1. HAVE FUN WITH BOOKS
Can you and your child retell what happened in one of these stories:
Thank You For Me! by Marion Dane Bauer © 2010 [E Picture Bauer]
I Ain't Gonna Paint No More by Karen Beaumont © 2005 [E Fiction Beaumont]
The Colors of Us by Karen Katz © 1999 [E Fiction Katz]
Booklists:
JoCoLibrary - Kids - Body Parts
JoCoLibrary - Kids - Diversity and Race Relations, Picture Books
2. NOTICE PRINT ALL AROUND YOU
Check out our Staff Picks for Notice Print All Around You.
3. TALK, TALK, TALK
Check out our Staff Picks for Talk, Talk, Talk.
4. TELL STORIES ABOUT EVERYTHING
Have you tried TumbleBooks, an online library of read-along stories, videos and language games for use on computer, Ipad and mobile devices?
5. LOOK FOR LETTERS EVERYWHERE
Try some fun alphabet activities from the Johnson County Library's Youth Services Pinterest page.
6. TAKE TIME TO RHYME, SING AND PLAY WORD GAMES
Here are the rhymes and songs from today:
Welcome To Storytime! [tune: Twinkle, Twinkle]
Welcome, welcome everyone,
Now we're here, let's have some fun.
First we'll sing the ABC's,
then we'll read and sing with me.
Welcome, welcome, everyone,
Now we're here let's have some fun.
Head and Shoulders
Head and shoulders, knees and toes,
knees and toes, knees and toes. [x2]
And eyes and ears and mouth and nose.
Ankles, elbows, feet and seat,
feet and seat, feet and seat [x2]
And hair and hips and chin and cheeks.
I got an itchy, I got an itchy itchy, Itchy on my pie, (foot)
I got an itchy, I got an itchy itchy, itchy on my pie.
I got an itchy, I got an itchy itchy, itchy on my rodilla, (knee)
I got an itchy, I got an itchy itchy, itchy on my pie, rodilla.
I got an itchy, I got an itchy itchy, itchy on my pierna, (leg)
I got an itchy, I got an itchy itchy, itchy on my pie, rodilla, pierna.
I got an itchy, I got an itchy itchy, itchy on my brazo, (arm)
I got an itchy, I got an itchy itchy, itchy on my pie, rodilla, pierna, brazo......
I got an itchy, I got an itchy itchy, itchy on my hombro, (shoulder)
I got an itchy, I got an itchy itchy, itchy on my pie, rodilla, pierna, brazo, hombro.
Pon, pon, pon
Pon, pon, pon el dedito en el pilón/put, put, put your little finger in the cup
Pon, pon, pon el dedito en la nariz/Put, put, put your little finger on your nose
el ojo/eye
la boca/mouth
la oreja/ear
el mentón/chin
la mejilla/cheek
la cabeza/head
The More We Read Together [Tune: The More We Get Together]
The more we read together, together, together,
The more we read together, the better it is!
'Cause reading and singing and talking together,
Is how you learn the six skills for reading by six.