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Start the Week With Words!
Posted by: wpbkids on: April 4, 2011
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Here is a Spring-y poem for young and old!
The alliteration and repetition build important early literacy skills such as phonetic awareness and vocabulary. Read this to your babies, or help your older children recite this playful poem!
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Nibble Nibble Nibble
~By Margaret Wise Brown
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Nibble Nibble Nibble
Goes the mouse in my heart
Nibble Nibble Nibble
Goes the mouse in my heart
Nibble Nibble Nibble
Goes the mouse in my heart
And the mouse in my heart is
You.
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Lippity Lippity Clip
Goes the rabbit in my heart
Lippity Lippity Clip
Goes the rabbit in my heart
Lippity Lippity Clip
Goes the rabbit in my heart
And the rabbit in my heart is
You.
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Flippity Flippity Flop
Goes the fish in my heart
Flippity Flippity Flop
Goes the fish in my heart
Flippity Flippity Flop
Goes the fish in my heart
And the fish in my heart is
You.
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Biff Bang Bang
Goes the hammer in my heart
Biff Bang Bang
Goes the hammer in my heart
Biff Bang Bang
Goes the hammer in my heart
And the hammer in my heart is
You.
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Drum Drum Drum
Goes the drum in my heart
Drum Drum Drum
Goes the drum in my heart
Drum Drum Drum
Goes the drum in my heart
And the drum in my heart is
You.
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Softly now beats the beat of my heart
Softly now beats the beat of my heart
Softly now beats the beat of my heart
All for the love of you.
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From the book Nibble Nibble by Margaret Wise Brown. Paintings by Wendell Minor. HarperCollins. 1987.
Check this out to view the beautiful illustrations!
Happy Birthday Mozart!
Posted by: wpbkids on: January 27, 2011
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Happy Birthday Mozart!
The world celebrates the life of Mozart this month,
born January 27, 1756…
Though we may never compare in genius to Mozart’s gift of music, exploring and developing a LOVE for music through song, simple instruments and rhythmic activities, all play a part in early literacy! Musical activities are not only engaging but more importantly they help children develop large and small motor skills, as well as, listening skills.
A favorite musical activity at Toddler Storytime is the Numbas Rumba by Raffi! Children and parents participate in a loose rendition of a ‘rumba dance’ while large numbers are passed and the children trace them with their pointer finger! Did you know that tracing numbers and letters is a pre-writing, literacy skill? What’s even better is that this ‘learning’ activity is just plain FUN for Toddlers! This activity crescendos with children hopping across the ‘numbas’ rug! This entire musical activity enhances children’s awareness of numbers and letters and they develop an interest to explore these symbols even more!
Check out Rise and Shine by Raffi!
Another way of exploring and developing a love for music at storytime is to sing a picture book. One of my favorite pieces of music in the whole wide world is, What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong. It has child friendly lyrics that ALL ages easily understand! The music is played from a CD while turning the pages of the wonderfully illustrated children’s book by George David Weiss, of the same title! This is but one example of a picture book that can be sung instead of read and in this case set to the music as well!
So next time, you pass by Toddler Storytime take a moment to enjoy the music! They really are exploring and developing a love for music and books!
Your city library has a wide variety of children’smusic CDs and DVDs to enjoy with your child no matter the age!
The Leonard Bernstein’s Young People’s Concerts is a wonderful DVD collection for the more musically minded elementary age kids that teach all about music and the orchestra.
…and who knows…introducing and developing a love of music early may lead to more formal music training known as, “The Mozart Effect.”
Research shows, “Teaching the music of Mozart or Beethoven to children as young as three can improve their academic performance. Scientists have proved that children who practice for as little as 10 minutes a day on the piano score dramatically higher results in intelligence tests.” (Norton, Cherry. “Early music lessons boost brain power.” Sunday Times (London, England) Oct 12, 1997)
-contributor, Jeanne Taylor, Children’s Librarian
Happy Birthday Mozart!
Start the Week With Words: Eric Carle!
Posted by: wpbkids on: January 18, 2011
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We all know and love Eric Carle’s picture books like The Very Busy Spider and The Very Hungry Catipillar. Did you know he has published and illustrated dozens of other titles? Included is an illustrated collection of poetry by various authors titled, Eric Carle’s DRAGONS DRAGONS & other creatures that never were.
This is a beautiful book where mythological creatures are brought to life through images only Eric Carle could create. Please enjoy this selection, and check out the book for more! And check back this week for more on Eric Carle.
Sphinx
By Deborah Chandra
As the sun
Is going down,
And shadows mix
With yellow sand,
He rises slowly,
Stretches, stands,
Wades into the Nile to wash
Mummy-dust and sand fleas off –
Licks heavy paws
With heavy tongue
Until the cool night air is gone.
While on Egyptian earth
He drops dry purrs,
Ground out like powdered rock.
Best Illustrated Children’s Books of 2010
Posted by: wpbkids on: November 12, 2010
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The New York Times Book Review has posted 10 picture book selections that a panel of judges selected as the best of 2010.
Check out the link, and check them out from us!
http://www.nytimes.com/gift-guide/holiday-2010/best-illustrated-childrens-books-2010/list.html
Here comes the garbage barge / written by Jonah Winter ; illustrated by Red Nose Studio.
Children make terrible pets / Peter Brown.
Seasons / Blexbolex ; [translated by Claudia Bedrick].
Big red lollipop / by Rukhsana Khan ; illustrated by Sophie Blackall.
Henry in love / Peter McCarty.
A sick day for Amos McGee / written by Philip C. Stead ; illustrated by Erin E. Stead.
My Mommy Hung the Moon – Giveaway!
Posted by: wpbkids on: November 10, 2010
My Mommy hung the moon.
She tied it with string.
My mommy’s good at EVERYTHING.
Jamie Lee Curtis & Laura Cornell have recently released their 9th picture book in the Books to Grow By series. My Mommy Hung the Moon: A Love Story explores all of the amazing things moms can do. Vibrant illustrations will lead the reader through this awesome story! Girls and boys throughout preschool and early elementary ages will enjoy reading this with their fantastic moms. Fans of these books will not be disappointed.
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For all the mommies out there, what are you good at?
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Post something you do for or with your child by November 30 and I will choose one to recieve a brand new copy of the book!
Halloween – Beyond Candy: Books!
Posted by: wpbkids on: October 21, 2010
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Halloween is right around the corner. If you are looking for ways to celebrate with kids, beyond candy, I will be posting a few suggestions leading up to the 31st!
Say Boo for Books!
Here are some of our favorites:
Halloween Bugs A Trick-orTreat Pop-up by David A. Carter
I’m Not Afraid of Halloween! A Pop-up and Flap Book By Marion Dane Bauer
Halloween Countdown by Jack Prelutsky
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Froggy’s Halloween by Jonathan London
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Check these out! More Halloween Books from the Library
Ready…Set…READ!
Posted by: wpbkids on: October 6, 2010
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Join us tomorrow as we Read for the Record, Jumpstart’s annual campaign to bring together children and adults to read the same book on the same day all over the country!
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This year’s book: Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
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Come in for a special reading by Mayor Lois Frankel at 10:30!
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Come in all day to log your reading and make snowy crafts!
Early Literacy with Mother Goose!
Posted by: wpbkids on: August 31, 2010
Mother Goose and the importance of poetry for early literacy skills
Most of us who grew up with Mother Goose rhymes and other simple poems or music for children know instinctivly that these things are not only fun for children, but also beneficial. Rhymes and songs are featured in our storytimes as much as the books. But why?
There are six early literacy skills described by the American Library Association’s, Every Child Ready to Read inititative. The skill associated with poetry is Phonological Awareness.
Phone-a-what?
What a mouthful! Phonological awareness is an important part of your child’s development. It begins as the ability to understand sounds as meaningful words, later breaking down that word into smaller sounds and being able to play with the sounds. The rythm and rhyme found in poetry is an excellent way to foster these skills in your children. Mother Goose is perfect for even the youngest children. So, start early and often!
To find out more about Phonological Awareness and the other five early literacy skills, check out these resources!
Books
The complete help your child learn to read book / by Sherry Ann Perry.
Preschool readers and writers : early literacy strategies for teachers / Linda Ranweiler.
Websites
Miami Dade Public Library Reading Ready http://www.mdpls.org/readingReady/index.asp
Reading Rockets http://www.readingrockets.org/
National Institute for Literacy http://www.nifl.gov/earlychildhood/earlychildhood.html
Start the Week With Words: Mother Goose!
Posted by: wpbkids on: August 30, 2010
Here are some Mother Goose favorites! Stay tuned later this week to find out how important these little rhymes are to early literacy!
Hey diddle, diddle,
the cat and the fiddle,
The cow jumped over the moon;
The littel dog laughed
to see such fun,
And the dish ran away
with the spoon.
There was a crooked man,
And he waked a crooked mile,
He found a crooked sixpence
Against a crooked stile.
He bought a crooked cat,
Which caught a crooked mouse,
And they all lived together
In a crooked house.
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the king’s horses and all the kings’ men
Couldn’t put Humpty together again.
Click here to check out Mother Goose today!
Free Family Fun this Saturday!
Posted by: wpbkids on: July 22, 2010
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