Books

Books Shared:

The Book Hog
Greg Pizzoli

This is My Book!
​Mark Pett

Other Fun Books About Books:

A Child of Books
​Oliver Jeffers

Miss Brooks Loves Books!
​(and I don't)
​Barbara Bottner

It's a Book
​Lane Smith

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Literacy Tip:

It is fun to explore letters using toys, magnets, stencils, etc. but it's also fun to explore letters on the covers and within the pages of books.  The wide variety of fonts help children see that a letter can look different in style, but still convey a particular sound and shape.  At storytime this week, we held up our two featured titles to see if the children could predict what our stories would be about.  This week was tricky because the title, This is My Book!, did not have a picture of a book on the book. After a few tries, Miss Heather guided the children to discover a common word between the two titles - "BOOK." The discovery that the word "book" is made up of individual letters that combined spell "book" was a discovery for some and a reminder for others.

Songs & Activities

Song
The More We Read Together
The more we read together, together, together
The more we read together, the happier we'll be.
For your books are my books
And my books are your books,
The more we read together, the happier we'll be.

Fingerplay
Books
Big books, little books (hands spread wide apart, then together)
Short books, tall (turn hands so one is on top of the other, then spread them apart)
Thin books, fat books (thumb and pointer finger close together, then spread apart)
I love them all (place hand over heart)

Craft
Create a Book
Fold an 8 1/2" x 11" piece of paper in half to create a book cover.  Encourage your child to create a cover of a book.  Depending on the age/ability of your child, you might like to have him/her create an author/illustrator area with his/her name. 
To take this a step further, create end-papers on the inside of the cover, and a back cover with a description of the book.
To take this another step further, add inside pages, stapling in the seam.  Your child can dictate a story for you to write, or he/she can scribble out his/her own story.

Other Fun Ideas to Try: