A rhymical and repetitious story encouraging memory skills, illustrated in die-cut form.
Benefits:
* promotes fine motor development as child manipulates
variety of shapes on the pages
* designed for child to interact with book in a physical way
* uses vocabulary to communicate animal sounds (Old
MacDonald) (sensory perception)
* involves use of rhymes and patterns which repeat throughout the books (pattern books are excellent for children as they are very easy to memorize so the child very quickly can master these books)
* incorporates music as most of these books are also songs
* provides opportunities for developing sequencing skills as child attempts to remember sequence of animals, insects and birds
* demonstrates print is meaningful as text matches illustrations
*Type of Book - participation books and pattern books
*Art Work - colourful, humourous drawings, cut out holes on each page
*Binding - stapled