Storytime Share

Buzz, Buzz, Buzz! Went Bumble-bee by Colin West

Introductory Aside: Narrative skills can be developed by having your children tell stories. This is easier for some children when they recognize patters so that they can predict what will happen next.
Book Aside: Before reading the book–AS we read the book we want to encourage them to recognize the pattern and to repeat “buzz, buzz, buzz” and “buzz off.”
Read Buzz, Buzz, Buzz! Went Bumble-bee by Colin West
Fingerplay: Here is the Beehive
     Here is the beehive. Where are the bees?  (Hold up fist.)
     Hidden away where nobody sees. (Move other hand around fist.)
     Watch and you’ll see them come out of the hive. (Bend head close to fist.)
     One, two, three, four, five. (Hold fingers up one at a time.)
     Bzzzzzzzz… all fly away! (Wave fingers.)
Closing Aside:  Children enjoy repeating phrases as they did in our book and song. Please help your children look for patterns in the books and songs you do at home. This helps foster narrative skills.

Who’s There on Halloween? by Pamela Beall

Introductory Aside: Rhyming is one way that children learn to hear that words are made up of smaller parts. By doing rhymes with them you are supporting phonological awareness. This skill helps them when they later try to sound out words. And it’s fun, too!
Read Who’s There on Halloween? by Pamela Beall

Song: Do a rhyming song to the tune of Are You Sleeping?
We are rhyming; we are rhyming.
Rhyme with me; rhyme with me.
Nose rhymes with toes; nose rhymes with toes. (substitute other words from story)
Rhyme with me; rhyme with me.
Closing Aside: Take advantage of lots of opportunities to play rhyming games with your children.
Submitted by participants in Saskatchewan Library Association Conference 2008

Move Over Rover! by Karen Beaumont

Aside:  As we read this book listen for words that rhyme, words that sound similar. Even the title of the book Move Over Rover has two words that rhyme.
Read Move Over Rover
Repeat the story using stuffed characters and a doghouse and let the children tell the story, using rhyming phrases from the book.
Submitted by participants of Saskatchewan Library Association Conference 2008

Fidgety Fish by Ruth Galloway

Aside:  Today we are focusing on phonological awareness, the early literacy skill that includes rhyming and helps children hear parts of words. This story, Fidgety Fish by Ruth Galloway, has rhyming and non-rhyming segments. We’ll see words that rhyme and words that don’t. Rhyming breaks words into smaller parts. Words that sound like the sounds they make also support phonological awareness. This is called onomatopoeia.
Submitted by participants of Saskatchewan Library Association Conference 2008

Dog Blue by Polly Dunbar

Introductory Aside:  Narrative skills includes the ability to retell stories. This is one of the six early literacy skills that researchers have noted are important so that your children will later understand what they read.
Read Dog Blue.
Aside: Acting out stories or part so them helps children internalize the story and remember it. It will make it easier for your children to retell the story.
Act out the story.
Closing Aside: Children enjoy talking about books you have read together. It is a good way to engage them in conversation, and also helps them remember the story they have read. The ability to retell a story is an important skill to learn before going to school.
Submitted by participants of Saskatchewan Library Association Conference 2008

Animal Boogie by Debbie Harter

Introductory Aside: Researchers have found that one of the six early literacy skills is phonological awareness. This is the ability to hear and play with the smaller sounds in words, like rhyming and hearing the beginning sounds of words.
Aside before reading the book Animal Boogie by Debbie Harter: This is a book that we can sing. Listen to all the rhymes in this book. Singing and rhyming help with phonological awareness. You can also think of other words that rhyme, or add extra verses at the end.

Eat Your Peas by Kes Gray

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Submitted by participants of Saskatchewan Library Association Conference 2008

How To Be a Good Dog by Gail Page

Introduction Aside:  Narrative skills is the ability to describe things and to talk about events, and to tell stories. Researchers have noted this skill as one of the six early literacy skills that will help your child be ready to read.
Read How to Be A Good Dog:  Our next book is How To Be a Good Dog by Gail Page. Let’s see what this dog learns.
Aside after the book: Acting out stories with your whole body helps our children remember the story. Let’s act out the story together now.
Closing Aside:  Narrative skills are as easy as talking with your child about what you’ve read AND having them respond too. You can ask them, “What was the funniest part for you?”
Submitted by Saskatchewan Library Association conference participants

Print Awareness Introduction

Aside:  Print is like magic. When you read aloud with your children, they graudaly become aware that the squiggles on the page mean something. We call this “print awareness.” It helps to run your finger under the words as you read. Children will also begin to notice print in the world around them. It helps to point out signs as you drive or shop.
Submitted by Cindy Christin, Bozeman (MT) Public Library

Participation while reading

Aside: Make reading with your child a postive experience by allowing your child to make comments and ask questions. Try to focus all your attention on your child for that time.

Submitted by Cindy Christin, Bozeman (MT) Public Library