Under the Sea

For Parents & Caregivers: Children who enjoy books will want to learn how to read! Make book-sharing time a special time for closeness for you and your child.
Article: Literacy Milestones from Birth to Age Six

Storytime Books
Turtle in the Sea
Hello, Ocean
Swimming with Dolphins
Somewhere in the Ocean
Fish Wish
Only Joking Laughed the Lobster

Rhymes

Music CDs: "Five Little Fishes" Wee Sing Childrens' Songs and Fingerplays and "Five Fast Fishes" & "Octopus" ABC Sing-Along and Flip Chart

Ocean Life Booklist

Vacation and Travel

For Parents & Cargivers: 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

Storytime Books

Mr. Grumpy's Outing

Our Puppy's Vacation

Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah

Rooster's Off to See the World

Rhymes

Music CDs: "Stomp and Clap" Physical Ed; "Over the Deep Blue Sea" Come and Make a Circle; "Chicken Dance" Dance Along; and "An Austrian Went Yodeling" Stories with a Twist.

Vacation/Travel Book List

Cats

For Parents & Caregivers: We ask "what" quesions and open-ended questions during story time because it helps develop narrative skills.
Article: Dialogic Reading

Story Time Books
Kat Kong
Cat's Colors
All for Pie, Pie for All
The Cat Barked
Cool Cat, Hot Dog
I Like Cats
If You See a Kitten

Rhymes

Music CD: "The Cat Came Back" Whaddaya Think of That

Cats Book List

Fabulous Folktales

For Parents & Caregivers: Being able to hear the beginning and ending sounds that make up words will help children sound out words when they begin to read. Most children who can "play with sounds" have an easier time learning to read.

Article: Activities to Increase Print Awareness and Phonological Awareness

Story Time Books
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Three Billy Goats Gruff
Tortoise and the Hare
Little Red Hen

Rhymes

Music CDs: "Walking, Walking" , "Little Peter Rabbit" Wee Sing Children's Songs and Fingerplays and "I Know a Chicken" Whaddaya Think of That?

Folktale Book List