Tagged with " language"

Babies and Books: The Importance of Finger Plays

Babies and Books: The Importance of Finger Plays

Many people know about the great story time and puppet shows at the downtown library, but did you know that [...]

Apr 8, 2013     No Comments
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Got the Wiggles? Try these reading ideas!

Got the Wiggles? Try these reading ideas!

I was reading with a 4-year-old child this week who was a kinesthetic learner. In fact, she had a bad [...]

Feb 11, 2013     2 Comments
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Sound Experiment: The Lion and the Mouse

Sound Experiment: The Lion and the Mouse

Try this listening challenge for preschoolers by inviting them to fill two shakers to help tell the story of The Lion [...]

Sep 20, 2012     1 Comment
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Sing Along with Books

Sing Along with Books

            Reading a picture book of a well-known song is a wonderful means to develop early literacy. There are [...]

Sep 10, 2012     No Comments
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Make a Discovery Basket or Bin

Make a Discovery Basket or Bin

  Infant discovery baskets, or sensory bins, are a simple way to engage infants from six to nine months old in [...]

Aug 23, 2012     No Comments
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Kiss Your Brain!

Kiss Your Brain!

A child’s basic personality and patterns of communication are established in the first five years of life. This is the time their brain is growing [...]

Aug 9, 2012     No Comments
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Rhymers are Readers

Rhymers are Readers

Rhyming songs and books have been proven to help children learn the sounds of language, and they also provide hours [...]

Apr 23, 2012     No Comments
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Exceptional Thoughts

Exceptional Thoughts

I recently picked up the book How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming by the astronomer, Mike [...]

Mar 9, 2012     No Comments
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