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It is important that children develop a love for books and

reading at a young age, this will not only encourage them to

learn how to read, but will also help them to develop into

lifelong readers.

Creating a reading-rich home environment will help foster a

child’s love of reading.

There are a number of ways that you can create a reading rich

home:

Be a reader yourself, and let your child see you making

time to read at home

Make a special place for your child to keep books. Used

bookstores, yard sales, and library book sale tables are

great places to build up an inexpensive home library

Give books as gifts, it will show that you see them as

something special

Visit the library

Have daily read-aloud time. Don’t stop reading aloud once

your child can read independently—hearing high-interest

stories that are above your child’s reading level helps build

vocabulary and generates excitement to read

Some of my Favourite Books

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There are 6 skills needed to build early literacy

Narrative Skills

Phonological Awareness

Letter Knowledge

1. Narrative skills: being able to describe things and events and

tell stories

Ways to foster narrative skills:

Tell your child stories

Encourage your child to tell you things; listen

patiently and ask questions

Read favourite books again and again

2. Phonological Awareness: being able to hear and play with the

smaller sounds in words

Ways to foster phonological awareness:

Say nursery rhymes so your child hears the words

that rhyme

Add actions as you sing a song or recite a poem. This

helps your child break down language into separate

words

Sing songs

Make up silly rhymes

Print Motivation

Vocabulary

Print Awareness

3. Letter Knowledge: knowing letters are different from each oth-

er, knowing their names and sounds and recognizing letters every-

where

Ways to foster letter knowledge:

Read alphabet books

Point out letters on toys and objects around the house

4. Print Motivation: being interested in and enjoying books

Ways to foster print motivation:

Create a special book-sharing time with your child

right from birth

Let your child see you reading

Visit your public library

5. Vocabulary: Knowing the names of things

Ways to foster vocabulary:

Talk to your child about what is going on around you

When your child babbles or talks, listen carefully and

answer

Ask your baby or toddler lots of questions, even if

they cannot respond, they will start to learn that

questions are invitations to respond

Read together everyday

6. Print Awareness: noticing print, knowing how to handle a

book, and knowing how to follow the words on a page

Ways to foster print awareness:

Use board books and cloth books

Let your child hold the book

Read everyday print with your child like labels, signs,

menus, etc.

My Favourite Book

Title: ____________________________

Author: __________________________

(use the rest of the space to draw a picture)

Accessible through our website at www.haliburtonlibrary.ca our

databases for kids are wonderful tools for fun, interactive

learning and homework help. If you are looking to develop a

budding reader into a lifelong learner, then this is the place for

you.

Designed especially for elementary and middle school students,

NoveList K-8 is an online database with fiction titles chosen

specifically to support the school curriculum as well as the

pleasure reading needs of students. Please note: You will need you library card number and pin to access remotely

Bear Has a Story to Tell by Erin and Philip C.

Stead

Bear has a story to tell, but winter is coming and everyone’s too

busy to hear what he has to say. He tries to tell his tale to

Mouse, and Duck, and Frog, and Mole, but no one has time to

listen, will his story ever be heard?

More by this author: A Home for Bird

Oh the Places You’ll Go by Dr. Seuss

A rhyming story about venturing out into the world, and

finding your place in it.

More by this author: One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish,

The Lorax, The Cat in the Hat, Fox in Socks, Hop on Pop,

Green Eggs and Ham, Yertle the Turtle, How the Grinch Stole

Christmas, Horton Hears a Who!

Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers

When a little boy finds a sad penguin standing outside his

front door, he decides the penguin must be lost, and sets out

on a mission to get his new friend home.

More by this author: Up and Down, Stuck, The Hueys in the

New Jumper, The Heart and the Bottle, The Incredible Book

Eating Boy

The Hockey Sweater by Roch Carrier

When Roch outgrows his hockey sweater, his mother sends

away for a new one. To his horror, what he receives is not the

sweater of his beloved Montreal Canadiens, but their arch

rivals the Toronto Maple Leafs.

More by this author: The Basketball Player, The Longest

Homerun, A Happy New Year’s Day

A pre-K to grade 3 database for reading and research, PebbleGo

includes built-in reading and research tools for emerging

readers. This database makes learning and improving reading

and research skills fun, building on children’s interests in such

subjects as animals, nature and space. Please note: If prompted, enter user name (sopl209) and password (school).

This interactive, read-aloud website for children provides

animated, talking picture books which teach kids the joy of

reading in a format they'll love. TumbleBooks are created by

adding animation, sound, music and narration to existing

picture books in order to produce an electronic picture book

which you can read, or have read to you.

Please note: These electronic books cannot be transferred to a portable device (ie. e-

readers and MP3 players). You may be prompted for your library card/pin number.

The Three Pigs by David Wiesner

Once upon a time there were three little pigs and one big bad

wolf, who huffed and puffed and blew their houses down…but

wait no, that’s not quite right, pigs are far too smart to have their

homes blown away by cranky old wolves. So this retelling of

the classic fairy tale fills readers in on what really happened to

the three little pigs.

More by this author: Flotsam, Tuesday, Art and Max, Sector 7

My Friend Rabbit by Eric Rohmann

Something always seems to go wrong when Rabbit is around,

but Mouse lets him play with his toy plane anyway because he

is his good friend.

More by this author: Bone Dog, The Cinder-Eyed Cats

Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown

A little bunny bids goodnight to all the objects in his room

before falling asleep.

More by this author: I like Bugs, The Little Fir Tree, Runa-

way Bunny, Two Little Trains, Diggers, Big Red Barn

Green by Laura Vaccaro Seeger

Green takes readers on a journey, in which this colour is

explored like never before. Die cut pages with expertly placed

cutouts show off various shades of green: forest, lime, khaki,

pea and more!

More by this author: What if?, Dog and bear: two friends,

three stories , Dog and Bear: Two’s Company

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

Max is sent to bed without supper and imagines sailing away to

the land of Wild Things, where he is made king.

More by this author: Bumble-Ardy, Brundibar, We are all in

the Dumps with Jack and Guy, In the Night Kitchen

Kitten’s First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes

When Kitten looks up in the sky and sees a great big full moon,

she thinks it is a bowl of milk, set out just for her. Kitten tries

and tries and tries, but no matter what she does she just cannot

reach the milk. Poor kitten! Whatever will she do?

More by this author: Penny and her Doll, Penny and her

Song, Little White Rabbit, My Garden, A Good Day, Lily’s Big

Day, Oh!, Circle Dogs, Chrysanthemum

The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch

Princess Elizabeth is set to marry Ronald, until a dragon

destroys the castle, kidnaps Ronald, and leaves Elizabeth with

nothing but a paper bag to wear. Elizabeth sets out to find the

dragon and free her prince.

More by this author: Mud Puddle, Pigs, Mortimer, Love You

Forever, A Promise is a Promise, Giant, Roar!, Just One Goal,

Too Much Stuff!, Purple Green and Yellow, Alligator Baby

The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

A very hungry caterpillar searches for food, eats and grows.

More by this author: Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do You

See?, Mister Seahorse, 10 Little Rubber Ducks, A House for

Hermit Crab, The Grouchy Lady Bug, Have you seen my Cat?