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Key activities include a leisurely exploration of illustrations, prompting children to contribute sentences to build their own story, and drawing attention to details like character expressions and settings. Furthermore, the document advocates for using the themes presented in the story to initiate discussions, such as asking children about their own birthday experiences or how they contribute to household chores. It also encourages children to use the same visuals to create multiple distinct stories, thereby enhancing their imaginative capabilities. The initiative is supported by \"Let's Read,\" a program of The Asia Foundation aimed at promoting early reading skills and habits to cultivate critical thinkers and innovative individuals across Asia and the Pacific. The document also provides publication details, including the author, illustrator, publisher, and licensing information under CC-BY-4.0.","The Birthday Party  \nStoryWeaver,Pratham BooksMegha Vishwanath  \nWondering what to do with wordless stories?Wordless stories are wonderful becausethey contain infinite possibilities.Here are afew ideas for engaging with children usingvisual stories:-Explore the story in a leisurelymanner.Draw attention to the details -the expressions of the characters,setting,colours,etc.The idea is for each child to buildher own story.If the story is being shownto a group of children,you could ask each  \nof them to contribute a sentence or two foreach illustration.Take joy in exploring eachillustration and build the story as you goalong.-Use themes explored in the story tostart a discussion.For instance,in this story,you could ask children about what they dofor their birthday,or even how they help outat home.-Encourage children to create 2-3different stories using the same set of visuals.This will help push their imagination.  \nBrought to you by  \nThe Asia Foundation  \nLet's Read is a program of The Asia Foundation that supports earlyreading skills and habits to develop our next generation of criticalthinkers and creative innovators in Asia and the Pacific.  \nTo read more books like this and get further information,visit:letsreadasia.org  \n# Original Story\n\nThe Birthday Party.Author:StoryWeaver,Pratham Books.  \nIllustrator:Megha Vishwanath.  \nPublished by Pratham Books,◎ Pratham Books.Released underCC-BY-4.0.  \nThis work is a modified version of the original story.@The AsiaFoundation,2021.Some rights reserved.Released underCC-BY-4.0.  \nFor full terms of use and attribution,http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","cbCaij7iv7uyWJ5W","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaij7iv7uyWJ5W","pdf",703015,4,10,"English","en",105,"# The Birthday Party\n# Engaging with Wordless Stories\n# Discussion and Creation\n# Let's Read Program","[{\"question\":\"How can wordless stories be used to engage children?\",\"answer\":\"Wordless stories can be explored leisurely, focusing on details like expressions and settings, allowing each child to build their own narrative. 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