An hour of early literacy educational programs for home-school families. Programs are designed collaboratively between the children's librarian and home-school families. These programs include story times, STEM projects, crafts and other activities each week. Registration is required. Open to children ages 2 - 12.
Date: Every Tuesday Time: 2:00 p.m.
Age Range: 2 - 8
Skills Supported: Socialization, reading, writing, and listening.
Preschool Standards: Letter Knowledge: Demonstrate an understanding of beginning phonics and word skills. Associate many letters with their names and their most frequent sounds. Phonological Awareness: Draw children’s attention to the sounds children hear in words (e.g., by asking for the children whose name starts with "A" sound)Social/Emotional: Develop children's awareness of a wide range of feeling with appropriate vocabulary during storytelling. Engage appropriately with peers and librarian. Information Books: Actively participate in read aloud experiences using age appropriate information books. Compare and contrast favorite story books and favorite informational texts and discuss which book is fiction (e.g., tells a story) and which book is information (explains or shares real information). Frequency: Once a week
Weekly Attendance: 20 children and their parent/caregiver
Staff or Volunteer: 1 staff member and 2 volunteer's
Format: Registration required.
Budget:
Supplies:
My New Friend is so Fun Template
Books Shared: (from collection)
My New Friend is So Fun! by Mo Willems
Other Books to Display at Storytime:
Friends by Eric Carle
Do You Want to Be My Friend by Eric Carle
How Do Dinosaurs Stay Friends by Jane Yolen
Maggi and Milo Make New Friends by Juli Brenning
Pre-storytime Preparation:
Cut out Template of cloud and word strips for each cloud. (five)
1. Introduction:
Theme Talk:[Children sit in circle]. My name is Ms. Debbie. My first name starts with the letter "D". Who wants to tell me their name? Go around the circle, have parents encourage children to participate and aide them in telling me their first name and the letter their first name starts with. As the children tell me their name, I will be giving out their name plate.
2. What do you think it takes to be a good friend? Write down answers on the white board.
Book: My New Friend Is So Fun by Mo Willems (6. Early Literacy Aside: Example
Parents, you don't need an alphabet book to talk about letters. Take any book you are reading with your child and look for the first letter, or any letter, in his or her name. Knowing the letters of the alphabet and the sounds they make is an important first step in getting ready to read. You could also use the name plate we gave your child today to help in this exercise.
7. Information Book:
January by Julie Murray.
Our next book is called a nonfiction book. A nonfiction book is a book that tells us real things. We call these facts. Who can tell me what month it is? I am going to read a nonfiction book about January. January is the first month of the year. It will tell us real things about the month of January, like holiday's and the weather.
Early Literacy Aside: Empowerment
Parents, you don't need an alphabet book to talk about letters. Take any book you are reading with your child and look for the first letter, or any letter, in his or her name. You could use the name plate we gave you today. Knowing the letters of the alphabet and the sounds they make is an important first step in getting ready to read. Parents, I hope you stay after storytime today, we are going to make a craft to help your child develop the skills we talked about today.
End of Storytime Activity: We are going to do an art activity that will get your child more familiar with the letters in their names. Each child will get a cloud. Ask your child what their first letter of their first name is, if they don't know share that information with them. Write their name. You will receive five strips of colored paper. Ask your child what makes a good friend. Just like we talked about in the book and storytime.
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