What is a better way of providing multimodal literacies to your students than playing with them? We are their role models/ educators and we can enhance their learning in their play by asking them questions and/or different modes of learning!

There are endless possibilities of using multimodal literacies in play. Some examples could be students talking, singing, using technology, make-believe, writing, reading, listening to others, and describing actions! #BECEUNB

Teaching different modes in multimodal literacies can help students understand when to use which mode in different situations. It helps to provide them the skills they need in life. It teaches children to be problem solvers. #BECEUNB

Provide a classroom rich in variety of different kinds of prints of words and letters to support multimodal literacies. Prints can be handwritten, printed, on a screen, books, posters, sticks, ect. It helps to teach students to recognize words and what message it sends. #BECEUNB

In my experience, using songs in each subject; math, science, forest school and language has shown great success with students! It’s a great multimodal literacy learning tool that makes the learning more fun and memorable because they love singing and learning new songs!#BECEUNB

Planning a multimodal literacy activity should always be based on students’ interests. They are engaged and motivated to learn when they are interested. When students are enjoying their learning activities, they are able to give it their full attention and be eager to learn more.

The idea of multimodal is to explore different modes of learning. It can be modern with technology or old school with paper or even both! Modern and old school both provide great benefits for learning. #BECEUNB

iPads are a great tool to use for multimodal literacy! It can teach children a variety of skills in cognitive and language! There are many educational apps that students can use to support their learning! #BECEUNB

Multimodal storytelling is a great and fun learning experience for students! It allows them to bring the story to life and use multiple modes of communication! It makes story time more engaging and play-based! #BECEUNB

Multimodal literacies can be used in any subject. For example, it can be used in math. Going for a nature walk to explore and talk about math is a fantastic multimodal learning activity!You’ve got cognitive, language, social emotional and physical skills in one activity! #BECEUNB

Love this! What a cute multimodal literacy activity idea! Bringing camp to life! What a great idea to get students excited and engaged in story time!🤩🥺 I will definitely do this with my future classroom! #BECEUNB

There’s nothing better than dramatic play for multimodal literacies learning! Children use visual, auditory, reading/writing and kinaesthetic learning in pretend dramatic play with their peers! Some centre ideas can be post office, doctor office, space or police stations!#BECEUNB

Q1: Every child’s family is unique. Some may have two moms, two dads, one mom, one dad, or more than two parents. They are all loved by their parents and no different than a child with a mom and a dad. Every parents have promised to love and care for their child. #shelfietalk

Q2: How important it is to teach children that everybody’s family are different and unique. It was even a good reminder for myself that not everybody has a mom and a dad for parents. These picture books provided a powerful message and reminders for the readers. #shelfietalk

Q3: The image that had the most impact on me was seeing two genders taking care and loving a child before bed. It’s shows that both genders are equal when it comes to loving and caring for their child. A male and a female can both do things the same. #shelfietalk

Q4: “Well, Miracle came from a promise that every child deserves a safe home, a super comfy bed to sleep on, and one more story before nighty-night.” It is such a sweet and cute quote that I couldn’t agree more with!❤️#shelfietalk

Q5: The authors’ notes helped me gain a richer perspective of the book by mentioning LGBTQ and chosen family. I knew that it was going to be an insight of their lives and how families are different and special. #shelfietalk

Q6: I would bring this picture book to life having children do a craft by creating their families using cardboard tube. Children can play and show their peers their unique families! This will allow the story time book become a multimodal literacy activity! #shelfietalk

Q7: It is important for readers to fine “I Promise” in classrooms and libraries because it represents modern families nowadays. It brings awareness to chosen and LGBTQ families. It teaches children that everybody is different and that’s okay. We’re all equal. #ShelfieTalk

Q8: If you loved “I Promise”, may I recommend “Daddy, Papa, and Me” by Lesléa Newman. It is such a cute book about a boy with two fathers. The book helps to further explore LGBTQ families by exploring a family of two gay dads and their little boy. #shelfietalk