Why is it important to foster a healthy relationship with literacy at a young age?

Choose a children’s book that you are familiar with and have used either in your classroom or with children outside of the classroom. Then:

• Describe how you have incorporated this book into your classroom.
• Reread the book and suggest at least two different activities you can do with the book to extend children’s learning and encourage engagement.
• Incorporate at least one multicultural component
• In about two paragraphs, answer the following:
  • Why is it important to foster a healthy relationship with literacy at a young age?
  • How can you use literacy to promote pro-social behaviors, like empathy?
  • In your opinion, are multicultural components necessary to incorporate? Why or why  not?