Picture books help children connect what they observe with how they reason out and link concepts with words. Picture books introduce children to a love of art in a way that just taking a child to an art gallery. The illustrations aren't mere decoration to the text; they enhance the understanding.

Further, illustration is used to make the reader understand the context of the subject. Making them colorful adds a main attraction in the children's books. Children respond to pictures in a book with ease than the words. They even remember the event using illustrations than through lots of words.

Interactive student activities are the most effective ways to encourage more speech in classroom. Such as:

Think: pair and share. Set a problem or a question on a certain topic, and pair up the students.

Brainstorming: Interactive brainstorming is mostly performed in group sessions.

Buzz session.

Interactive teaching is all about instructing the students in a way they are actively involved with their own learning process. There are different ways to create an involvement like this. Most of the time it’s through

teacher-student interaction

student-student interaction

the use of audio, visuals, video

hands-on demonstrations and exercises

Better to encourage students to be active members of the class, thinking on their own, using their own brains, resulting in long-term memory retention. Not only the students' knowledge will improve, but their interest, strength, knowledge, team spirit and freedom of expression will increase as well.

Let us see some interactive teaching tools and interactive teaching ideas as the most effective ways to engage the students.

Set a problem or a question on a certain topic, and pair up your students. Give each pair of students enough time so they can reach a proper conclusion, and permit the kids to share their conclusion in their personal voice. This way your students will be engaged, communicating, and remember more of the class than ever before.

Interactive brainstorming is mostly performed in group sessions. The process is useful for generating creative thoughts and ideas. Brainstorming helps students learn to work together, and above all, learn from each other.

Participants come together in session groups that focus on a single topic. Within each group, every student contributes thoughts and ideas. Encourage discussion and collaboration among the students within each group. Everyone should learn from each other’s input and experiences. As a teacher, you could give your students some keywords to spark the conversation.

Let us split up the activities in different categories:

Individual student activities

Student pair activities

Student group activities

Interactive game activities

In this title pictures of students journeying to school using different modes of transport, classroom, group activities, studying at home and in library, playing out and many more.