Foreshadowing

Reading to children is beneficial at any age. One of my favorite books to read aloud is "Rosie's Walk" by Pat Hutchins.

In this book, Rosie the Hen goes for a walk around the farm. Unbeknown to her, she is being followed by a fox who would like nothing more than to eat her for his dinner. This is a great book to help your child build prediction skills by drawing on the author's foreshadowing. Tell your child that foreshadowing is when an author or illustrator gives you clues as to what is going to happen next in the story. Then read the story, asking him/her to tell you when he/she sees foreshadowing. Prompt him/her by asking "What do you think is going to happen to the fox? What clues do you see?"
from a lesson by Linda Hoyt