1. Choose a book and rate it using the checklist in Figure 9.2 in your text. Rate the effectiveness of the book and explain how you would use it with young children. How would you encourage parents to apply each of the nine reading aloud suggestions that Tracey has given to improve the quality of reading a book like this to children? Be specific. Choosing predictable multicultural books is helpful in developing reading skills. There are many different books to suggest to children. Children like to read books that contain repetitive and rhyming words. Stories that have repetitive words allow children to remember the words. Multicultural books have cumulative episodes. Books with cumulative episodes contain words that children must memorize and begin to say them on their own. Parents should read to children and show them pictures in the book because “the pictures clearly illustrate words, jokes, and episodes” (Beaty & Pratt, 2011). Parents can teach their children how sequential patterns work. For example, in the book Chicka Chika Boom Boom children are able to say which letter comes next. Parents can be encouraged to read their children's favorite books. Reading the same book repeatedly allows children to acquire certain skills. Children learn the order of the story. Children are able to keep up when their parents read stories. Children also learn to remember what they read in the story. According to the book, children develop a sense of story sequence, how to follow the book as the story is read, and how to memorize words. Therefore, reading the same story over and over is good for the child. Children should be able to participate as the story unfolds. You should encourage children to... in the center of the card....... Children also like books that Rhythmics like. Children enjoy these books because they can participate in reading. A book that comes to mind when I think of children is “If You're Happy and You Know It”. This book allows children to jump up and down, clap their hands and stomp their feet. Parents should provide their children with diverse multicultural books. These books can help children learn about different things. Multicultural books can help children learn about different characters in a book. Some multicultural books may have different characters with rhyming names. For example, a book might be called Silly Willey hit Billy. Children would enjoy this book because children like the name. My children enjoy reading with me because I make sure they pay attention to what I read. They have to answer questions and tell me what the story was about.