We've spoken before about the benefits of story books with no words, today we're going to look at how to use the same concept of open ended story telling for older children, teens, and even adults.

So why is a book with no words is good for language development? The absence of words on these pages is not an absence of language but an invitation for language creation. Reading or telling a story to a child is a wonderful way to expose them to a language and help them build up their understanding of the dos and don'ts. But one of the beautiful things about language is its infinite quality - the fact that you can endlessly create new sentences and tell new stories. Using a book with no words gives a platform to create new stories every time you flip through the pages.

The music you heard in this episode was composed and performed by Josh Armistead: https://josharmistead.bandcamp.com/

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David Wiesner