1. HAVE FUN WITH BOOKS Can you and your child retell what happened in one of these stories:
The Neat Line: Scribbling Through Mother Goose by Pamela Duncan Edwards © 2005
Rooster Crows: A Book of American Rhymes and Jingles by Maud and Miska Petersham © 1945 ~~Caldecott Medal Book~~
The Cheese by Margie Palatini © 2007
If the Shoe Fits by Alison Jackson ©2001
Book List:
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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
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 Corinth 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.
The itsy bitsy spider, went up the water spout.
Down came the rain and washed the spider out.
Out came the sun and dried up all the rain.
So the itsy bitsy spider, went up the spout again.
Hickory Dickory Dock, the mouse ran up the clock.
The clock struck one and down she run,
Hickory Dickory Dock.Hickory Dickory Dock, the mouse ran up the clock.
The clock struck two, the mouse said “whhooo”,
Hickory Dickory Dock.Hickory Dickory Dock, the mouse ran up the clock.
The clock struck three, the mouse said “whheee”,
Hickory Dickory Dock.Hickory Dickory Dock, the mouse ran up the clock.
The clock struck four, the mouse said “No more.”,
Hickory Dickory Dock.
The farmer in the dell, the farmer in the dell.
Hi-ho, the derry-o, the farmer in the dell.
The farmer takes a wife, the farmer takes a wife.
Hi-ho, the derry-o, the farmer takes a wife.
The wife takes a child, the wife takes a child.
Hi-ho, the derry-o, the wife takes a child.
The child takes a nanny, the child takes a nanny.
Hi-ho, the derry-o, the child takes a nanny.
The nanny takes a cow, the nanny takes a cow.
Hi-ho, the derry-o, the nanny takes a cow.
The cow takes a dog, the cow takes a dog.
Hi-ho, the derry-o, the cow takes a dog.
The dog takes a cat, the dog takes a cat.
Hi-ho, the derry-o, the dog takes a cat.
The cat takes a rat, the cat takes a rat.
Hi-ho, the derry-o, the cat takes a rat.
The rat takes a cheese, the rat takes a cheese.
Hi-ho, the derry-o, the rat takes a cheese.
The cheese stands alone, the cheese stands alone.
Hi-ho, the derry-o, the cheese stands alone.
Hey diddle, diddle, the cat and the fiddle.
The cow jumped over the moon.
The little dog laughed to see such sport,
and the dish ran away with the spoon.
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the king’s horses and all the king’s men,
Couldn’t put Humpty together again.
They tried to push him up,
They tried to pull him up,
They tried to patch him up,
Couldn’t get him back together again.
Old Mother Hubbard
Old Mother Hubbard, Went to the cupboard.
To get her poor dog a bone.
When she got there, the cupboard was bare,
and she said: O I C U R M T!
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.
