Singing helps your child get ready to read. Singing helps children remember things for a longer time.
Archive for the ‘Literacy Tips’ Category
Sing Together
May 10, 2013Retelling Stories
April 22, 2013Retelling favorite stories you have read, or even retelling your own family stories is a great way to develop a child’s narrative skills. Talk with your child and see what stories they tell!
New Experiences and Play
April 1, 2013Play helps build a child’s self confidence. When they feel a sense of accomplishment they have the motivation to try new experiences and not give up even though something at first seems to be difficult. Play is one of the five essential elements of early literacy.
Storytime makes a difference!
March 27, 2013If you’ve ever had any doubt that bringing your child to storytime is worth it, take a look at this home video of one of our youngest patrons, dancing to a song that is played at Plano Library Rhyme Time sessions each week: Dancing Hollis
There are 5 early literacy practices that every parent or caregiver can do with their child to prepare them for reading later. The five practices are reading, talking, writing, singing and playing. Kudos to mom, Laura, for singing to her daughter and reinforcing storytime routines at home!
The song Laura is singing is from Diaper Gym: Fun Activities for Babies on the Move.
You may also wish to check out some of our other music CDs for children. May I suggest Baby Face: Activities for Infants and Toddlers or a more recent CD, Go! Go! Go!
Sing Out!
March 25, 2013Don’t be afraid to sing with your child. They will love the sound of your voice! Singing slows language down so that separate sounds are more clearly heard. Singing is also one of the five essential elements that help your child get ready to read. So, sing out and share language with your child.
Read Every Day
March 18, 2013An essential element to early literacy is reading with your child. How easy is that? And to make it easier, we are offering a book giveaway of a cute board book by Bettina Paterson called Jigsaw Jungle. Five rhymes feature a baby animal and mother, accompanied by a jigsaw puzzle picture!
To enter the giveaway, send an email to juliec@plano.gov with “Read Every Day,” in the subject line, and your email and phone number in the body of the email. The winner must pick up the book at Harrington Library. We’ll hold a random drawing for the winner on Saturday, March 30.
Talking about Wordless Books
March 2, 2013Talking with your child helps get them ready to read. Try a wordless book like Time Flies by Eric Rohmann, and let your child talk about the pictures and tell the story.
Interesting Books
February 18, 2013Read books that follow your child’s interests. It will motivate them to love books and reading. Choose nonfiction books as well as stories about the topic. The nonfiction books are located in a separate area from the stories, so we’re here to help you.
Books Everywhere!
December 17, 2012Keep a book in every room, in the car, or in the diaper bag and you can reach for one at any time. Finding loving little moments to share books with your child will ensure that they grow up associating books with pleasure.
Repetition
December 10, 2012Infants and young children’s active brains make connections when they receive stimulation from their environment—what they hear, see, smell, taste and touch. Repetition makes those connections in the brain strong…like a well worn pathway. Repeating songs and rhymes over and over throughout the day develops strong connections and is fun!
