viewing

Definition: Viewing" means carefully looking at and understanding things like pictures, videos, or even advertisements, to figure out what they're trying to tell us and how they're doing it. It's about learning to think critically about what you see.

When looking at a picture in a book, your child points out that the character's frown means they are sad.

How to teach this in 30 seconds

Try this analogy: Viewing is like being a detective who looks for clues in a picture to figure out the story.

Ask your child: What do you think is happening in this picture?

Common mix-up: Kids may think viewing is just looking at a picture. Viewing is actually 'reading' the picture to understand its story or message.

Examples

Looking at a safety poster and explaining what the pictures mean.
Noticing that dark colours in a drawing make it feel spooky.

viewing is a term used in Ontario’s Kindergarten to Grade 8 curriculum.

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