Reading with Toddlers and Preschool Children:
Tucson Festival of Books March 2, 2019 Fun!
Quality of Input Positive Communication Complex Language Back and Forth Verbal Exchanges |
Songs
Elephant: https://youtu.be/xSsDbneWFJ8
Five Green and Speckled Frogs: https://youtu.be/ziGG_L9C12o
Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed: https://youtu.be/0j6AZhZFb7A
The Goodbye Song (Rap) by the Learning Station: https://youtu.be/pP9AujV8N1A (from the CD, Brain Breaks Action Songs: Let’s Move!)
Skidamarink (spelled various ways) with Puppets: https://youtu.be/u9av8ubvR-A
Wiggy Wiggles Freeze Dance: https://youtu.be/DA63mbCkJ24
Songs in Books
Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed by Eileen Christelow
If You're Happy and You Know It! by Jan Ormerod and Lindsey Gardiner
Fingerplays
Itsy Bitsy Spider
Open Shut Them
Round and Round the Garden
Row Your Boat (Second verse: Clap, clap, clap your hands,/Wave them in the breeze./Put them up and up them down,/And put them on your... knees.)
Ten Little Fingers
More from Hand Rhymes by Marc Brown
Little Hands Fingerplays & Action Songs: Seasonal Rhymes & Creative Play for 2- to 6-year-olds by Emily Stetson
Round and Round the Garden: Play Rhymes for Young Children by Sarah Williams, Illustrated by Ian Beck (out of print but worth looking for a copy)
Printed Books
Board Books
Big Box for Ben by Deborah Russ, Illustrated by Tomek Bogacki
Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell (also a pop-up book)
Giraffes Can't Dance by Giles Andreae
Hug Machine by Scott Campbell
It's a Little Book by Lane Smith
íTe ammo, te abrazo, leo contigo! Love You, Hug You, Read to You! por/by Trish Rabe, Illustrated by Frank Endersby
The Pout-Pout Fish by Deborah Diesen, Illustrated by Dan Hanna (and the entire series; also available as hardcover books)
Time for Bed, Pete the Kitty by James Dean
Vamos a leer/Read to Me by Judi Moreillon, Illustrated by Kyra Teis
Uncommon Alphabet Books
Achoo! Bang! Crash! The Noisy Alphabet by Ross MacDonald
Old Black Fly by Jim Aylesworth, Illustrated by Stephen Gammel (can be sung to the tune of "Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho")
Participation Picture Books and Cumulative Stories (Plus see handout of classics)
Jump, Frog, Jump! by Robert Kalan, Illustrated by Byron Barton
The Napping House by Audrey Wood, Illustrated Don Wood
One Cow, Moo, Moo! by David Bennett, Illustrated by Andy Cooke
Silly Sally by Audrey Wood
Wordless Picture Books
Circle of Friends by Giora Carmi
Flora and the Flamingo by Molly Idle and Flora and the Penguin
Goodnight, Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann
Wave by Suzy Lee
See 17 Favorites from Reading Rockets.
Books with Few Words
It Looked Like Spilt Milk by Charles G. Shaw
Piggies by Audrey Woold, Illustrated by DonWood
Tough Boris by Mem Fox, Illustrated by Kathryn Brown
Waiting Is Not Easy! by Mo Willems -íEsperar no es fácil! por Mo Willems (All Elephant and Piggie Books)
More Sophisticated Picture Books
Lost for Words by Natalie Russell
My Lucky Day by Keiko Kasza
From Picture Books to Chapter Books
Five Little Monkeys Five-Minute Stories by Eileen Christelow
More, More, More Said the Baby by Vera B. Williams
eBooks
Make Way for Books (Free) App - Includes original eBooks and links to recommended titles at the Pima County Public Library
Pima Country Public Library - TumbleBooks - eBooks for eKids
Resources for Parents, Families, and Educators
Mother Goose on the Loose: Nursery Rhymes Playlist
The Secret Power of the Children's Picture Book by Meghan Cox Gurdon (1/18/19: Wall Street Journal) - Importance of being able to focus and pay attention; remember details from a story
Star Bright Books (including board books in 25 different languages)