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To Read or Not to Read? – John Marsden’s Hamlet

To Read or Not to Read? – John Marsden’s Hamlet

John Marsden’s Hamlet is a novel telling of the classic Shakespeare play. Marsden has a gift for simplifying the language while not taking away from the plot and pathos of the story. The novel is mostly taken straight from canon; the famous speeches appear, but spoken in English.

A Wild Read

When reading comes alive to a child or even to an adult is when you can imagine yourself as one of the characters in the story. In the story Where the Wild Things Are, children can identify with the little boy named Max who is sent to his room for making mischief without supper. Max [...]

Bringing Up Baby – Early Literacy for Infants

Bringing Up Baby – Early Literacy for Infants

The most valuable asset you could give your child is reading. Reading is an investment to their future; it would lead them to a quality of life that is full of so many possibilities. As a child, I remember lying in the country grasses of West Virginia being carried away from one adventure after another. Whether it was slaying dragons or waiting for Romeo to save me; reading is fundamental to education, and developing a well rounded child.

Preschool Sensory Activity – Salt Writing

This simple preschool sensory activity can be done using basic household supplies and a little creativity. Preschoolers will love the feel of the salt on their fingers and can use this activity to practice writing their letters and numbers.

Preschool Science Activity – My Five Senses Chart

Preschool Science Activity – My Five Senses Chart

This preschool science activity is a wonderful companion to “My Five Senses” by Aliki or as a stand alone science activity. Preschoolers will learn all about their five senses and the things that they can experience with them.

Applebet – An ABC

Applebet – An ABC

This colorful ABC story by Clyde Watson follows a little girl named Bet and her mother as they get the apples on their farm ready for the county fair. This preschool book goes through not only just the letters in the alphabet, but hard and soft sounds and blends as well. This is a wonderful book to introduce preschoolers to valuable reading skills.

Snowball Alphabet Building Game

Snowball Alphabet Building Game

Preschool literacy is one of the most important early education skill preschoolers can learn. Pre-literacy activities can range from reading books with a parent to tracing letters with your finger in salt. With a little bit of creativity, preschoolers can be taught early literacy lessons that strengthen letter recognition abilities and develop a love for reading that will last a lifetime.

Making Story Time Part of your Day

Making Story Time Part of your Day

Reading is so important for young children. If children learn to enjoy books at an early age it can set them up for future success in school, better self-education skills, and a lifelong source of enjoyment. Sometimes it is difficult to really integrate reading into our daily lives even though we understand the importance of it. Bedtime stories are common but they only account for a small way that books can become a part of our daily life.

Preschool Language Activity – I Spy Friends

The ability to describe the things in the world around them with words is an important step for preschoolers to make in their language development. This preschool language activity is a fun way for preschoolers to practice using words to describe the things that they see in their world.

Preschool Literacy Activity – Draw Me a Story

Preschool Literacy Activity – Draw Me a Story

Let preschoolers tell their own stories with this simple preschool literacy activity. This pre-reading activity helps preschoolers to understand that the words on the page communicate a story.

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