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August 13th storytime: teddy bear picnic
We invited our teddy bears on a library picnic today at storytime. Our early literacy skill of the day was narrative skills. Songs and fingerplays: (see song page for more information) storytime song,… more →
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Rhyming Dust Bunnies
Carol wrote 2 days ago: One of my new favorite authors for y … more →
August 13th storytime: teddy bear picnic
storytimekids wrote 4 months ago: We invited our teddy bears on a library picnic today at storytime. Our early literacy skill of the d … more →
Dialogic Reading -- The Best Way to Read to Your Child
Carol wrote 4 months ago: What is dialogic reading? Children learn more from books when they are actively involved in t … more →
August 6 storytime: fish and friends
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storytimekids wrote 4 months ago: We visited our friends in the ocean today at storytime. Our early literacy skill of the day was phon … more →
July 30th storytime: bath time
storytimekids wrote 4 months ago: There was lots of splooshing and galooshing (not to mention scrub a dubbing) today in storytime as w … more →
July 23rd storytime: the wrong animals are in the house!
storytimekids wrote 4 months ago: Eek! There aren’t supposed to be cows in the kitchen! Today in storytime we read and sang abou … more →
July 16th storytime: We're going places
storytimekids wrote 5 months ago: We were going places today in storytime, as we read and sang about trucks and other vehicles. Our … more →
July 9th storytime: city and jungle animals
storytimekids wrote 5 months ago: Rawr! We had fun in a storytime jungle today, as we read and sang about jungle animals. Our early … more →
July 2nd storytime: colors
storytimekids wrote 5 months ago: We were bright and shiny in storytime today, as we read and sang about colors. Our early literacy … more →
June 25th storytime: hippity hop, little bunnies
storytimekids wrote 5 months ago: We hip hopped our way through storytime today, as we read and sang about rabbits. Our early litera … more →
Once Upon a Time...Narrative Skills
Carol wrote 5 months ago: Narrative Skills is the last Early Literacy Skill that children need to have to be able to read. An … more →
A, B, C, D, E, F, G...Do I really know my ABCs?
Carol wrote 6 months ago: Most children can easily sing the alphabet song. Unfortunately, being able to sing the song doesn … more →
June 18th storytime: Gettin' Buggy
storytimekids wrote 6 months ago: Eek! We got buggy with it today at storytime, as we read and sang about bugs. Our early literacy … more →
June 11 storytime: big and little
storytimekids wrote 6 months ago: Who’s big? Who’s little? We found out today in storytime! Our early literacy skill of t … more →
Vocabulary -- Knowing the Names of Things
Carol wrote 7 months ago: One of the easiest things that a parent can do for a child to help them learn how to read is to talk … more →
Print Awareness -- Noticing that print is EVERYWHERE not just in books!
Carol wrote 8 months ago: Print Awareness is another crucial skill that children need to have before they can learn to read. T … more →
It's Rhyme Time -- Learning about Phonological Awareness
Carol wrote 8 months ago: Phonological Awareness is another skill that children need to develop to be able to read. Phonologic … more →
Print Motivation or Loving Books
Carol wrote 8 months ago: When a child loves books they enjoy being read to and they are more apt to want to learn how to read … more →
Early Literacy Skills -- How do they create readers?
Carol wrote 8 months ago: In the last decade there have been many changes across the nation in the way public libraries do s … more →
