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First Steps News
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 29, 2006
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HELP PREPARE CHILDREN FOR SCHOOL BY READING
ALOUD TO THEM
Reading aloud is the best way to ensure that your child will
learn to read on his own and develop a love for reading and
books. The more parents read to their children, the better readers
they will become. By reading aloud to your child, you plant
seeds that can grow into a lifelong interest in reading. Also,
you are showing your child you value spending time with him
by sharing a story, a Mother Goose rhyme, or a poem.
10 Suggested Books to Read with Your Child
- Ten, Nine Eight – by Molly Bang. This bedtime
counting book follows a young girl and her father through
the ritual of going to bed. Soothing and lush illustrations
accompany text.
- Madeline – by Ludwig Bemelmans. This beloved
story takes 12 little girls and their teacher, Miss Clavel,
on many adventures, and introduces one of the most famous
of all storybook characters.
- Goodnight Moon – by Margaret Wise. This popular
story encapsulates a small rabbit’s bedtime ritual
of saying goodnight to all of his friends in “the
great green room.” Charming illustrations are as memorable
as the text.
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar – by Eric Carle.
Follow this hungry caterpillar as he eats everything from
one apple to five oranges and is still hungry. Colorful
illustrations tell this tale of a caterpillar turning into
a butterfly.
- Harold and the Purple Crayon – by Crockett
Johnson. What a simple crayon can draw when one night, an
imaginative little boy named Harold draws himself a walk,
a moon, a home, and finally his very own bed.
- The Snowy Day – by Ezra Jack Keats. One morning
Peter wakes up to see that “Snow had fallen during
the night.” He excitedly runs outside to play in it,
reveling in everything about the snow.
- Whose Mouse Are You? – by Robert Kraus. With
tender wit, Kraus brings us a young mouse grappling with
one of childhood’s harsh experiences: a new sibling
in the house. Every young child with a baby sister or brother
will commiserate with this young mouse.
- A Hole is to Dig: A First Book of Definitions –
by Ruth Krauss. This book is filled with simply wonderful
things over which to ponder. Maurice Sendak’s small
line drawings capture the wistful nature of the children
pictured, and all the discoveries of childhood.
- Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready For Kindergarten
– by Joseph Slate. The whimsical Miss Bindergarten
prepares her classroom for her students with an explosion
of color – a bouquet of fall leaves, a goldfish, rolled-up
posters, and shoeboxes full of delightful surprises.
- It Happens to Everyone – by Bernice Myers.
Michael isn’t the only one having trouble on the first
day of school. Mrs. Daniel can’t decide what to wear,
and like Michael, she can’t find things. When they
arrive at school, both are nervous and hope they’ll
be liked. The final pages show them entering the same classroom,
for Mrs. Daniel is Michael’s teacher.
Source: Leslie Barban, Richland County Public Library,
and S.C. First Steps
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