Move to the Music!

For Parents & Caregivers: Help your pre-reader become aware of the smaller sounds that make up words.

• Play rhyming games
• Sing songs: each syllable = a note
• Say words with sounds left out (bat - "buh" = at)

Article: "Sound Awareness for Four and Five Year Olds"

Preschool Storytime Books

Dancin' in the Kitchen; Play, Mozart, Play; Punk Farm ; Thump, Thump, Rat-a-Tat-Tat

Rhymes

Music CDs: "All Around the Kitchen" American Folk, Game, and Activity Songs; "Boogie to the Beat" Boogie to the Beat;

Happy and Healthy!

For Parents & Caregivers: Silly songs, rhymes and chants in storytime help children hear and play with language. They build phonemic awareness and vocabulary.
Article: "Singing as a Teaching Tool"

Preschool Storytime Books:
Freddie Visits the Dentist
The Get Well Soon Book
Dear Daisy, Get Well Soon
How Do Dinosaurs Get Well Soon?

Rhymes and Songs!

Music CD:
"Head, Shoulders, Knees, & Toes" and "Reach for the Sky" Wee Sing Children's Songs and Fingerplays