The Big Book of Chit-Chat

The Big Chit-Chat Book supports children's language development through reading, play, and dialogue. The book is made for children between 18 months and 4 years, whose language is constantly developing and whose vocabulary grows every day..

In The Big Chit-Chat Book, we meet the children Eddie & Hannah, and experience through storytelling, play, and conversations what a day in their lives looks like. We meet their parents, we are there when they wake up, we follow them to nursery and kindergarten, and we join them on a visit to grandma and grandpa. We are part of all the situations that happen on a perfectly ordinary day in many children's lives. That is why The Big Chit-Chat Book is also very relatable for the child, and the conversations will feel natural as a result. In The Big Chit-Chat Book, the groundwork has been done for you, and the adult reader is guided on every page to create dialogue and conversation with the child. This way, you are well equipped to practise dialogic reading. The book is written by danish psychologist Ina Victoria Haller and beautifully illustrated by Lea Letén, and it can be used both at home and in daycare settings..

The Big Chit-Chat Book does not just motivate present and engaged dialogue and conversation, but also play, movement, and the use of the senses..

• Practise dialogic reading in a tangible way
• Create present and engaging conversation with the child
• Strengthen the child's vocabulary and language comprehension

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The Big book of Chit-Chat helps children aged 18 months to 4 years with language development through dialogic reading, play, and presence. Perfect for the home and daycare settings. The Chit-Chat Book is a great opportunity to shift from screen time to conversation. A book that creates a language for all the observations children make about the world around them — turning them into meaningful conversations. And it is conversation that moves a child's language and vocabulary in a positive direction. Every child should own The Big Chit-Chat Book! This book should be seen as both a truly enjoyable and cosy read-aloud book, and very much also a tool with inspiration for dialogue and free-flowing conversation. The book is naturally for children, but also for parents, educators, and other professionals who wish to strengthen children's language through presence, dialogue, and play. The wish behind the book is to engage even the very youngest children to actively participate in reading picture books. There is a great difference between simply being read aloud to from an ordinary picture book, and the child also taking an active part. Active participation in this kind of language activity is extremely important for the development of a child's communicative skills. The child will understand and learn language by listening to, and talking with, the adults around them in all communicative contexts of daily life. The book can also be used as inspiration for how to carry dialogic reading on to other picture books.