FM.G.64 TURNS PAGES OF A PAPER BOOK SINGLY

This item is the culmination of the page-turning skills in this sequence.

How to Assess

Materials: A child’s picture book with paper pages.

Method: Place the book on the table or floor in front of your child. Demonstrate turning pages, then say ‘You turn the page’.

Score plus if your child turns the pages one at a time for 3 or more pages.

How to Teach

As with cardboard books, separating the pages is the hardest part of this skill.

Using demonstrations, and physical help if necessary, teach your child to lift up the top right corner of the page with his forefinger and then slide his hand between the pages. Reduce your help gradually until he is doing this all by himself.

Playtime and Round-the-house Activities

Besides turning pages, there are other activities which involve the skill of separating one piece of paper from another. If your child enjoys pasting, give him a tray of pictures cut from magazines, scraps of wrapping paper and so on. Let him pick them up from the tray, one at a time, and paste them onto paper, cardboard tubes or empty boxes. Separating sheets of cellophane provides quite a challenge! Many children enjoy peeling self-adhesive stickers from their backing. You could also wrap your child’s sandwiches in grease-proof paper and let him open the parcel. Plastic food wrap provides the ultimate challenge – even for adults

Remembering and Extending

As long as your child finds enjoyment in books, you will not need to plan opportunities to practise turning pages!