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StoryWalks Promote Early Literacy and Help Build Brains

April 23, 2015 /

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On a rainy day last month in Milton, preschoolers and their parents wearing raincoats and boots went for a "StoryWalk," at Mass Audubon’s Blue Hills Trailside Museum.

What’s a StoryWalk? Children go for a walk and stop along the way where the pages of a book are posted so they can hear the story read aloud — or read it themselves or to a younger sibling.

In this case, the book read was "Possum and the Peeper" by Anne Hunter, a seasonally appropriate book about a possum woken from his winter nap by peeping sounds. Laminated pages of the book were posted along the way. The Patriot Ledger has a photo gallery of the StoryWalk here.

Full Story: http://eyeonearlyeducation.com/2015/04/23/throwback-thursday-storywalks-promote-early-literacy-and-help-build-brains/