Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Toddler Time, Pre-School Time, & Baby Time

This week's theme: All about Family
Our word for the day is:
BABY / baby

For Toddler Time {March 25th @ 10:15 AM} we will read:

I Wish My Brother Was A Dog / by Carol Diggory Shields; illus. Paul Meisel

The Cuddle Book / by Guido Van Genechten

Owl Babies / by Martin Waddell; illus. Patrick Benson

Every Friday / by Dan Yaccarino

For Pre-School Story Time { March 25th @ 3:30 PM} we will read:

Day Out With Daddy / by Stephen Cook

Fred Stays With Me! / by Nancy Coffelt; illus. by Tricia Tusa

The Family Book / by Todd Parr

Bittle / by Patricia & Emily MacLachlan; illus. Dan Yaccarino

It's Not Fair! / by Anita Harper; illus. Mary Quillan

Don't Forget! We have Baby Time, Friday - March 27th @ 10 AM

15 minutes of board books, songs, rhymes, bounce, and bubbles

Our Early Literacy Skill for the week is Print Awareness, which is nothing more than teaching your child that when you are reading to them that it is the words on the page, not the pictures, that you are reading. It's also understanding the basics of books. For example, you can help them understand Print Awareness by pointing to the words when you are reading to them. One way to see if they understand the concept is to give them the book upside down or backwards and see if they automatically correct the situation. When they get a little older (Pre-School almost elementary) have them point to a word that is repeated throughout the story or have them create their own book and label the cover, title, pages, print, and spine.

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