LSC 300 L
Literature for Children
Department of Library Science and Instructional Technology
Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven CT

CONTENTS:
Infants
Toddlers
Preschoolers
Five and Six Year Olds
Seven and Eight Year Olds
Nine and Ten Year Olds
Eleven and Twelve Year Olds
What is reading?
Tips for reading to children
Kids & Reading Home

Five and Six Year Olds

Five year olds

• Like stories with animals that talk
• Like simple folktales and some fairy tales
• Like a prince and a princess
• Believe in magic
• Think fairytale characters lived a long time ago
• Sometimes confuse real and make-believe
• Recognize some letters of the alphabet
• Can write their name

Six year olds

• Recognize the letters of the alphabet
• Can count to 100
• Can write about 10 words from memory
• Are able to read easy-to-read books
• Still like fairytales
• Like being read to
• Enjoy alphabet and counting books
• Search for simple informational books
• Like books about dinosaurs
• Write with invented spellings

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