Say YES to Rhymes!

If you mistakenly thought that rhyming books were meant for little kids, think again!

http://imaginationsoup.net/2012/11/how-rhyming-teaches-kids-literacy-skills/

Discover Kenn Nesbitt

 Poetry4Kids is an inviting site that will tickle everyone's funny bone!  Please use and share it.  We can even sign-up to have poems delivered weekly to our in-boxes.  Kenn Nesbitt has created excellent prose to enjoy, reread, and inspire.  Why not use his material as repeated reading, to increase fluency?

http://www.poetry4kids.com/

"The Reading Room's" on Pinterest!

We welcome you to follow "The Reading Room" on Pinterest.
You'll find news you can use! 

http://pinterest.com/pkselemrdgroom/

TOOLBOX: Visit "Reading Resource"

Heads-up!  ReadingResource.net contains information, strategies, explanations, guidance and support for both families as well as professionals.  

http://www.readingresource.net/

"Let's Go" is an Early Learning Connection from Parkside

Games, activities, flashcards and lots of "news-you-can-use" for Preschool and Kindergarten learners.  Early Literacy is our focus and we gladly share ideas everyone can access and use to benefit the youngsters we love! 

http://rwest-letsgo.blogspot.com/

Free Book for Fall

Repeated readings are an excellent way to help youngsters learn new vocabulary, make predictions, and enjoy language.  Here's a holiday book based upon an innovation of Eric Carle's "Brown Bear, Brown Bear.

http://firstgradealacarte.blogspot.com/2011/10/orange-pumpkin-orange-pumpkin.html

Reading Games & More!

http://pbskids.org/lions/games/

GAME	DIFFICULTY	SKILL	NOTES
“The Quiet Machine”	Matching letters to pictures	*beginning sounds	Phonemic awareness
Leona’s Coloring Pages	Reading and writing	*beginning reader activity	Printable book
“The Messy Attic”	Picture identification	*listen, then follow directions	Pre- reading skill
“Arty’s Smarty Doors”	Rhymes	*rhyming words	Pre-reading skill
“Dub Cubs”	Rhyming words	*word families	Reading skill
“Hopposites”	Opposites	*words with opposite meanings	Reading skill
“Sky Writing”	Letter recognition	*varying styles of the same letter	Reading skill
“Monkey Match”	Match	*letters, sounds, rhymes	Reading skill
“Theo’s Puzzles”	Letter recognition	*consonant puzzles	Puzzles & a video
“Trampolini Game”	Word meanings	*inflectional endings ‘er, ‘est	Reading skill
“Blending Bowl”	Match blends with endings	*-ack, -an, -ap, -ar, -est, -ick, -ig, -ip, -it, -ock, -op, -up, -uck matched up with beginning blends	good for partners
“Synonym Sam’s Lab”	Choose synonyms	*this game is self-checking	good for partners
“ABCD Watermelon”	identify missing letters	*alphabet recognition	Pre-reading skill
“Alphabet Soup”	unscramble letters	*reader uses given letters to find a solution	101 riddles
“Chicken Stacker”	phonemic awareness	*listen and read words with the same short vowel sound	Five sets words
“Flood”	categories	*listen and read book titles	Hints given
“Fuzzy Lion Ears”	phonemic awareness	*letter sounds beginning/middle/ending	Six rounds
“Word Play”	good for partners	*read words and then  “click” to see the action	25 words: three sets
“Talking Gizmo”	recognize parts of a sentence	*readers experiment with sentences and word order	good for partners
“Pounce”	word matching	*listen, then choose a word	Reading skill
More Literature	Pre-K through fifth graders	http://pbskids.org/lions/stories/	Kids can listen and read along with stories.

Songs and videos:  http://pbskids.org/lions/videos/