Let’s get Ready for Reading: A fun and easy guide to help kids become readers…so what’s in it??
Let's get Ready for Reading: A fun and easy guide to help kids become readers, was launched on March 26, 2013. It’s been out for a month now, and we’ve received
great response.
The guide was developed as a fun, research-based booklet for
paren'ts, caregivers and educators of children from birth to five. Think
of the guide as a little piece of our expert children’s librarian staff to take
home with you, ready for you to reference at any time.
The guide expands upon the six Ready for Reading skills that
paren'ts and caregivers already learn about in our Storytimes. Each skill has its own chapter in the
guide. Each chapter outlines the skill,
developmental milestones paren'ts and caregivers can look for, as well as,
suggestions on books to read, rhymes and activities to do with your little
one. As City Librarian Jane Pyper says,
“Open the guide to ANY page and you will find useful information and tips that
you can immediately put into practice.”
Here’s an example…do you remember the tongue twister Peter
Piper?
Peter Piper
picked a peck of pickled peppers.
A peck of
pickled peppers Peter Piper picked.
If Peter
Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
Where’s the
peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?
Did you know
that tongue twisters are useful for encouraging children to hear the similar
sounds at the beginning of words?
How about
Old MacDonald Had a Farm?
Old
MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O.
And on that
farm he had a cow, E-I-E-I-O.
With a moo,
moo here and a moo, moo there,
Here a moo,
there a moo, everywhere a moo moo.
Old
MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O
Did you know
that when children can imitate animal noises they are also learning to hear the
sounds in words, developing the skill that helps them to sound out words when
they are learning to read?
These two
rhymes, and tips, on what sharing them with your child can do, can be found on
pages 18 and 19 of Let’s Get Ready for Reading: A fun and easy guide to help kids
become readers.
And that’s
what the guide is all about. Helping
paren'ts and caregivers find easy ways to “pepper” early literacy activities
into the course of their and their child’s day.
When you read, talk, sing and play together, you help your child’s
knowledge of reading and writing without even realizing it. It’s that easy!
Check us out on Fridays for more on what's in the Guide!
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