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You can help your baby, toddler and preschooler learn important skills now so they can become good readers. There are many simple and fun ways to do this. We invite you to bring your child to Library storytimes, which utilize research-based techniques to build early literacy skills. This newsletter will help you extend storytime benefits by including book-related fingerplays, crafts, and other activities. In this issue we feature our current favorite picture books. Each book fosters a specific literacy skill. Also, check out our magazine for babies and toddlers and try singing a nursery rhyme song from one of our many nursery rhyme books.
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Picture Books for
Preschoolers |
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Print Motivation |
Letter Recognition |
Vocabulary |
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Phonological Awareness |
Print Motivation |
Phonological Awareness |
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Print Awareness |
Narrative Skills |
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Print
Awareness| Fingerplays for Preschoolers and Toddlers |
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Ten fat peas in a peapod pressed Hold up two fists One grew...two grew...so did all the rest. One thumb up, other thumb up, all fingers They grew and grew and did not stop Raise hands higher and higher Until one day the pod went pop! Clap hands over head |
There's a tiny little star way up in the sky Raise fist high A tiny little star up so very high Raise fist even higher It twinkles brightly though the night Open fist and wiggle fingers But during the day, it's out of sight Close fingers back into fist |
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Read and Draw Activity |
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Chalk by Bill Thompson is a wordless picture book about three children who go to a park on a rainy day, find some chalk and draw pictures that come to life. Wordless books are a good way to increase narrative skills. Read Chalk and have your child describe what is happening on each page. A fun activity to do after reading this book is to go outside with a box of chalk and encourage your child to draw pictures that tell a story. |
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Nursery Rhymes for Toddlers and
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Singing is one way to help children hear the smaller sounds in words, especially if there is a
different note for each syllable. Check out our series of activity song books of traditional nursery
rhymes just the right size for small hands. The fingerplay instructions at the back of the books
encourage interaction between parent and child to develop motor skills.
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Action
Rhymes For Babies |
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