method, I would
first explain to them that
it is essentially a
conversation between the
adult and child that
allows the child to be a
more active part of the
story telling. The child
becomes the reader while
they become the listener,
as an audience by asking
questions and using the
P.E.E.R. method.
 I would provide any
handouts or resources
that I have available in
order to help families
better understand the
method. There are a
variety of videos on You
Tube that demonstrate
the Dialogic method as
well.
 I could also have a parent
or family member
observe while using the
Dialogic method with
their child.

10.  Source 1
Whitehurst, G.J., (2009) Dialogic Reading: An Effective Way to
Read to Preschoolers.
http://www.readingrockets.org/article/dialogic-reading-
effective-way-read-preschoolers
 Source 2
Headley, B. (2014).Dialogic Reading.
http://www.bestbeginningsalaska.org/wp-
content/uploads/Dialogic-Reading-Handout-Sep-2014.pdf
 Source 3
Stilwell, E. (2011,March 02). What is Dialogic Reading?.
http://blogs.cornell.edu/childlit/2011/03/02/what-is-
dialogic-reading/