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Infographic: Reading at Home

Kendall Middlecamp and Meghan Meads

Towson University

ISTC 655

Dr. Vicky Cai

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Link to Infographic

Why Reading at Home?

Audience

The infographic that we created is designed to help parents of young readers at home. We

are both second grade teachers and notice the struggles many of our students face in reading. We

are hopeful that our infographic would support parents that have elementary aged children. This

infographic provides simple tips for parents to utilize as they help their children read at home.

We used Canva to create this infographic.

Goal

The goal of this infographic is to support parents of young readers. The infographic

discusses the importance of reading and offers tips for parents to start reading with their children

at home. We are both aware of the importance of reading with children and hope to encourage

reading at home through our infographic. A lot of parents may not know where or how to start

encouraging their children to read at home so we created this infographic to support parents.

Design Principles and Strategies

According to Church (2021), a good infographic should include concise and clear data

points. “Be short, sweet and straight to the point. Make the information easy to digest.” Our

infographic includes very specific tips for parents about reading at home. We are hopeful that

these tips will give parents the confidence to read with their children at home. Church (2021)

also explains that a good infographic should contain audience resonance. “Your infographic
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should be well absorbed by your current readers but should also bring in new ones”, (Church,

2021). Our infographic appeals to families that already are reading at home and to families that

are new to reading at home. There are tips for ways to encourage deeper level thinking when

reading with children but also tips for beginners to make our infographic useful for all families.

We incorporated many design principles and strategies from Peters (2014). We used

visual cues to aid the parents as they read this infographic. The use of bold words simplifies the

text and draws the reader's attention to the most important part. This guides the learner’s

attention to the correct spot. In order to support visual perception, we avoided color faux pas by

using black text on a white background. We reduced the cognitive load by using relevant

graphics and grouped our text together. The simple headings in our infographic make it visually

appealing. We included one picture of a child reading a book to grab the reader’s attention

without over stimulating. We provide simple boxes that discuss tips for the parents at home.

UDL Guidelines

UDL Guidelines Infographic Incorporation

(CAST, 2018)

2.5 Illustrate through multiple
media
Illustrations accompanied text in our infographic. We utilized
simple text as well as a data chart to grab the audience’s
attention. We also used smaller clipart to draw the audience’s
attention to the specific ways to get started on reading with
their child today.

3.1 Activate or supply Our audience is parents of young readers. They most likely
background knowledge have some background knowledge of reading already and the
infographic will help parents learn ways to challenge students
more when reading at home. The ideas included in get started
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reading today encourage parents to activate their background

knowledge. The visuals and reading strategies suggest ideas
for specific questions parents can ask during reading.

3.3 Guide information Information is chunked into short phrases to avoid overload.
processing and visualization Graphics and words are sized to make the whole infographic
visually appealing and easy for the viewer to read.

5.1 Use multiple media for
communication
Simple visuals and text were used to communicate. Graphics
were included with each idea to make it visually appealing. A
table was included with statistics about reading with young
children. Childos Arabic Light font was used to make it easy
to read for all. Bold words were used to highlight the most
important details.

7.2 Optimize relevance, The infographic encourages readers to pick books geared
value, and authenticity towards their child’s interest and the family's culture.
Common vocabulary was used to be culturally relevant.
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References

CAST (2018). Universal Design for Learning Guidelines version 2.2. Retrieved from

http://udlguidelines.cast.org

Church, C. (2021). How to Turn Bad Infographics into Good Ones: 5 Steps for Success.

Retrieved from https://www.brafton.com/blog/graphics/bad-infographics/

Peters, D. (2014). Interface design for learning: Design strategies for learning experiences.

Upper Saddle River, NJ: New Riders Press.