This is always my favorite time of the year. I like when the leaves change color. I love the way the light changes and everything shimmers and glows when the sun hits it. I adore wool socks and woolen sweaters and turtlenecks. Most of all, I enjoy curling up under a warm blanket with a hot cup of tea and a good book. I recently joined a new book club and got seven new books for the price of shipping. Needless to say, the dust bunnies have had a reprieve the last few weeks.
Now is a cozy time of the year. Put your child in jammies, grab a blanket and a stack of books, and spend that last half hour before bedtime reading. For preschoolers and early primary students, predictable books with a lot of repetition are fun for everyone. They like being able to repeat phrases that happen throughout the story.
Be sure to read the books to yourself before you read to your child. Think about questions you could ask when you read the book together. Ask your child to point to particular colors, count figures in the illustrations, predict what will happen next, tell you their favorite part, or how they would change the story. All of these are essential skills that will help them when they start reading in school.
Below is a list of stories from last Monday and tomorrow.
Over in the Meadow by Louise Voce
Ten Little Ladybugs by Melanie Gerth
Roar! A Noisy Counting Book by Pamela Duncan Edwards
Angelina Ballerina’s Colors
Cleo the Cat by Caroline Mockford
Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson
Kitten red yellow blue by Peter Catalanotto
I Am an Apple by Jean Marzollo
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