Fun with Math

Every Child Ready to Read 2nd edition has included some new information for parents of kids 0 to 5 years of age. The program states "the more your child knows about the world and the more words they have to describe what they have seen and experienced, the better prepared they are for reading success." Using a child’s natural curiosity they can learn new words and increase their knowledge about the world around them.
Click here to link to a page about books on additon and subtraction.

I am excited about the new edition as it is much more user friendly and makes it all so much fun. Watch for free classes in the future for parents and kids on fun with letters, words and math and science.

Have a great day and see you @ your library, McMinnville Public Library that is!
Diana

Only four story times left! Mark Tuesdays on your calendars because the fun continues with great books, fun crafts, and healthy snacks. This week we read these five fantastic books and decorated heart, star, and oval shaped glasses made out of cardstock.

It's time to sleep! You can doze off standing on one leg, settle down for a nap on the sea floor, or crawl to a hole and snooze until spring. Or perhaps you'd rather slip into a slimy sleeping bag?In this bedtime book, Steve Jenkins and Robin Page take a look at some of the unusual ways animals get their rest. Time To Sleep By Steve Jenkins and Robin Page.

You won't believe why this old lady swallowed some leaves, a shirt, a pumpkin, a pole, some pants, a rope, and some hay! Read There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Som

e Leaves! By Lucille Colandro to find out.

It's Wodney Wat's birthday and he gets one tewiffic pwesent- a wobot! It isn't just any old wobot, though. This wobot can talk! Wodney Wat's Wobot By Helen Lester

Baby animals grow up in all kinds of different habitats. Meet cute baby animals and their families as you explore their homes. Baby Animals of the Mountains By Carmen Bredeson.

It's crazy, it's fun, it's got a hole in the middle! Herve Tullet's book The Book With A Hole is filled with zany drawings and inventive ideas. The children loved this book, and couldn't get enough of it. Check it out!

-Carol

The Fun Continues!

If your parents ever say, "Time for a Mystery Ride!" do not be fooled. Mystery Rides are not fun. Or cool. Or even mysterious, really. Except for this one time...Mystery Ride By Scott Magoon.

Did that pumpkin just quack? Read Pumpkin Trouble By Jan Thomas
to find out.

Baby Owl is not ready for his first day at preschool. He tries lots of different ways to delay going, with hilarious results, but finds out that preschool can be fun! I'm not Ready! By Jonathan Allen

Earthworms inch along on the ground, but are they the slowest animal in the world? Slow animals crawl on land, wiggle through the ocean, and hang out in trees. Read all about the animals who take slow to the EXTREME! The Slowest Animals By Catherine Ipcizade


We didn't stop with just the slowest animals, we read The Creepiest Animals also By Catherine Ipcizade. Vampire bats lapping up blood are creepy, but are they the creepiest animal in the world?

We made music shakers today, or some parents might be calling them noise makers right about now. Using paper plates, dry rice and beans, and staples, Viola! You have a music/noise maker. Decorate however you want.
Join me every Tuesday for great books, fun crafts, and healthy snacks!

-Carol

Books and Ceramics

Great books are always on the menu at the Emergent Reader Story Time and this week was no exception.

Snuggle up with this true story of the tiny piglet who finds a home with the most unexpected of families! Little Pink Pup By Johanna Kerby.A hilarious new Fly Guy adventure when Fly Guy joins Buzz's class on a trip to a flyswatter factory, it's the "best field trip ever!" Fly Guy vs. the Flyswatter! By Tedd Arnold

The Looking Closely series inspires readers to take a second look at their natural surroundings through the magical lens of close-up photography. Looking Closely Across the Desert By Frank Serafini.

Beware of this book it is full of wild boars! They are dirty and smelly, bed-tempered and rude, so whatever you do, do not try to make friends with them. Meet Wild Boars By Meg Rosoff.

Every face in the world is unique and special, but they all have some things in common. Here, with simple text and appealing, expressive photographs, young readers can see the many different faces all over the world. Faces By Shelley Rotner

Carol