Every Book is an Early Childhood Book
In this Every Book Counts webinar, host Erin Bailey speaks with Dr. Jill Pentimonti of the University of Notre Dame about how shared book reading serves as a powerful, research-backed approach to building young children’s language, vocabulary, and comprehension skills. Dr. Pentimonti explains the foundational components of early reading success—word recognition and language comprehension—and highlights how interactive shared reading supports critical pre-reading skills such as print knowledge, phonological awareness, and oral language development by intentionally strengthening neural pathways. She offers practical, evidence-based strategies for making read-alouds more engaging, including asking open-ended questions, explicitly building vocabulary, drawing attention to sounds and letters, and fostering discussion before, during, and after reading. The session underscores the importance of using a balanced mix of narrative and information books and illustrates these strategies through a live read-aloud, concluding with resources from Reading is Fundamental to support educators and families in applying these practices.
About Dr. Jill Pentimonti:
Dr. Jill Pentimonti is an Associate Research Professor in the Institute for Educational Initiatives and the Executive Director of Research Advancement in the Office of the Vice President for Research at the University of Notre Dame, where she also leads the Early Learning Foundations (ELF) Lab. Her work focuses on language, literacy, and learning in the preschool and early elementary years.
Dr. Pentimonti’s research centers on supporting young children’s language and literacy development, particularly for those at risk for reading difficulties. She has led multiple large-scale, federally funded studies examining classroom practices, instructional supports, and interventions that foster children’s early learning. Her work has also advanced the use of innovative tools and methods—including AI-powered assessments—to better understand and improve early learning experiences for children, families, and teachers.
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Erin Bailey: welcome everyone.00:00:00.779 --> 00:00:02.729
We're so glad that you're here for our.00:00:02.865 --> 00:00:05.025
Next every book counts webinar.00:00:05.084 --> 00:00:14.804
Um, this specific one is every book is a early childhood book, so if you've joined us before, welcome back and if you haven't, um, this is your first time.00:00:14.804 --> 00:00:19.515
We're so excited to have you, so today's session is focused on sharing, uh, shared book reading.00:00:19.755 --> 00:00:22.785
One of the most powerful ways to build young children's language.00:00:23.325 --> 00:00:25.664
Vocabulary and comprehension skills.00:00:25.904 --> 00:00:39.434
So today we'll explore evidence-based strategies that make shared reading more interactive, intentional, and inclusive, along with practical ways to boost engagement, encourage rich talk, and support early literacy development.00:00:39.825 --> 00:00:45.345
Um, we'll also get to discuss how to select a variety of books across genres, cultures, and topics.00:00:45.679 --> 00:00:51.679
To strengthen these shared reading experiences and help all children see themselves in the stories that they hear.00:00:51.890 --> 00:00:53.539
And especially excited tonight.00:00:53.569 --> 00:01:00.950
'cause we have a, um, read aloud, uh, that we will be able to read a story and practice some of these strategies, um, tonight.00:01:00.950 --> 00:01:06.800
So feel free to enjoy if you have any kiddos around you that would love to hear or read a lot of the story.00:01:06.804 --> 00:01:06.865
Mm-hmm.00:01:06.945 --> 00:01:09.589
Feel free to drag them in and for that portion.00:01:09.679 --> 00:01:11.600
But super excited for all of the content for tonight.00:01:13.220 --> 00:01:19.010
Um, and if you're new, uh, we are Reading is Fundamental, the nation's largest children's literacy nonprofit.00:01:19.280 --> 00:01:26.270
Um, our, our mission is to inspire the joy of reading and ensure every child has the opportunities and resources to become a lifelong reader.00:01:26.570 --> 00:01:35.690
And these free webinars are a part of our ongoing commitment to supporting educators and families with the practical tools and strategies they need to bring literacy to life.00:01:37.850 --> 00:01:40.999
Um, tonight we're thrilled to be joined by Dr. Pil.00:01:41.360 --> 00:01:44.420
Jill Penta, associate Research Professor.00:01:44.450 --> 00:01:44.990
Professor.00:01:44.990 --> 00:01:57.980
Oh my gosh, what is, it's been a long day y'all in the Institute for Educational Initiatives and the Executive Director of Research Advancement at the University of Notre Dame, where she also leads the, uh, early learning foundations or ELF Lab.00:01:58.309 --> 00:02:03.710
Her work FO focuses on language literacy and learning in the preschool and early elementary years.00:02:04.504 --> 00:02:13.715
Dr. Penta Monte's research centers on supporting young children's language and literacy development, particularly for those at risk with reading, for reading difficulties.00:02:14.075 --> 00:02:17.465
She has led multiple large scale federally funded studies examining.00:02:18.545 --> 00:02:23.285
Classroom practices, instructional supports, and interventions that strengthen early learning.00:02:23.735 --> 00:02:34.924
Her work also advances the use of innovative tools and methods, um, including AI powered assessments to better understand and improve early learning experiences for children, families, and teachers.00:02:34.924 --> 00:02:38.494
And on top of all of those amazing things, she also serves on.00:02:39.120 --> 00:02:41.850
Um, early Childhood Education advisory board.00:02:41.850 --> 00:02:49.230
So a lot of what, uh, resources we'll share tonight, um, were guided under her expertise, so I get the opportunity to learn from her all the time.00:02:49.230 --> 00:02:52.440
So I'm excited to share that opportunity with you guys tonight.00:02:52.440 --> 00:02:57.450
So with that, I'm gonna turn it over to you, Dr. Penta Monte, and I'm gonna stop sharing my screen so you can share your.00:02:58.420 --> 00:02:58.929
Jill P: Thank you.00:02:58.929 --> 00:03:01.690
It's so great to be here with everyone tonight.00:03:01.720 --> 00:03:09.400
Um, and I just, I have to confess, shared book reading and talking about shared book reading is my absolute favorite thing.00:03:09.429 --> 00:03:18.855
Um, I've started off my career as an early childhood teacher, so I taught preschool and I taught kindergarten and shared book reading was my absolute favorite part of the day.00:03:18.910 --> 00:03:19.900
I loved it.00:03:19.900 --> 00:03:20.320
It first.00:03:20.395 --> 00:03:21.475
So many reasons.00:03:21.475 --> 00:03:34.525
So when I went into research and realized all the benefits of it that I'll talk about today, I was just thrilled that something that I loved so dearly, um, had so much great sort of work behind it and showed so much support for kids skills.00:03:34.554 --> 00:03:44.395
So today we'll really talk about the essential building blocks of early reading success, all of those things that we can be doing early to set kids up on that right path.00:03:44.850 --> 00:03:46.830
To becoming really successful readers.00:03:47.220 --> 00:03:54.780
Um, and then how shared book reading, as I mentioned, is one of those really great tools we can use to fuel young children's reading development.00:03:55.259 --> 00:04:01.259
And then I'll go into some specifics on how we can have some powerful and easy to use strategies.00:04:01.319 --> 00:04:02.790
That's what I love about all of these.00:04:02.910 --> 00:04:05.790
All of these are easy to use and they're super high impact.00:04:05.790 --> 00:04:07.799
It's really spectacular for those reasons, right?00:04:07.799 --> 00:04:11.864
So it's kind of the, the what, why, and how is what I'll go through for you all tonight.00:04:12.949 --> 00:04:13.729
Um, okay.00:04:13.759 --> 00:04:22.789
So just starting through into those essential skills, those early block, early reading, those blocks that we need for early reading success.00:04:22.789 --> 00:04:29.960
So when we talk about reading and sort of what we need to be to, to, to sort of gather to be a skilled reader.00:04:30.500 --> 00:04:33.409
We often talk about this simple view of reading.00:04:33.469 --> 00:04:41.210
The cool part of becoming a successful reader is there are really two big concepts that you need to conquer, that you need to understand really well.00:04:41.540 --> 00:04:43.400
The first is word recognition.00:04:43.730 --> 00:04:47.540
The understanding of how to read a word off the page.00:04:47.900 --> 00:04:50.540
When you see the word cat, you know the C says cut.00:04:50.570 --> 00:04:51.530
The A says Ah.00:04:51.620 --> 00:04:54.500
The T says T. You blend those sounds together.00:04:54.800 --> 00:04:56.030
It says cat, right?00:04:56.030 --> 00:04:57.980
And that's word recognition.00:04:58.190 --> 00:05:03.170
So once you've got that and are doing that automatically, you also need to understand what you're reading.00:05:03.170 --> 00:05:09.740
So the language and the comprehension pieces of that, when you put those things together, you are a successful reader.00:05:09.770 --> 00:05:15.320
So it's really nice that there are two massive building blocks to becoming a successful reader.00:05:15.530 --> 00:05:17.390
So that's why we call it the simple view of reading.00:05:17.720 --> 00:05:19.640
There is a, however to this, right?00:05:20.135 --> 00:05:22.175
It is not so simple.00:05:22.175 --> 00:05:29.945
So let me show you the next slide, which thinks about all of the underlying skills that go within those two big buckets.00:05:30.395 --> 00:05:30.755
Right?00:05:30.755 --> 00:05:38.615
When you we, when I just talked about how to read the word cat off that page, you needed to know what those letter names were.00:05:38.645 --> 00:05:40.715
You needed to know those letter sounds.00:05:41.045 --> 00:05:43.385
You needed to understand how to blend them just.00:05:43.635 --> 00:05:47.985
In your sort of listening and the sound elements of that, that's called phonological awareness.00:05:48.285 --> 00:05:50.600
You can't decode or read that word until you do that.00:05:51.245 --> 00:05:55.895
And there's some words like the and was that we see a lot and are very irregular.00:05:56.164 --> 00:05:57.545
You just need to know by sight.00:05:57.875 --> 00:06:05.585
So it's really complex and you need to become increasingly automatic at that before you can move to really thinking about what you're reading.00:06:06.005 --> 00:06:09.455
And that language comprehension piece has a ton of elements too.00:06:09.784 --> 00:06:12.455
You've gotta understand the background knowledge of what you're reading.00:06:12.455 --> 00:06:19.265
If you're reading about some topic that you don't know anything about, and the words you don't know, vocabulary, don't know, it'll be really hard to comprehend.00:06:20.300 --> 00:06:39.410
If you don't understand the structure of our language, what verbs mean and adverbs, that's hard to, if you can't make connections or verbal reasoning before between what you're
reading or you don't understand, sort of the way a book is laid out, like an information text or a textbook for example, all of that's gonna make it hard for you to comprehend, right?00:06:39.680 --> 00:06:43.730
So my point is, it is not really the simple thing.00:06:44.655 --> 00:06:50.595
And what this also means is there's a lot going on in our brains when we're learning to read.00:06:50.895 --> 00:06:57.015
All of that takes a lot of areas of our brain, and I promise I won't talk about the brain too much.00:06:57.015 --> 00:07:03.470
I'm not a neuroscientist, but I am fascinated by how we become readers because it's really cool what's happening in our brain.00:07:04.070 --> 00:07:08.690
So we'll just point out sort of that green portion at the bottom, this language comprehension piece.00:07:08.930 --> 00:07:22.640
There's one piece of your brain that's working on that language comprehension, but all those other pieces I've pointed out in this visual
here, the speech sound, sound symbol, connection letter, word connection, you see happening in all those other parts of your brain.00:07:23.030 --> 00:07:26.360
That's what you need for that word kick recognition piece.00:07:26.659 --> 00:07:32.990
So you've gotta build these pathways between the pieces of your brain for this reading thing to work.00:07:33.020 --> 00:07:39.409
What's really cool is that when we practice things, we are actually literally building neural pathways.00:07:39.620 --> 00:07:45.020
We're actually building stronger brains when we're teaching kids and when we're talking to kids about reading.00:07:45.320 --> 00:07:47.030
I think that's really pretty amazing.00:07:47.060 --> 00:07:47.479
So.00:07:47.745 --> 00:07:54.195
The, the idea and the sort of reality is that we know how brains read and that's fantastic.00:07:54.495 --> 00:07:59.895
So we also know how to teach in a way that changes, actually changes and builds brain activity.00:08:00.345 --> 00:08:02.535
When we, our brains actually change.00:08:02.535 --> 00:08:03.630
We learn to read, which it's great.00:08:04.290 --> 00:08:10.140
However, to do that, to strengthen those neural pathways, you can't just be surrounded by things, right?00:08:10.290 --> 00:08:18.990
We need deliberate practice and we need instruction in really key skills that we know are building those, those pathways, right?00:08:19.820 --> 00:08:22.010
The als the next set of good news.00:08:22.249 --> 00:08:31.640
You know, not only sort of understanding how our brain works, but we also know from decades of research those skills that we can be working on early.00:08:31.849 --> 00:08:35.885
And by early, I mean in pre-K, in K, to really set kids up.00:08:36.559 --> 00:08:43.250
To be successful readers, and you'll see these things again, print knowledge, phonological awareness, oral language.00:08:43.490 --> 00:08:53.840
We know that when kids have those things down, they enter, you know, formal reading instruction with those things solid in their brains, they become successful readers.00:08:54.230 --> 00:08:59.375
And the cool thing is we see this in what I just talked about and how we know we learn to read.00:09:00.080 --> 00:09:08.060
Oral language, phonological awareness, understanding those sounds of language and being able to blend and print knowledge, right?00:09:08.120 --> 00:09:13.070
Understanding the sounds that the names of letters and the sounds they make.00:09:13.520 --> 00:09:16.280
So all really coming together.00:09:17.015 --> 00:09:21.605
So that we know what it is we need to be working on with kids to have them be successful readers.00:09:22.025 --> 00:09:23.735
So what's a good way to do this?00:09:23.735 --> 00:09:29.705
The good news is shared book reading is a spectacular way to support these pre-reading skills.00:09:30.215 --> 00:09:30.755
Why?00:09:30.995 --> 00:09:32.645
So when you think about shared book reading.00:09:33.060 --> 00:09:34.920
It builds children's vocabulary knowledge.00:09:34.950 --> 00:09:38.520
What a spectacular way to say what a word means.00:09:38.520 --> 00:09:40.980
You've got usually a picture of it and a picture book.00:09:41.220 --> 00:09:45.000
You've got a story around it so you have context to explain the word.00:09:45.330 --> 00:09:58.440
This is a fantastic way to talk about vocabulary knowledge, and there is was in sort of our more complex way that we learn to read, we know that language comprehension piece and vocabulary is key to becoming a successful reader.00:09:59.165 --> 00:10:00.665
Understanding narrative sweets.00:10:01.145 --> 00:10:08.285
Again, part of this language comprehension, the concept of before, during, and after can be really abstract.00:10:08.525 --> 00:10:10.985
We can't show you sort of a visual of that, right?00:10:10.985 --> 00:10:13.595
It's not an item, so it's abstract.00:10:13.835 --> 00:10:23.255
But when you're reading a story and you talk about what happened before, during, and after, this whole really cool story that the kids has just been read, you get that concept.00:10:23.255 --> 00:10:26.225
It's a great way to build that piece of comprehension.00:10:26.655 --> 00:10:27.945
And here we go with this.00:10:27.945 --> 00:10:35.145
This phonological awareness I said was another key piece of it is exposes children to rhyme and other interesting sound patterns.00:10:35.445 --> 00:10:48.825
I bet we can all think of about a million children's books that rhyme, a ton of them rhyme, and that gets kids listening to the sounds of language, which then help them do things like blend sounds when they're reading a word.00:10:49.065 --> 00:10:54.165
All of that is very related and a great way to practice it in a really fun way for kids.00:10:54.890 --> 00:10:57.080
And here's the print knowledge piece that I mentioned.00:10:57.080 --> 00:11:01.460
It exposes children to letters, words, other units of print.00:11:01.610 --> 00:11:04.790
What better way to talk about letters than reading an alphabet book?00:11:04.790 --> 00:11:06.500
There are so many cool ones out there.00:11:06.680 --> 00:11:08.300
This one that has animals in it, right?00:11:08.300 --> 00:11:09.530
And you're talking about letters.00:11:09.770 --> 00:11:11.030
You're pointing out letters.00:11:11.180 --> 00:11:15.380
You're having really deliberate conversations about the names and the sounds of letters.00:11:16.955 --> 00:11:23.855
The other piece of reading books is the content of them can be so rich and beautiful teaching children about the world they live in.00:11:24.065 --> 00:11:29.255
I have this book, I stink on it because when I was teaching preschool, it was one of my kids' favorite books.00:11:29.555 --> 00:11:36.515
They loved it and we had a lot of conversation about the importance of trash collection while reading a really funny, silly, fun book, right?00:11:36.725 --> 00:11:38.015
So great to teach about the.00:11:38.155 --> 00:11:47.035
The world that kids live in, and what a beautiful way to teach children important concepts about the size society, which we live in, the people around the cultures.00:11:47.455 --> 00:11:52.360
Um, some really wonderful things you can start conversation about with kids when you're doing shared book reading.00:11:53.780 --> 00:12:07.970
So all of this brings together, again, like I said, when I sort of moved into research from teaching and realized, hey, there are
decades of research that show this activity that I know the kids in my classroom loved, I know that I loved, can be really good for them.00:12:08.390 --> 00:12:15.650
In fact, these really big studies that bring together all the research that happened across decades, we call them meta-analysis.00:12:16.025 --> 00:12:26.975
Show that when kids participate in these shared book reading experiences, it can explain significant portions of why they have higher skills or higher scores in language and literacy.00:12:26.975 --> 00:12:30.245
And I think that's really exciting 'cause it isn't a tough activity.00:12:30.245 --> 00:12:35.435
There's lots of little ways we can make it fantastic and this is a great way to support kids' skills.00:12:36.065 --> 00:12:45.695
There is a, however, right, and I just said this, it's the key to the effectiveness or making this impactful to kids skills is it's not just slipping pages.00:12:45.935 --> 00:12:48.185
It's not just reading words off pages.00:12:48.485 --> 00:12:51.455
It's the interactive nature of that shared book reading.00:12:51.455 --> 00:12:59.345
It's the back and forth and the conversation, the pointing out of text that happens when adults and children sit down and read a book together.00:13:00.425 --> 00:13:07.745
So that brings me to sort of my last section of this is, so we've got the what we wanna really support kids reading skills.00:13:07.745 --> 00:13:08.855
We know how to do that.00:13:08.855 --> 00:13:10.175
We know how the brain works.00:13:10.565 --> 00:13:22.235
Shared booking is a great way to do it, but there's a how piece to make sure this really impactful opportunity, the shared book reading experience can be as meaningful as it possibly can.00:13:22.655 --> 00:13:24.905
Another piece of good news is it's really.00:13:25.280 --> 00:13:26.420
Not super hard.00:13:26.510 --> 00:13:34.070
It doesn't take tons of materials or time or funds, but it does take some tweaks to what we're doing in our shared book reading to make sure we're being impactful.00:13:34.670 --> 00:13:43.580
So when we think about some of the key components we can work with to make it more impactful, I always think about it as there's things about the book, the choice of book, I'll talk in a minute.00:13:43.975 --> 00:13:44.815
But I'm really focused too.00:13:44.845 --> 00:13:49.525
The other piece of it is this conversation that happens between adults and children.00:13:49.525 --> 00:13:55.495
So I'm gonna start there with this component, and that's happening before, during, and after reading.00:13:55.675 --> 00:13:56.125
Right?00:13:56.245 --> 00:13:57.385
That conversation.00:13:58.490 --> 00:14:13.160
So what I love about this is, first of all, we have an amazing guide from Reading is Fundamental that does just, that takes a book and shows you some really cool ideas of things you could say before, during, and after a read aloud.00:14:13.430 --> 00:14:16.670
And so I always like to think about it in this way before the book.00:14:16.670 --> 00:14:20.000
What you're gonna wanna do is draw children's attention, the title.00:14:20.615 --> 00:14:28.355
Great way to point out print, talk about the letters and the title, talk about the sounds that they make, and then the comprehension piece.00:14:28.355 --> 00:14:30.215
Help get them excited about the book.00:14:30.695 --> 00:14:32.735
Ask them what they think it's gonna be about.00:14:32.915 --> 00:14:36.395
Ask them what they know about that topic, build that background knowledge.00:14:36.665 --> 00:14:48.635
One of those things I was saying is really important to to listening comprehension or language comprehension during it is a fantastic time to ask questions about what you're reading, checking for, understanding.00:14:49.470 --> 00:14:55.080
Giving explanations, posing questions to get kids using their language.00:14:55.380 --> 00:15:00.570
The best way to build language in kids is to have them use it and practice it, right?00:15:00.900 --> 00:15:08.250
Encourage their responses, retelling what they're happening, making predictions, and just getting that, that sort of.00:15:08.870 --> 00:15:13.160
Ability for them to think, I have contributions I wanna make while we're reading this book.00:15:13.190 --> 00:15:14.300
I'm gonna talk about it.00:15:14.300 --> 00:15:14.540
Right?00:15:14.540 --> 00:15:23.125
Getting that in their head is that the way we read books together, we talk about them, and then after you can pose prompts, ask questions to support any new vocabulary learned.00:15:23.840 --> 00:15:35.390
Recall any of those facts, build that li listening and language comprehension draw connections to kids' lives because when things make sense to them and they're connected to their lives, they're definitely gonna remember them.00:15:35.390 --> 00:15:35.660
Right?00:15:35.930 --> 00:15:42.860
So there's all sorts of really rich things that can be talked about that conversation before, during, and after a read.00:15:44.630 --> 00:15:56.210
So I just wanted to show a few examples in each of those, sort of three key areas I said was really important for reading development, and show you some example prompts just to give an example of like how easy this is, right?00:15:56.210 --> 00:16:00.950
These are tweaks, and just making sure you're asking some really good connection questions.00:16:01.695 --> 00:16:05.445
So this first one, in building language, I've said open-ended questions.00:16:05.445 --> 00:16:12.195
And the reason we like open-ended questions so much is because open-ended questions are the ones you can't answer in one word.00:16:12.195 --> 00:16:13.605
It's not a yes or a no.00:16:13.845 --> 00:16:16.545
You've really gotta think, and you've really gotta use language.00:16:16.545 --> 00:16:22.995
And again, kids using more language, practicing that is really what's gonna build that muscle and build that skill.00:16:23.055 --> 00:16:23.475
Right?00:16:23.715 --> 00:16:24.675
So a question is.00:16:25.190 --> 00:16:27.620
Why do you think the turtle tucked his head in a shell?00:16:27.680 --> 00:16:28.940
You can't answer that in one word.00:16:28.940 --> 00:16:30.950
You gotta think about it and use some language.00:16:31.400 --> 00:16:33.080
What do you think is gonna happen next?00:16:33.200 --> 00:16:36.350
Books are the perfect place to get predictions out of kids, right?00:16:37.100 --> 00:16:40.190
And then, like I mentioned, building vocabulary, right?00:16:40.940 --> 00:16:48.440
These are such books and shared book reading is such a good way to point out a new word and then use it right away and show why.00:16:48.650 --> 00:16:52.190
Understanding and knowing the meaning of that word is important, right?00:16:52.190 --> 00:16:54.140
Because you wanna understand what's happening in the story.00:16:54.410 --> 00:16:56.090
You better learn that new word, right?00:16:56.090 --> 00:16:57.620
That building of vocabulary.00:16:58.100 --> 00:17:02.600
And I always like thinking about sort of what would be a good child friendly definition to words.00:17:02.600 --> 00:17:04.760
I have to do some thinking about that before I read.00:17:04.760 --> 00:17:06.440
Sometimes I pick up some vocabulary books.00:17:06.440 --> 00:17:07.040
We'll talk about that.00:17:07.040 --> 00:17:07.670
Or words.00:17:07.960 --> 00:17:13.600
Talk about that in a minute, but for example, in the very hungry Caterpillar, great way to talk about a cocoon.00:17:13.930 --> 00:17:18.550
It's a soft bed or a soft covering for a caterpillar while it changes.00:17:18.550 --> 00:17:21.250
It's like a little sleeping bag for a caterpillar while it changes.00:17:21.250 --> 00:17:27.819
I like that example because it gives you kind of more technical definition and then brings it back to something kids will really understand.00:17:28.474 --> 00:17:38.795
Another really great resource that reading is fundamentalist has, uh, which I think is spectacular in a really good way to do vocabulary knowledge, is bringing out vocabulary cards too.00:17:38.795 --> 00:17:45.215
So this is something, a word you could introduce during a read aloud and have those vocabularies cards out for kids.00:17:45.515 --> 00:17:49.385
'cause that visual connection is always gonna be great for kids in vocabulary learning.00:17:50.510 --> 00:17:52.310
So the next one is phonological awareness.00:17:52.310 --> 00:18:07.550
We talked a lot about how important initial sounds are, and pointing out sounds in the words and pointing out letters and books is
a great way to really build that muscle of understanding and listening to the sounds of language and being able to manipulate them.00:18:08.000 --> 00:18:12.890
So when it comes to decoding a word like cat, you're able to blend those sounds together.00:18:13.340 --> 00:18:16.160
So a great way to do it is point out initial sounds.00:18:16.430 --> 00:18:18.050
We just talked about the word moon.00:18:18.050 --> 00:18:19.820
In this book, say, moon with me.00:18:20.150 --> 00:18:24.230
Moon starts with the letter M. That makes that mm sound, let's all say that together.00:18:24.604 --> 00:18:28.955
And then later on in the day try to point out other words that start with the MM sound.00:18:29.554 --> 00:18:39.274
And another really great resource that reading it Fundamental has is this chart of letters and the sounds that they make and pictures of, of words that start with that.00:18:39.544 --> 00:18:41.644
And this is a great way to make connections.00:18:41.644 --> 00:18:44.284
If you're reading, you can say, oh, I saw the A like on our chart.00:18:44.735 --> 00:18:47.104
That's like the sound apple starts with, right?00:18:47.134 --> 00:18:49.894
What other words can we that start with a right?00:18:49.894 --> 00:18:53.225
Having those conversations and building that into kids' vocabulary.00:18:54.695 --> 00:18:57.185
Another way is you can play with sounds, right?00:18:57.334 --> 00:19:00.904
Getting kids to think about, oh, these sounds can be taken apart, right?00:19:01.114 --> 00:19:05.884
Because that's what they're doing when they're playing and listening and decoding and segmenting words too.00:19:06.245 --> 00:19:08.915
So taking this word says box, take part.00:19:08.915 --> 00:19:12.455
The word away box without that B sound is ox.00:19:12.544 --> 00:19:12.754
No.00:19:12.754 --> 00:19:15.874
You try it playing with those sounds while you're reading.00:19:15.904 --> 00:19:19.024
'cause you've got everybody's attention and you're thinking about some of those same words.00:19:20.090 --> 00:19:22.100
And then print knowledge is great too.00:19:22.129 --> 00:19:24.350
It's not only sort of the names of letters.00:19:24.350 --> 00:19:30.080
We talk about that a lot when we think about print knowledge, but kids need to learn how print works in a book too.00:19:30.290 --> 00:19:36.170
And this is a great way to show them pointing to the print as you're reading and having them help you do that too.00:19:36.590 --> 00:19:38.629
Come help me read this text.00:19:38.690 --> 00:19:40.070
What word am I gonna read next?00:19:40.070 --> 00:19:41.480
Can you point that out to me?00:19:41.899 --> 00:19:45.409
So it really gets in their head sort of the way print works in books.00:19:46.460 --> 00:19:56.960
And then of course, like I said, finding and pointing out letter names is wonderful and some books lend themselves so well to that too 'cause the print is really big or the letters are really interesting.00:19:56.960 --> 00:19:59.720
Those alphabet books are perfect for this.00:20:00.290 --> 00:20:00.650
Come.00:20:00.650 --> 00:20:04.340
And having kids come and point to letters in the books is always super helpful.00:20:05.959 --> 00:20:10.399
So when I'm thinking about this, you know, I think about a lot of little organizational tips.00:20:10.399 --> 00:20:12.379
There's so much that can be done.00:20:12.649 --> 00:20:14.540
All of those are easy things to do.00:20:14.540 --> 00:20:16.100
But how do you organize yourself, right?00:20:16.489 --> 00:20:22.519
So I always like to take a flip through the book before I read aloud and think about, okay, what are some good things?00:20:22.519 --> 00:20:24.080
What's a good word here?00:20:24.195 --> 00:20:25.395
That I might wanna teach.00:20:25.395 --> 00:20:31.665
What's some good vocabulary words and think about a quick definition or what is some, this has got some really cool letters in it.00:20:31.665 --> 00:20:33.254
The text is very cool.00:20:33.465 --> 00:20:35.294
I'm gonna start to point out some of that.00:20:35.595 --> 00:20:37.395
Or there's some rhyming words.00:20:37.395 --> 00:20:38.504
Let's talk about that.00:20:38.564 --> 00:20:42.254
Or there's some alliteration, meaning there's a lot of words that start with the same sound.00:20:42.254 --> 00:20:43.455
I can really focus on that.00:20:43.950 --> 00:20:46.080
Think about that and do a little planning.00:20:46.140 --> 00:20:48.690
Doesn't have to take a ton of time, but a little planning, right?00:20:49.230 --> 00:20:57.780
Choose those times that you're gonna do that, and obviously you don't wanna ask too many questions, so you're not getting the story out, but sort of balance that and think through it.00:20:58.050 --> 00:21:02.340
One thing I like to do is use sticky notes to remind myself of those good ideas.00:21:02.640 --> 00:21:03.870
Then I don't forget them.00:21:04.320 --> 00:21:12.360
And then I also have that sense of like balance, like, okay, I'm asking a good amount of questions during this shared book reading and reread.00:21:12.740 --> 00:21:14.570
Kids love to hear the same books again.00:21:14.570 --> 00:21:23.660
I know if we've, if anyone is interacting with kids around here, they know kids love to read these books again, do it again because one day you might wanna focus on vocabulary the next day.00:21:23.660 --> 00:21:26.240
You might wanna point out print in the book the next day.00:21:26.240 --> 00:21:28.010
You might wanna talk about rhyming words.00:21:28.070 --> 00:21:31.400
It doesn't all have to get dawn in the same shared work reading.00:21:32.450 --> 00:21:35.630
And then sort of the next section, and this is like the.00:21:36.020 --> 00:21:39.050
Think carefully about the books you were choosing.00:21:39.080 --> 00:21:40.130
So let's talk about that.00:21:40.400 --> 00:21:42.470
That's that second key component, right?00:21:42.740 --> 00:21:45.560
Reading Trin types of books matter.00:21:45.830 --> 00:21:51.590
So why they really can have a dramatic impact on the resulting interactions with the book.00:21:51.650 --> 00:21:53.780
And they might encourage different types of learning.00:21:53.780 --> 00:21:57.890
And we've seen this, again, this is sort of the decades of research has shown this.00:21:58.160 --> 00:21:59.630
When you're reading an alphabet book.00:21:59.790 --> 00:22:04.800
Of course, you're naturally gonna talk about letters when you're reading a really good story.00:22:04.800 --> 00:22:10.169
Of course, you're gonna naturally talk about what's happening next and the before, the during, the after.00:22:10.860 --> 00:22:15.060
But also there's these book information books, the ones that are truly about.00:22:15.060 --> 00:22:22.560
Facts about animals, about science, about all different things that don't really have a story that are also really important.00:22:22.620 --> 00:22:22.889
Right.00:22:22.889 --> 00:22:29.669
And just to sort of note too of something from research is kids are exposed to a lot of storybooks and that's great.00:22:30.060 --> 00:22:31.350
Don't want to stop that.00:22:31.350 --> 00:22:37.050
But we also need to get a little bit more of these information books in with kids, and I'll talk about why in a minute.00:22:37.379 --> 00:22:41.610
Because what we know from research and what we see happening in early childhood classrooms typically.00:22:41.800 --> 00:22:45.129
Is kids are reading more narrative books and not as many information books.00:22:45.129 --> 00:22:48.085
So we'll talk about sort of the, the benefits of both of those here.00:22:49.415 --> 00:22:50.735
So first let's start with narrative.00:22:51.095 --> 00:22:55.264
Like I said, reading narrative books really help with this story structure.00:22:55.504 --> 00:23:10.715
It's a really good opportunity for getting kids to be thinking about comprehension strategies when they're later on and they're doing
sort of their own reading, their real skilled readers comprehension is that muscle they're gonna have to use over and over again.00:23:10.715 --> 00:23:13.340
So reading loud narrative books is perfect practice for it.00:23:14.345 --> 00:23:18.274
So ideas that you can, from that research, we know that's really helpful.00:23:18.635 --> 00:23:20.254
Point out the beginning, middle, and end.00:23:20.675 --> 00:23:23.435
Talk about story related vocabulary.00:23:23.465 --> 00:23:27.485
The word character, the word setting, teach that to kids early.00:23:27.485 --> 00:23:29.825
They're gonna have to use it later on in their schooling.00:23:30.095 --> 00:23:32.465
So if they're comfortable with that sooner, that's fantastic.00:23:33.485 --> 00:23:37.264
Encourage them to make predictions and summarize what they just read.00:23:37.324 --> 00:23:40.955
Again, they're gonna be asked to do that later in their schooling career.00:23:40.955 --> 00:23:46.985
If they get a practice doing that, well, they're doing some shared book reading with you, the adult or the classroom teacher.00:23:47.254 --> 00:23:48.754
Spectacular, right?00:23:49.175 --> 00:23:52.594
So for example, a little activity could do is make a story map.00:23:52.834 --> 00:23:56.074
Use the words characters, and setting while you're doing that.00:23:56.554 --> 00:23:59.074
Talk about it as a new word that they learned.00:23:59.135 --> 00:24:04.260
Have them repeat it, use it in follow up activities so that all that vocabulary is really new for them.00:24:05.825 --> 00:24:11.975
So then I'm gonna move to information books again, those ones that really are fact based exposure to them.00:24:12.305 --> 00:24:14.405
A lot of really cool vocabulary.00:24:14.465 --> 00:24:16.085
Lots of technical vocabulary.00:24:16.085 --> 00:24:22.205
The kids love to learn, especially if it's a topic they're super interested in, like dinosaurs, right?00:24:22.625 --> 00:24:24.395
Um, content area, knowledge.00:24:24.455 --> 00:24:26.225
They're learning new things as they're reading.00:24:26.254 --> 00:24:29.285
Again, if this is an area of interest, they're gonna soak that up.00:24:29.990 --> 00:24:37.760
And then something I think is really important, I like to call tech structure knowledge, which is that information books don't look like story books.00:24:37.760 --> 00:24:40.010
They actually look different, right?00:24:40.250 --> 00:24:46.460
Because often they have things like real pictures with labels on them, or bolded words, right?00:24:46.460 --> 00:24:50.990
Or tables of content or indexes and you know, what else looks like that?00:24:51.040 --> 00:24:52.750
Your textbooks, right?00:24:52.750 --> 00:25:00.100
And so when you are that skilled reader or a third and fourth grade and you get to a textbook, none of that text structure will look different to you.00:25:00.129 --> 00:25:10.270
You know that you've been exposed to it when you've done book shared book reading in your early childhood classroom, and you feel really comfortable with that structure, that's just gonna help with comprehension too.00:25:10.695 --> 00:25:16.245
And of course, reading interest and engagement, a topic is definitely a thing with these information books.00:25:16.245 --> 00:25:21.075
We can definitely capture kids' interest when we read different books about different topics.00:25:22.145 --> 00:25:34.175
So some ideas about, so that research of what, what we know is really important about these information books, you can provide content related book, have instruction you can activate sort of the knowledge they know about that.00:25:34.175 --> 00:25:36.425
What do you know about dinosaurs, right?00:25:36.425 --> 00:25:37.745
What do you wanna know?00:25:37.865 --> 00:25:39.365
That's what scientists do, right?00:25:39.365 --> 00:25:44.645
And like having those conversations about that content and then revisiting that content after you've read.00:25:45.215 --> 00:25:50.205
And then obviously choosing books that are really interesting to your class are definitely gonna help you with this.00:25:51.240 --> 00:25:57.030
So some ideas, taking out those books and showing them the really cool TE text features.00:25:57.240 --> 00:25:59.010
Why is there this table of content here?00:25:59.040 --> 00:25:59.490
Oh, I see.00:25:59.490 --> 00:26:02.190
On page four it talks about teals.00:26:02.190 --> 00:26:03.450
Let's go to page four, right?00:26:03.450 --> 00:26:07.770
Show them what that looks like, why there's an index, why there are picture labels.00:26:08.324 --> 00:26:12.134
And the nice thing about information books, some of them have a lot of words, right?00:26:12.134 --> 00:26:19.725
And I think that's why it's kind of hard to think about it as a shared book reading experience, but you don't have to read every single page.00:26:19.725 --> 00:26:22.004
'cause it's not a story with a before, during, and after.00:26:22.245 --> 00:26:22.425
Right?00:26:22.425 --> 00:26:35.834
You can read just a couple of pages, have kids choose from the table of contents, what pages you're gonna read, show them that these
books are different and you don't have to spend 45 minutes, which is impossible to get kids of this age sitting down for that long.00:26:35.834 --> 00:26:36.074
Right?00:26:36.435 --> 00:26:37.965
You don't have to sit and read the whole thing.00:26:37.965 --> 00:26:42.630
You can just do sessions of it and, and picture and pieces of it, which I think is really nice about that.00:26:43.880 --> 00:26:44.240
Okay.00:26:44.630 --> 00:26:58.370
So given that I've just talked about the importance of different types of books and, and how it's really important to be thinking about having these
different types of books in the classroom, I wanted to share a read aloud and I'll, and I'll, um, stop sharing in a minute and just show my screen.00:26:58.645 --> 00:27:04.495
Of what I think is a really good information book, especially in for an early childhood classroom.00:27:04.825 --> 00:27:09.625
And I wanted to share too that this read aloud is shared with permissions from teacher creative materials.00:27:09.895 --> 00:27:10.555
I wanna say huge.00:27:10.555 --> 00:27:13.945
Thank you for giving us the rights to, to feature this book.00:27:14.365 --> 00:27:17.515
I really like these books 'cause they've got real pictures.00:27:17.515 --> 00:27:20.005
You can talk about real facts that are happening.00:27:20.305 --> 00:27:22.120
Um, and I'll show you some features in a minute.00:27:22.710 --> 00:27:24.090
They make things easy for you.00:27:24.090 --> 00:27:38.700
I'll, I'll show you as I'm reading through this, but just to give you a preview of some of the things I'm gonna do, they a, they give you some
questions that are really good questions to ask kids while you're reading and they also have words really clearly labeling these pictures.00:27:39.030 --> 00:27:39.540
Awesome.00:27:39.540 --> 00:27:48.630
To talk about print, even talk about beginning sounds and awesome to show these sort of real pictures of what's happening with this one's about Bebe the panda.00:27:48.630 --> 00:27:48.870
Right?00:27:48.870 --> 00:27:51.690
What's happening in the, in this, in this pandas world.00:27:52.215 --> 00:28:01.485
Um, so with that, I'm gonna stop sharing for a minute and just kind of walk through what a shared book reading session with this book might look like.00:28:01.725 --> 00:28:04.544
And again, I think this is a really nice, um, example too.00:28:04.544 --> 00:28:15.225
Not only 'cause it's an information book, we can think through that, that too, but that it's a book that doesn't even actually have a story or that many words, but you can get a ton of conversation out of it.00:28:15.254 --> 00:28:18.435
So I'll just show that as I'm doing this aloud.00:28:19.655 --> 00:28:26.885
Okay, so if we can see, all right, so the title of my book is A Den for Bay Bay.00:28:27.274 --> 00:28:28.594
And what, look at this.00:28:28.594 --> 00:28:31.024
I see two of the same letter.00:28:31.024 --> 00:28:31.955
What letter is this?00:28:32.435 --> 00:28:33.875
Yep, I see two Bs.00:28:34.354 --> 00:28:36.125
B makes the B sound.00:28:36.125 --> 00:28:37.024
So it's Bay Bay.00:28:38.135 --> 00:28:38.915
This is great.00:28:39.064 --> 00:28:40.625
What do we think this book's gonna be about?00:28:41.465 --> 00:28:42.905
Yeah, I bet it's a panda.00:28:42.935 --> 00:28:43.925
What do you think he's eating?00:28:45.260 --> 00:28:45.469
Okay.00:28:45.469 --> 00:28:48.620
Should we find out a little bit more about Bebe the Panda?00:28:49.280 --> 00:28:49.729
All right.00:28:50.360 --> 00:28:50.810
Okay.00:28:51.350 --> 00:28:54.379
So this is his den where he lives.00:28:54.860 --> 00:28:56.060
And look what's in here.00:28:56.209 --> 00:28:56.840
It looks big.00:28:56.840 --> 00:28:58.669
Bebe has some trees.00:28:58.699 --> 00:28:59.840
Here's the word trees.00:29:00.169 --> 00:29:02.929
And here's some pictures of bebe and trees.00:29:03.020 --> 00:29:03.949
What is he doing?00:29:04.610 --> 00:29:06.469
Yeah, it looks like he's climbing that tree.00:29:06.469 --> 00:29:07.520
Have you ever climbed a tree?00:29:08.659 --> 00:29:09.679
Looks like so much fun.00:29:09.800 --> 00:29:11.000
That's in his den.00:29:11.209 --> 00:29:12.830
What a great thing to have in your den.00:29:14.120 --> 00:29:15.889
And here's the word hammock.00:29:16.429 --> 00:29:17.389
Here's the hammock.00:29:17.840 --> 00:29:20.389
A hammock is like a bed.00:29:20.929 --> 00:29:22.429
Baby sleeps on a hammock.00:29:22.429 --> 00:29:27.139
What's cool about hammocks is they're usually outside and they're hung from trees.00:29:27.350 --> 00:29:28.790
Has anyone been in a hammock?00:29:29.449 --> 00:29:31.550
Does it sound like fun to sleep in a hammock?00:29:32.179 --> 00:29:33.379
I bet it would be really comfy.00:29:33.379 --> 00:29:33.830
Right?00:29:34.340 --> 00:29:36.110
So that's a new word, and that's that word hammock.00:29:36.139 --> 00:29:37.399
Let's all say hammock together.00:29:38.270 --> 00:29:38.389
Okay?00:29:39.785 --> 00:29:44.345
Look, there's some rocks and there's definitely rocks in bay bays.00:29:44.345 --> 00:29:48.665
Ben Den, does he look like he's high up?00:29:48.785 --> 00:29:49.655
He does.00:29:50.105 --> 00:29:51.275
How do you think he got there?00:29:52.295 --> 00:29:53.015
Climbing.00:29:53.045 --> 00:29:54.575
Have you ever climbed up rocks?00:29:55.625 --> 00:30:01.415
Looks like a fun thing to do, and here's grass and he's got some grass.00:30:01.415 --> 00:30:03.605
I wonder if he's munching on that grass.00:30:03.605 --> 00:30:04.985
Do you think he's going to eat that grass?00:30:06.455 --> 00:30:08.014
What kinds of things do you like to eat?00:30:08.014 --> 00:30:08.915
He might have a snack.00:30:08.975 --> 00:30:10.235
What's your favorite kind of snack?00:30:10.864 --> 00:30:12.274
He might have grass for a snack.00:30:13.504 --> 00:30:14.945
And here's a new word too.00:30:14.975 --> 00:30:16.504
That word says mural.00:30:17.675 --> 00:30:18.965
And here's baby.00:30:19.114 --> 00:30:20.104
He's got a painting.00:30:20.104 --> 00:30:23.465
A mural is like a very, very big painting.00:30:23.794 --> 00:30:25.864
So that's, that's not a real tree, that's a painting.00:30:26.134 --> 00:30:28.084
Looks like baby has a very big mural.00:30:29.044 --> 00:30:30.935
What do you think he's doing in front of his mural?00:30:31.504 --> 00:30:32.854
So look like he's taking a nap.00:30:33.185 --> 00:30:34.889
He's probably pretty tired taking a nap.00:30:36.215 --> 00:30:38.554
Ah, and here's snow.00:30:38.645 --> 00:30:39.245
Oh my goodness.00:30:39.245 --> 00:30:42.094
It must have snowed in den.00:30:43.324 --> 00:30:44.074
I love that word.00:30:44.074 --> 00:30:44.314
Snow.00:30:44.314 --> 00:30:45.094
Say snow with me.00:30:45.094 --> 00:30:48.185
Snow starts with the S or the S sound.00:30:48.455 --> 00:30:50.495
Do you know any other words that start with S00:30:53.254 --> 00:30:54.364
And here's a ball.00:30:54.364 --> 00:30:55.544
Looks like he's got a ball in here.00:30:56.795 --> 00:30:57.965
Wait a minute.00:30:58.325 --> 00:31:01.955
There's the lowercase B. Where did we see an uppercase B?00:31:01.985 --> 00:31:04.475
Where did we hear that but sound that the B makes.00:31:05.195 --> 00:31:05.945
That's right.00:31:05.945 --> 00:31:11.435
It was on our title 'cause Bebe's name starts with A B. Can somebody come point to A B for me?00:31:12.185 --> 00:31:13.895
Can someone point to another B for me?00:31:14.195 --> 00:31:15.395
Those are the uppercase Bs.00:31:15.935 --> 00:31:18.305
Alright, can someone come point to the lowercase B for me?00:31:19.085 --> 00:31:19.655
Oh my goodness.00:31:19.655 --> 00:31:20.345
Lots of Bs.00:31:20.435 --> 00:31:20.825
Think.00:31:21.845 --> 00:31:23.615
And here's cameras.00:31:23.885 --> 00:31:24.965
There's some cameras watching.00:31:24.965 --> 00:31:25.175
Babe.00:31:25.180 --> 00:31:25.250
Babe.00:31:25.850 --> 00:31:27.679
You know who those people are watching.00:31:27.710 --> 00:31:37.370
It's scientists and scientists likes to know about the world, so they're learning all about Bebe when he's in, so that they can tell us really cool things about Pandas.00:31:37.850 --> 00:31:38.689
Scientists are great.00:31:39.949 --> 00:31:42.379
All right, so now I'm gonna read some questions for you.00:31:42.800 --> 00:31:47.840
How is Bebe's Den like it would be in nature, in the real world kinds of things.00:31:48.110 --> 00:31:49.220
Do you want to turn to the page?00:31:50.060 --> 00:31:50.149
Yeah.00:31:50.149 --> 00:31:52.909
I bet you that he had had trees in his world.00:31:54.395 --> 00:31:59.195
Why are there toys in Bay based in, why do you think, I bet he likes to play with toys.00:31:59.195 --> 00:32:00.125
Do you guys like toys?00:32:00.125 --> 00:32:00.845
What's your favorite?00:32:01.504 --> 00:32:02.135
Yeah, he had a ball.00:32:02.135 --> 00:32:02.795
You like one too?00:32:03.695 --> 00:32:04.025
Okay.00:32:04.805 --> 00:32:08.975
So that you can just see from even where a book with just a few words.00:32:08.975 --> 00:32:09.395
Right?00:32:10.220 --> 00:32:23.540
It had a ton of things to talk about, a ton to point out, and a ton to, to, to point out in regard to sort of those skills we know are most important during a shared book reading and a lot of good content knowledge too.00:32:23.750 --> 00:32:28.700
So sort of my tips when we think about that component of shared book reading is a balanced diet of.00:32:29.550 --> 00:32:30.719
It's the best way to go.00:32:30.959 --> 00:32:33.510
Make sure you've got both narrative information, books.00:32:33.570 --> 00:32:36.629
And here's yet another read resource from Reading is Fundamental.00:32:36.780 --> 00:32:40.199
A little sort of log of the types of books you're using.00:32:40.260 --> 00:32:47.344
You know, remembering what it is that you read, remembering what you liked about it, making sure you've got that really nice balanced diet of reading.00:32:48.770 --> 00:32:59.540
And one more sort of resource, a whole website of really great things and some of the things that I mentioned, um, during this webinar today that you can get on the website and reading is fundamental.00:32:59.899 --> 00:33:04.429
And with that, I will stop conversation open to questions.00:33:04.669 --> 00:33:05.959
And I've put my email here too.00:33:05.959 --> 00:33:11.629
I am always happily, clearly, I am always happy to talk about shared book reading, so thanks for having me here tonight.00:33:12.560 --> 00:33:13.220
Erin Bailey: Oh my gosh.00:33:13.220 --> 00:33:13.790
Thank you Jill.00:33:13.790 --> 00:33:17.510
I'm copying and pasting your email 'cause I definitely want folks to have it in the chat.00:33:17.840 --> 00:33:20.090
Um, and I was just smiling ear to ear.00:33:20.179 --> 00:33:26.810
This is so much fun and it looks like in the chat, um, toddler approved webinar, so it looks like we had a toddler join us.00:33:26.810 --> 00:33:27.290
I love it.00:33:27.290 --> 00:33:28.129
Fantastic.00:33:28.939 --> 00:33:30.290
Jill P: I mean, food doesn't look bay babe, bro.00:33:30.290 --> 00:33:31.520
I mean what a cute panda panda.00:33:31.520 --> 00:33:31.699
I00:33:31.699 --> 00:33:32.810
Erin Bailey: know, I know.00:33:32.810 --> 00:33:39.105
And honestly, I. I love that you can turn such a simple story into something so engaging.00:33:39.105 --> 00:33:39.425
Mm-hmm.00:33:39.505 --> 00:33:40.520
And so wonderful.00:33:40.640 --> 00:33:40.730
Yeah.00:33:40.760 --> 00:33:45.470
Um, so it was just a beautiful model and thank you, thank you so much for everything as always.00:33:45.740 --> 00:33:49.610
Um, you are just such a dear friend to riff and we appreciate and your support so much.00:33:49.610 --> 00:33:59.510
So thank you for your time tonight everyone, and um, feel free to reach out to either myself or Jill and we would be happy to answer any questions and be on the lookout for a recording.00:33:59.510 --> 00:34:01.640
Share it with all of your friends and colleagues.00:34:02.020 --> 00:34:07.090
Um, and toddlers to listen to that, read aloud because thank you to our friends at TCM.00:34:07.090 --> 00:34:11.920
We get to host that, uh, read aloud on our website as well, so come back and check that out.00:34:11.920 --> 00:34:13.179
So thanks.00:34:13.330 --> 00:34:14.199
Thank you so much, Jill.00:34:14.199 --> 00:34:15.219
It was so good to see you.00:34:15.219 --> 00:34:16.659
And happy holidays everyone.00:34:16.659 --> 00:34:18.670
Take care and see you at the next one.00:34:18.819 --> 00:34:19.839
Happy holidays everyone.00:34:19.844 --> 00:34:20.065
Bye-bye.
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