Bookmaking is a great way to encourage writing in your preschool classroom! Providing blank books and encouraging your students to fill them with their stories, thoughts, and feelings allows them to expand their storytelling and gives purpose to their marks and drawing. Tune in to episode 118 to hear why bookmaking is important, what emergent writing looks like and how and where we can add bookmaking in our own classrooms!

Topics Discussed:

• What is bookmaking and what are the benefits of introducing it to your students
• How to incorporate and encourage bookmaking in your classroom
• What emergent writing looks like

Related Resources:

• FREE Literacy Training: 3 Mistakes to Avoid to Rock Literacy in your Preschool Classroom
• Book: Already Ready by Katie Wood Ray & Matt Glover (affiliate link)

Related Blogposts/Episodes:

• You may also like this episode: Teaching Young Children How Reading Works (Episode 117)

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Are you a busy preschool teacher who loves gaining new ideas, perspectives, and inspiration for your classroom? The Lovely Preschool Teachers Podcast is here to help you up your confidence in educating early learners in a quick, actionable way!

As an early educator who is still in the classroom, Ashley Rives will share the ins and outs of how she runs her classroom in a play-based, child-centered way. Each week, expect a new episode focused on actionable strategies to level up your abilities and confidence as a preschool teacher.

Ashley Rives is an early educator with over 17 years of experience and a strong passion to help teachers implement child-centered learning in preschool classrooms all over the world. You can follow her on Instagram @lovelycommotion or learn more at the Lovely Commotion Preschool Resources website: www.lovelycommotion.com