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## Optimizing Shared Book Reading

As many parents are currently playing a bigger role in educating their children at home, reading with children is highly encouraged! This session will highlight how parents can optimize the learning accomplished during book reading and beyond. For example, a quick preview of books may help parents identify a few useful words that children do not know and a few questions to make children think. [Read More](/content/resource-library/optimizing-shared-book-reading/index.html)

## Using Small Group Games to Teach Vocabulary

Using games with children is an effective means to teaching vocabulary. In this coffee chat, learn how to make adaptations to familiar games to play them with small groups of children. Dr. Dickinson will describe and show a teacher using a version of bingo in a way that has been proven to be effective [Read More](/content/resource-library/using-small-group-games-to-teach-vocabulary/index.html)