Can you and your child retell what happened in one of these stories:
Bob by Tracey Campbell Pearson © 2002 [E Fiction Pearson]
Scary Mary by Paula Bowles © 2012 [E Fiction Bowles]
Chicks Run Wild by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen © 2011 [E Fiction Bardhan]
Higgledy-Piggledy Chicks by Barbara Joosse © 2010 [E Fiction Joosse]
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2. NOTICE PRINT ALL AROUND YOU
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3. TALK, TALK, TALK
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4. TELL STORIES ABOUT EVERYTHING
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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.
I'm a Little Chicken [tune: Little Teapot]
I'm a little chicken, short and fat.
Covered in feathers with a tail in back.
When I get real hungry I flap my wings
And look for bugs and yummy things.
Hens of a Different Color
This little hen is BLACK, She stands in the barnyard by a big hay stack.
This little hen is RED, She is very tired and won't get out of bed.
This little hen is BROWN, She is feeling sad and wearing a frown.
This little hen is YELLOW, She's friends with the rooster, he's a handsome fellow.
This little hen is WHITE, She dances and plays, oh what a sight!
This little hen is PURPLE, She spends her day running around in circles.
This little hen is GREEN, She is the silliest hen I've ever seen.
This little hen is BLUE, She lays eggs for me and you.
This little hen is PINK, She goes down to the pond to get a drink.
All of these hens live at the farm, out in the big RED barn.
Baby Chick [tune: Frere Jacques]
Are you in there, are you in there, Baby Chick, Baby Chick?
When I get real close, I think that I hear a Click, click, click, click, click, click.
Daddy, Mommy, come here quickly! Help me check, help me check,
Do you hear what I hear? Do you hear what I hear? Peck-peck-peck, Peck-peck-peck.
Breaking out now, very slowly, First a head, then a beak.
What's that game you're playing? What's that game you're playing? Hide and seek, hide and seek.
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.