"Just Books Read Aloud" website (625 Children's Books Read Aloud without ads, games etc...) Just click on the picture of the children's book you want to hear. The quality of the read alouds vary, but overall it looks like a good site. http://www.justbooksreadaloud.com/IndexCategory.php?t=All
You Can Help: Spelling Right from the Start
As a parent, you can help your child take those first steps as a reader and writer. Here are some guidelines you may wish to follow. Supporting your emergent reader as a speller is one important way to ensure that he or she learns to read well by the end of first grade.
Guidelines for Parents of an Emergent Reader
-Read and enjoy storybooks on a regular basis with your child.
-Read and enjoy nursery rhymes, poetry and lots of books with rhyming words and rhyming patterns, because the experience of word play and hearing different sounds is helpful for beginning readers.
-When reading aloud to your child, make reading fun because enjoying books turns kids into readers.
- * Recognize that literacy emerges at different paces for different children.
-Encourage and try to help our child to learn the names and shapes of the letters of the alphabet.
-Recognize that spelling and writing and reading happen in tandem- not in a serial, lockstep fashion.
-Recognize that invented spelling predicts reading achievement, and for this reason, encourage it.
-Whenever your emergent reader wants to communicate in writing, say, “That’s great!”
-Say, “Spell it like it sounds” or “Spell it like you think it looks” or “Try it on your own” and then explain, “You aren’t supposed to know all the dictionary spellings yet.”
-Sometimes spell the word for your child and praise him/her for writing it.
-Be sensible about invented spellings and do not expect your child to spell like an adult.
-Learn more about invented spelling so that you can monitor your child’s literacy development.
--Recognize that invented spelling is tied to reading by the way kids store words in memory-not through sounding out and blending (phonics).
- Recognize that reading is much more complex than sounding out and blending, so you will not be obsessed with phonics.
-Recognize that teachers who teach spelling are teaching phonics.
-Do not be obsessed with phonics! (I include this item twice because so many parents make this mistake!)
-Expect your child’s school experience to include some direct spelling instruction in kindergarten and first grade.
-Remain upbeat and supportive, and try to maintain a positive attitude about your child’s literacy development.
-Try to be supportive of your child’s teachers and of your child’s school.
You Can Help: Spelling Right from the Start
As a parent, you can help your child take those first steps as a reader and writer. Here are some guidelines you may wish to follow. Supporting your emergent reader as a speller is one important way to ensure that he or she learns to read well by the end of first grade.
Guidelines for Parents of an Emergent Reader
-Read and enjoy storybooks on a regular basis with your child.
-Read and enjoy nursery rhymes, poetry and lots of books with rhyming words and rhyming patterns, because the experience of word play and hearing different sounds is helpful for beginning readers.
-When reading aloud to your child, make reading fun because enjoying books turns kids into readers.
- * Recognize that literacy emerges at different paces for different children.
-Encourage and try to help our child to learn the names and shapes of the letters of the alphabet.
-Recognize that spelling and writing and reading happen in tandem- not in a serial, lockstep fashion.
-Recognize that invented spelling predicts reading achievement, and for this reason, encourage it.
-Whenever your emergent reader wants to communicate in writing, say, “That’s great!”
-Say, “Spell it like it sounds” or “Spell it like you think it looks” or “Try it on your own” and then explain, “You aren’t supposed to know all the dictionary spellings yet.”
-Sometimes spell the word for your child and praise him/her for writing it.
-Be sensible about invented spellings and do not expect your child to spell like an adult.
-Learn more about invented spelling so that you can monitor your child’s literacy development.
--Recognize that invented spelling is tied to reading by the way kids store words in memory-not through sounding out and blending (phonics).
- Recognize that reading is much more complex than sounding out and blending, so you will not be obsessed with phonics.
-Recognize that teachers who teach spelling are teaching phonics.
-Do not be obsessed with phonics! (I include this item twice because so many parents make this mistake!)
-Expect your child’s school experience to include some direct spelling instruction in kindergarten and first grade.
-Remain upbeat and supportive, and try to maintain a positive attitude about your child’s literacy development.
-Try to be supportive of your child’s teachers and of your child’s school.
Here are some K Reading Resources for you to use at home that integrate mathematical thinking. More titles to come.
Electronic Links to Read Alouds that Support Mathematical Thinking in Kindergarten (some links are listed below the title of the book)
Chrysanthemum by, Kevin Henkes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2pCR8YHszM
Ten Red Apples by, Pat Hutchins
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzR57dI-7FE
The Icky Sticky Frog by, Dawn Bentley http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKZe73Mfi38
The Important Book by, Margaret Wise Brown http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAiu-SaAgOU
The Greedy Triangle by, Marilyn Burns
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPuI4XyyZUE
5 Little Monkeys by, Eileen Christelow - Please view the video above.
I’ll Follow the Moon by, Stephanie Lisa Tara http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QApwa7NtmXI
5 Little Monkeys Sitting in a Tree by, Eileen Christelow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RE5I3KZrO18
Ten on the Sled by, Kim Norman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syL8aJftbNQ
Over in the Meadow by, Jill McDonald http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6ljGXMMB-g
5 Speckled Frogs by, Priscilla Burris
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYX1OaiVR94
The Action of Subtraction by, Brian Cleary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-_cThjqaC4
10 Little Rubber Ducks by, Eric Carle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dFLsJyPQiw
Roaring Rockets by, Tony Mitton
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcPGkajRDN4
Bear Snores On by, Karma Wilson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NAVs8KQu9A
There Were 10 in the Bed by, Penny Dale
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yd8CApTkCtw
How I Became a Pirate by, Melinda Long (Optional)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ucL7CLjsAI
The Foot Book by, Dr. Seuss
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HMeuni7C9U
Chrysanthemum by, Kevin Henkes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2pCR8YHszM
Ten Red Apples by, Pat Hutchins
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzR57dI-7FE
The Icky Sticky Frog by, Dawn Bentley http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKZe73Mfi38
The Important Book by, Margaret Wise Brown http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAiu-SaAgOU
The Greedy Triangle by, Marilyn Burns
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPuI4XyyZUE
5 Little Monkeys by, Eileen Christelow - Please view the video above.
I’ll Follow the Moon by, Stephanie Lisa Tara http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QApwa7NtmXI
5 Little Monkeys Sitting in a Tree by, Eileen Christelow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RE5I3KZrO18
Ten on the Sled by, Kim Norman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syL8aJftbNQ
Over in the Meadow by, Jill McDonald http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6ljGXMMB-g
5 Speckled Frogs by, Priscilla Burris
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYX1OaiVR94
The Action of Subtraction by, Brian Cleary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-_cThjqaC4
10 Little Rubber Ducks by, Eric Carle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dFLsJyPQiw
Roaring Rockets by, Tony Mitton
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcPGkajRDN4
Bear Snores On by, Karma Wilson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NAVs8KQu9A
There Were 10 in the Bed by, Penny Dale
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yd8CApTkCtw
How I Became a Pirate by, Melinda Long (Optional)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ucL7CLjsAI
The Foot Book by, Dr. Seuss
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HMeuni7C9U
Some of Miss Baldwin's Favorites authors are:
P.K. Hallinan - My Teacher's My Friend. Here's a link to his page: http://www.pkhallinan.com/ Kevin Henkes - Lily's Purple Plastic Purse Here's a link to his page: http://www.kevinhenkes.com/ Marc Brown - Arthur's Computer Disaster Here's a link to his page: http://marcbrownstudios.com/ Jan Brett- The Umbrella Here's a link to her page: http://www.janbrett.com/index.html Bernard Waber - Ira Sleeps Over Here's a link to a website with a read-aloud of this story.: https://youtu.be/o-goOHzn--w Leonard Kessler - Last One in is a Rotten Egg Here's a link to a website with information on L.K.: http://www.purplehousepress.com/Kessler.htm |
Kindergarten Book list: Texts that Support Mathematical Thinking
Chrysanthemum by, Kevin Henkes Ten Red Apples by, Pat Hutchins Ten Black Dots by, Donald Crews The Icky Sticky Frog by, Dawn Bentley Sixteen Runaway Pumpkins by, Dianne Ochiltree The Important Book by, Margaret Wise Brown When a Line Ends, A Shape Begins by, Rhonda Gowler Greene The Greedy Triangle by, Marilyn Burns Cubes, Cones, Cylinders & Spheres by, Tara Hoban Perfect Square by, Michael Hall 5 Little Monkeys by, Eileen Christelow Over in the Ocean: In a Coral Reef by, Marianne Berkes I’ll Follow the Moon by, Stephanie Lisa Tara 5 Little Monkeys Sitting in a Tree by, Eileen Christelow Ten on the Sled by, Kim Norman Over in the Meadow by, Jill McDonald 5 Green and Speckled Frogs by, Priscilla Burris The Action of Subtraction by, Brian Cleary 10 Little Rubber Ducks by, Eric Carle Roaring Rockets by, Tony Mitton Monster Musical Chairs by, Stuart Murphy Bear Snores On by, Karma Wilson There Were 10 in the Bed by, Penny Dale How I Became a Pirate by, Melinda Long The Button Box by, Margaret S. Reid The Foot Book by, Dr. Seuss |