The purpose of this reading is to bring everything together: the text, the vocabulary, and the illustrations. The discussion and activity options focus on analyzing the main idea, theme, character traits, setting and how all of the story elements fit together.
The text and vocabulary are easily understood in the Second Reading. The plot of this story will be easy for your child to retell.
Three ways that you can add fun and improve recall during this reading:
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The focus of this reading is to read the story and talk about new vocabulary. There will be opportunities in this reading to connect the information in the illustrations to the information in the text.
Most of the vocabulary in The Kissing Hand will be familiar to your listener and you. The author’s writing style is straightforward with little use of figurative language. Therefore, we’ll be spending most of our discussion time on the Reading Comprehension Best Practice of Activating Prior Knowledge/Making Connections.
*Read the pages before you ask the questions.
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To allow the brain to focus on the information in the illustrations this reading will look only at the illustrations and the information they provide the young reader. There are no right or wrong answers in this reading. If the pages are not numbered page 1 is the first page of text.
During the First Reading, we’ll be looking at both the story line and the science information included in these lovely illustrations. Always encourage your listener to share the evidence from the illustration to support ideas, opinions, and answers.
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ABOUT THIS BOOK: THE KISSING HAND
by Audrey Penn
A favorite book of my five year-old granddaughter is The Kissing Hand. When I saw it on Pinterest as one of 10 Books Every Kid Should Own, I checked it out. It’s credentials are impressive. This story is about the common childhood situation of experiencing fear when facing any kind of separation from home or going into any new situation alone. As a tender story about a young raccoon not wanting to leave home to start school, the title hints at Mrs. Raccoon’s secret solution to her child’s anxiety……a reassuring kiss on his palm.
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