“Reading a book is like re-writing
it for yourself. You bring to a
novel, anything you read, all your
experience of the world. You bring
your history and you read it in
your own terms.” – Angela Carter
Making Connections
Making connections to stories help
children relate to a story by
activating “stuff” that they
already have in their head.
Connections fall into three broad
categories:
 Connecting text to self
 Connecting text to text
 Connecting text to the world
Allow your child to visualize and
ask questions to help him/her make
connections to the text. After
reading a story to your child, have
him/her tell you what they liked
about the book and illustrate their
own ending to the story. “What if
the gingerbread boy got away from
the fox, what would happen? If you
were the fox, how would you catch
the gingerbread boy?”