Story Time Reads Oct. 15-19

LETTER KNOWLEDGE: includes knowing that letters are different from each other, knowing letter names and sounds, and recognizing letters everywhere.

Why Is It Important?
To read words, children need to understand that a word is made of individual letters in other words a word is the "sum of its parts." 

What Can You Do to Help Build This Skill?

• Look at and talk about different shapes. Letters are based on shapes: circles, triangles with diagonals and squares. 
• Play “same and different”-type games: "The letter p is similar to letter q but different from letter a."
• Look at “search for the picture” books.  I love to use the "I Spy" books.  It is also easy to make your own with stuff from your junk drawer.
• Notice different type styles of letters (“a” or “A”) on signs and in books. 
• Read ABC books.
• Talk about and draw the letters of a child's own name. There are a number of great printables on the DLTK-Kids Teach website that are great for teaching letter knowledge. The printables are free and fun.

Books We Read:

Autumn: An Alphabet Acrostic by Steven Schnur	Frog Went A-Courting: A Musical Play in Six Acts by Dominic Catalano	Hush: A Thai Lullaby by Mingfong Ho
Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert	The Night is Singing by Jacqueline Davies	Sleep, Sleep, Sleep: A Lullaby for Little Ones Around the World by Nancy Van Laan