Print your bookmark
Four bookmarks to a page. Cut them out, fold each one in half, and keep one in every picture book: the questions are right there when you read, and the phone can stay in your pocket.
📖 LapTots
Fill-in Finch
- “Read the next line almost to the end — then stop, and let your child say the last word.”
- “Find a line your child knows by heart. Pause just before its last word and wait.”
Open-ended Owl
- “Tell me what’s happening on this page.”
- “What do you see here?”
Wh-Wren
- “Where is the character going?”
- “Why do you think they did that?”
Distancing Deer
- “Have you ever felt like that?”
- “When did we do something like this?”
PEER
- P Prompt: ask a question about the page
- E Evaluate: notice what your child said
- E Expand: add a word or two to it
- R Repeat: let them say the bigger version
Read it again. And again. The questions get easier, and the words stick, every time you read the same book.
LapTots bookmarks
Cut along the dashed lines, then fold each strip on its dotted line so the PEER side is on the back. Keep one in every picture book.
📖 LapTots
Fill-in Finch
- “Read the next line almost to the end — then stop, and let your child say the last word.”
- “Find a line your child knows by heart. Pause just before its last word and wait.”
Open-ended Owl
- “Tell me what’s happening on this page.”
- “What do you see here?”
Wh-Wren
- “Where is the character going?”
- “Why do you think they did that?”
Distancing Deer
- “Have you ever felt like that?”
- “When did we do something like this?”
PEER
- P Prompt: ask a question about the page
- E Evaluate: notice what your child said
- E Expand: add a word or two to it
- R Repeat: let them say the bigger version
Read it again. And again. The questions get easier, and the words stick, every time you read the same book.
📖 LapTots
Fill-in Finch
- “Read the next line almost to the end — then stop, and let your child say the last word.”
- “Find a line your child knows by heart. Pause just before its last word and wait.”
Open-ended Owl
- “Tell me what’s happening on this page.”
- “What do you see here?”
Wh-Wren
- “Where is the character going?”
- “Why do you think they did that?”
Distancing Deer
- “Have you ever felt like that?”
- “When did we do something like this?”
PEER
- P Prompt: ask a question about the page
- E Evaluate: notice what your child said
- E Expand: add a word or two to it
- R Repeat: let them say the bigger version
Read it again. And again. The questions get easier, and the words stick, every time you read the same book.
📖 LapTots
Fill-in Finch
- “Read the next line almost to the end — then stop, and let your child say the last word.”
- “Find a line your child knows by heart. Pause just before its last word and wait.”
Open-ended Owl
- “Tell me what’s happening on this page.”
- “What do you see here?”
Wh-Wren
- “Where is the character going?”
- “Why do you think they did that?”
Distancing Deer
- “Have you ever felt like that?”
- “When did we do something like this?”
PEER
- P Prompt: ask a question about the page
- E Evaluate: notice what your child said
- E Expand: add a word or two to it
- R Repeat: let them say the bigger version
Read it again. And again. The questions get easier, and the words stick, every time you read the same book.
📖 LapTots
Fill-in Finch
- “Read the next line almost to the end — then stop, and let your child say the last word.”
- “Find a line your child knows by heart. Pause just before its last word and wait.”
Open-ended Owl
- “Tell me what’s happening on this page.”
- “What do you see here?”
Wh-Wren
- “Where is the character going?”
- “Why do you think they did that?”
Distancing Deer
- “Have you ever felt like that?”
- “When did we do something like this?”
PEER
- P Prompt: ask a question about the page
- E Evaluate: notice what your child said
- E Expand: add a word or two to it
- R Repeat: let them say the bigger version
Read it again. And again. The questions get easier, and the words stick, every time you read the same book.