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Make it a Sensory Rich Experience

When I created these books, I intentionally chose realistic images of objects commonly found around the home or school. Encourage your child to play, engage in conversation, move, and interact with the objects while actively discovering the meaning behind each concept. Creating a sensory-rich experience for your child will enable them to make real-life connections, which in turn will support conceptual understanding. Children must gain prior knowledge of a concept through personal experience before they can recognize that concept portrayed in a book.  

Smooth & Rough book cover on black background with large print red text and an image of a red apple and an orange. By Amy Shepherd M.Ed

Materials can be used to scaffold skills.

If your student is not quite ready to look at a full book, start with the supplemental materials.

Materials can be used to scaffold skills.

If your student is not quite ready to look at a full book, start with the supplemental materials.

Big-Medium-Little book cover on black background with large print red text and images of a big bed, medium bed and small bed. By Amy Shepherd M.Ed.

Materials can be used to scaffold skills.

If your student is not quite ready to look at a full book, start with the supplemental materials.

In-Out book cover on black background with large print red text and and images of a green shovel in a pink bucket. By Amy Shepherd M.Ed.

Materials can be used to scaffold skills.

If your student is not quite ready to look at a full book, start with the supplemental materials.

Same-Different book cover on black background with large print red text and an image of a small blue mitten and a large red mitten. By Amy Shepherd M.Ed.

Materials can be used to scaffold skills.

If your student is not quite ready to look at a full book, start with the supplemental materials.

Left & Right book cover on black background and large print red text with an image of a yellow plastic cup and a red and green lunchbox. By Amy Shepherd M.Ed.

Materials can be used to scaffold skills.

If your student is not quite ready to look at a full book, start with the supplemental materials.

Long-Medium-Short book cover on black background with large print red text and images of a long, medium and short green and yellow broom. By Amy Shepherd M.Ed.

Materials can be used to scaffold skills.

If your student is not quite ready to look at a full book, start with the supplemental materials.

Go! Go! Stop! Stop! book cover on black background with large print red text and an image of a traffic signal with red, yellow, green circles. By Amy Shepherd M.Ed.

Materials can be used to scaffold skills.

If your student is not quite ready to look at a full book, start with the supplemental materials.

Hot-Cold-Warm book cover on black background with large print red text and an image of a bowl of tomato soup. By Amy Shepherd M.Ed.

Materials can be used to scaffold skills.

If your student is not quite ready to look at a full book, start with the supplemental materials.

Fast-Slow book cover on black background with large print red text and an image of a square analog clock. By Amy Shepherd M.Ed.

Materials can be used to scaffold skills.

If your student is not quite ready to look at a full book, start with the supplemental materials.

In Front of-Behind book cover on black background with an image of a yellow plastic cup in front of a red and green lunchbox. By Amy Shepherd M.Ed.

Materials can be used to scaffold skills.

If your student is not quite ready to look at a full book, start with the supplemental materials.

Above-Below book cover on black background with large print red text and an image of a chair with a red balloon above it. By Amy Shepherd M.Ed.

Materials can be used to scaffold skills.

If your student is not quite ready to look at a full book, start with the supplemental materials.

Light-Dark book cover on black background with large print red text and an image of a partial yellow sun behind a red umbrella. By Amy Shepherd M.Ed.

Materials can be used to scaffold skills.

If your student is not quite ready to look at a full book, start with the supplemental materials.

Over-Under book cover on black background with large print red text and an image of a blue bird under a tree with orange and yellow leaves. By Amy Shepherd M.Ed.

Materials can be used to scaffold skills.

If your student is not quite ready to look at a full book, start with the supplemental materials.

Up-Down book cover on black background with large print red text and an image of a hand giving the thumbs up sign. By Amy Shepherd M.Ed.

Materials can be used to scaffold skills.

If your student is not quite ready to look at a full book, start with the supplemental materials.

Near-Far book cover on black background with large print red text and a close up of a yellow book and a small blue book in the background. By Amy Shepherd M.Ed.

Materials can be used to scaffold skills.

If your student is not quite ready to look at a full book, start with the supplemental materials.

Off-On book cover with black background and large print red text with an image of a dark lightbulb and a lighted light bulb. By Amy Shepherd M.Ed.

Materials can be used to scaffold skills.

If your student is not quite ready to look at a full book, start with the supplemental materials.