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Stop by your
local Timberland Library to pickup your Read-Aloud House
and
sign Beverly Cleary's birthday card.
Learning Begins At Birth and Can Be Great
Fun!
Simple and Fun Activities for Families
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Come to library story times together!
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Share nursery rhymes and make up rhyming words
together.
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Play games to learn the alphabet or colors.
I spy
a green shirt. Can you find something else green in the
kitchen?
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Share books every day! Children can develop an
understanding that letters make words and words have meaning.
They’ll discover that sharing stories is cozy.
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Change places with your child when sharing a story –
let your child take the lead in telling the story to
you; let them use the pictures.
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Talk about the story and pictures – to help extend
your child’s vocabulary.
Ask your child what they see happening in the
pictures or to predict what might happen next.
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Make rhyming words that rhyme with your child’s name,
your street, family names, your child’s school, city; clap them out
together so your child can hear the sounds.
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Sing with your child – this builds vocabularies and
brings both smiles and movement.
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Reading with your children can become so much fun
that you forget it is a should! It becomes more
like eating chocolate! From Mem Fox in Reading Magic
Reading aloud from birth actually helps to prevent
later problems, i.e. helps broaden attention span; helps
kids learn to sit quietly – still interacting but
demonstrating an element of self control. From Mem Fox in
Reading Magic
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"So how do you do this read aloud thing anyway?" |
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Picture this: a favorite picture book, snuggling
laps, an oversized chair or |
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a story at bedtime.
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Your love is important to your child! Reading together for just a few minutes every day
demonstrates that bond of love to your children. The
time is less important than the experience!
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What special childhood memories do you have around
reading? Share your reading memories with your kids!
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Let your kids see YOU reading…whether it’s the
newspaper, a cereal box, or a novel!
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Start reading EARLY. Research shows that kids who are
read to from an early age enter Kindergarten more "ready
to read."
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Read stories together to
encourage conversations with your child. Conversation
encourages an increase in a child’s vocabulary. A child
who has a larger vocabulary has greater success in
learning to read!
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Let very young children treat books as toys…they will
learn to love books.
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Check out books on tape or CD for road trips.
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GET MESSY! Spread shaving foam on a cookie sheet.
Write large letters of the alphabet in the foam and let
your child feel the shape of the letter by
tracing it!
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Participate in library and community READING EVENTS
as a family! |
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Reading Aloud Builds Readers |
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Revised
03/18/08
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