Who Wants a Valentine by Linda Lowery

Early Literacy Aside--Explain:  Researchers have found that children with a large vocabulary, who have heard a lot of different words, find it easier to learn to read when the time comes.Read Who Wants a Valentine? Early Literacy Aside--Example: Don't replace unfamiliar words, use them and explain them if necessary. For example: "Tea for two?/ I decline./ I don't want a valentine." I didn't change the word decline, I explained it: decline means to say no.

Submitted by Megan Brandmaier, Cincinnati (OH) Public Library