Work together with your child to make meaning from the sequential pictures in Owly. Here are some ideas to make the most of reading Owly together: This is also an advantage when encouraging struggling or reluctant readers or English learners – they can enjoy great stories and practice high-level reading comprehension skills even at a lower text reading level. When kids read enjoyable, complex, compelling stories they are motivated to read more, so graphic novels can be a great stepping stone to longer text works. With comics and graphic novels, beginning readers can enjoy more emotion, action, and detail than in a typical ‘See Jane run’ story. ![]() Once a child begins to decode text, the comic format enables them to read much more complex stories than is possible with traditional text and illustration The advantage to sequential art is that young readers don’t need to be able to decode text to learn and practice comprehension skills. ![]() In addition, children can describe the action shown in the images, identify characters’ emotions from physical cues, and infer what happens between panels. Sequential art provides plenty of opportunity for connecting the story to children’s own experiences, predicting what will happen, and summarizing, just as you would do with any story. In addition, the characters communicate using symbols, providing another opportunity for children to make the connection between abstract images and language.īefore a child is ready to read text, sequential art can give them practice in making meaning from material printed on a page, tracking left to right and top to bottom, interpreting symbols, and following the sequence of events in a story. They love to verbalize the story, which reinforces the concept that ink on a page can be translated into ideas and words. Owly provides an opportunity for young children to ‘read’ the pictures in order and follow the story. Sequential art (wordless comics) like Owly can take learning to the next level, asking kids to follow a sequence of illustrations that form a story. It can be represented by a photograph of an owl, a stylized or ‘cartoon’ illustration of an owl, or letters forming the word ‘owl.’ Most children begin to make this transition from concrete to abstract through picture books, with a single illustration on each page. For example, an owl is a bird that flies at night and hoots. ![]() Young children are just beginning to learn that concrete objects can be represented in different ways. The remarkable thing about Owly is that these stories appeal just as much to adults as they do to children, and even the youngest can “read” the stories. Runton’s simple, black and white drawings are full of expression and emotion, and every tale conveys the value of compassion, bravery, tenacity, and, most of all, kindness. In these mostly wordless comics, the characters “speak” in symbols and pictures. You can read several short Owly stories for free at author Andy Runton’s site. While Wormy is able to win shy Rocky over quickly, it turns out that flying squirrels are afraid of owls! Will Wormy’s new friend be able to accept Owly? Can Rocky help Owly overcome his childhood fear and finally fly? In Owly tales, a little bravery and a lot of friendship can fix just about anything. ![]() In Flying Lessons, Owly and Wormy glimpse a mysterious new neighbor, a flying squirrel, and are eager to become friends. Cartoonist Andy Runton’s Owly stories star a kind-hearted (vegetarian) owl who, along with his best friend Wormy, has sweet adventures and makes lots of new forest friends.
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