Who’s big? Who’s little? We found out today in storytime! Our early literacy skill of the day was phonological awareness.
Songs and fingerplays: (see song page for more information)
storytime song, open shut them, itsy bitsy/great big hairy/teency weency spider, little fish/big fish in the water, songboard, alphabet song, Simon Says
Activities:
look at big and little animal pictures and discuss, big and little names, dance with scarves (dance big to Choo Choo Train, dance small to Take a Little Nap from the cd Ralph’s World, see cd info below)
Books:
One Day in the Jungle
I’m the Biggest Thing in the Ocean
Literacy info to adults:
#1: We talked about the early literacy skill phonological awareness, which is the ability to hear and manipulate the smaller sounds in words
#2: Make up silly words by changing the first sound in a word: milk, nilk, pilk, rilk, filk. It’s OK if the words are nonsense words, you just want to demonstrate how sounds can be manipulated
#3: Play with and help your child hear the syllables in words. For example, say words with a pause between the syllables (rab it) and have your child guess what word you are saying.
Lane Library book and cd information
