My 641 Project

1. My 641 Project Creating Early Literacy-based Content for Farmington Community Library’s Children’s Page

2. How it is now….

3. How it could be…. Get Free Books for your child age 0-5!

4. Mockup of how the 6 Skills Page Could Look

5. Helpful Hints • For every skill-building set, we give book suggestions for you to read with your child. You can find these books in our library catalog. • If you need help with some of the activities, feel free to ask one of the librarians to demonstrate some or help you along!  • When you read a book with your child remember to "CAR“:  • COMMENT on the book and wait for a response • ASK a question (try ones that don't have just yes or no answers)  • RESPOND and add a little more Phonological Awareness: Help your child recognize sounds in words Narrative Skills: Teach your child how to tell a story The 6 early literacy skills that your child needs to master before learning how to read. Click on the links provided to work on each one. Six-in-One! Try these activities with your child to work on ALL 6 early literacy skills. Vocabulary: Teach your child the names of things Print Awareness: Teach your child to read from left to right and how words look Letter Knowledge: Teach your child how to recognize letters Print Motivation: Help your child develop a love of reading • Portions of activities and skill buildings take from the following: Waisman Center's Birth to 6 Events newsletter, Southwest Educational Development Laboratory, readingrockets.org, multcolib.org • Six early literacy skills established by National Institute for Literacy. "Developing Early Literacy: Report of the National Early Literacy Panel." The National Institute of Child Heath and Human Development.” 2008 • All images are in public domain or licensed under Creative Commons. For more information visit the Creative Commons site here Return to Ages birth-6 page

6. Mockup of one of the skills pages

7. Find the sounds in words (Phonological Awareness) Find some pictures of things (cut them out from a magazine to recycle) that rhyme (like a cat/hat or bug/rug). Separate the pairs of rhyming pictures into 2 containers. Have your child pull out a picture from each container and ask them if they rhyme. If not, have them continue to pull a picture from one of the containers until they find one that matches, as a rhyme, to the picture they hold in their hand Sing the song “A Hunting We Will Go. After each verse ask your child which words rhymed with each other. Here’s an example: Lyrics: A hunting we will go, a hunting we will go Heigh-ho, the dairy-o, a hunting we will go A hunting we will go, a hunting we will go We’ll catch a fox, in a box And then we’ll let him go A hunting we will go, a hunting we will go Heigh-ho, the dairy-o, a hunting we will go A hunting we will go, a hunting we will go We’ll catch a bear and cut his hair And then we’ll let him go A hunting we will go, a hunting we will go Heigh-ho, the dairy-o, a hunting we will go A hunting we will go, a hunting we will go We’ll catch a pig and dance a jig And then we’ll let him go • Read a nursery rhyme to your child, like Hickory Dickory Dock. Then say “I’m going to read it again and when you hear the word dock clap your hands.” Read it a third time, choosing a different word for your child to clap to and then move on to a different nursery rhyme. • Sing the song “This Old Man” and ask your child to pick out the rhyming words. Find lyrics and video here. • Read Dr. Suess books with your child. Say part of the sentence and have your child try to guess what the end of it will be. A good book is The Ear Book. As you read it talk about how we can listen with our ears to hear how words sound alike. • Return to Ages birth-6 page Return to 6 Skills Main Page

8. The End • Any questions? • Comments? • Suggestions? (please!)