Methods to Read with Preschoolers-Dialogic Reading Method

The following method, Dialogic Reading, is found in the book Starting Out Right by the National Research Council.   It is a method of reading with a preschooler in which the adult gives the child prompts to encourage the child to tell the story.

P  Parent (or other adult) intitates an exchange about the book, and
E  Evaluates the child's response
E  Expands the child's response, and
R  Repeats the initial question to check that the child understands the new learning

(Below in CROWD, examples are taken from the book A Mother for Choco)
C  Completion questions about the structure of language used in the book, for example, "When Choco talked with the Penguin, he cried, 'you have _____ (wings) just like me!" The child fills in the blank.
R  Recall questions relate to the story content of the book, for example, "Do you remember how this book ended for Choco?"
O  Open-ended questions to increase the amount of talk about a book and to focus on the details of the book, for example, "What is happening on thi spage?"
W  "Wh" questoins to teach new vocabulary, for example, "No matter where Choco searched, he couldn't find a mother who looked just like him. What is a 'search'?"
D  Distancing questions that help the child bridge the material in the book to their real-life experiences, for example, "Does everyone in your family look the same? How do you think Choco felt about everyone in his family looking different?"

(The crowd questions are for older preschoolers.  Use only "wh" questions and then open-ended questions for two-year-olds and early three-year-olds.)

Resource:
Burns, M.S., Griffin, P. & Snow, C. E. (Eds.) (1999). Starting out right: A guide to promoting children's reading success. Washington DC: National Academy Press.