Thank you Miss Gloria from the Children's Museum for visiting with us again today! Hooray! She spoke briefly with our caregivers on the topic of raising a reader. Ideas to try include:
- Labels -- Label familiar items around your house!
- Puzzles -- Work puzzles with your child, using positional words (top/bottom, above/below, left/right) to help place the pieces.
- Art Projects -- Utilize creative art projects to provide a storytelling tool.
- Manipulatives -- Nested measuring cups, peg boards, shape blocks and other manipulatives help teach reading skills such as putting things in order and grouping by variables.
- Puppets, Stuffed Animals, Flannel Boards and Computer Games -- Help your children learn to tell their own stories through the use of these tools.
- Discover Your World -- Explore museums, zoos, parks, farms, live theatre... Talk about what you see!
Then we read...
The Three Little Pigs by Paul Galdone
A retelling of the fatal episodes in the lives of two foolish pigs and how the third pig managed to avoid the same "pigfalls."
Silly Sally by Audrey Wood
A very silly girl named Sally went to town, walking backwards -- upside down! Along the way she met several friends...
After the stories, we had the chance to make letters out of Play-Doh and go on an Animal Dig (animal figurines hidden in a tub of rice)! For the Make and Take we created these stylish...
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| "Cat in the Hat" Hats! |
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