[Learning to read with books].

Abstract

The principle of the procedure suggested lies in double decoding: that of the isolated picture and picture sequences and that of the written story. The exploration procedure offered to the children consists of confronting personal hypotheses with respect to stories as they are told in books. Our research consisted of testing different types of pictures in order to establish a progression adapted to the children and in addition, testing a set of books designed for young children in order to identify those in which the pictures are suitable and in which the text and the pictures are complementary as far as the information communicated is concerned. This selection made it possible to set up an essentially active procedure with children in which the emphasis is placed on the representation activity, the desire to communicate, the importance of the spoken language, the affectivity and insertion of children in the world of mean.