The Preschool Photo Activity Library: An Essential Literacy Tool

The Preschool Photo Activity Library: An Essential Literacy Tool Review

Develop language and pre-literacy skills with preschool children using these beautiful four-color photo cards and accompanying activities. Each of the sixty-four cards has a photograph that sparks children’s natural curiosity. The back of each photo card features a vocabulary list, suggested activities to expand children’s learning, questions or comments to engage children in conversations, the American Sign Language sign, Spanish translation related to the image, and recommended children’s books.

This invaluable teaching tool is compatible with any curriculum and comes in its own carrying case. Photo cards are 12 inches x 8½ inches. Themes include:

• Things Kids Do
• Colors
• Shapes
• Animals
• Birds
• Bugs & Other Things that Crawl
• Fruits & Vegetables

Pam Schiller, PhD, is an early childhood curriculum specialist, author, and consultant. She is past president of the Southern Early Childhood Association and the Texas Association for the Education of Young Children. Schiller is a highly sought-after speaker, a frequent presenter for professional organizations, and a regular contributor to early childhood journals. Her areas of expertise include curriculum development, classroom management, brain development research and applications, literacy, math, science, and social-emotional development. She is the author or co-author of twenty-seven books for Gryphon House, winning a total of fifteen awards for her books. She lives in Cypress, Texas.