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Welcome to our new Early Literacy Newsletter!
In this issue you will find:
Highlights from the Parenting Collection Recommended Read-Alouds Fingerplays and Songs Did You Know? Storytimes @ Your Library
 The happiest baby on the block: the new way to calm crying and help your baby sleep longer/ Harvey Karp. A terrific resource for new parents who are looking for answers and solutions to their babies' crying. The Happiest Baby is a revolutionary new approach that helps parents calm most fussy babies in minutes.
Raising your spirited child : a guide for parents whose child is more intense, sensitive, perceptive, persist ent, energetic / Mary Sheedy Kurcinka. The author provides tools to understanding your own temperament as well as your child's. When you understand your temperamental matches--and your mismatches--you can better understand, work, live, socialize, and enjoy spirit in your child. By reframing challenging temperamental qualities in a positive way, and by giving readers specific tools to work with these qualities, Kurcinka has provided a book that will help all parents, especially the parents of spirited children, understand and better parent their children.
 Puff, the magic dragon / Peter Yarrow, Lenny Lipton ; with paintings by Eric Puybaret. The adventures of a boy and his dragon are recounted in this classic song from the 1960s.
Ella Sarah get dressed / Margaret Chodos-Irvine. Despite the advice of others in her family, Ella Sarah persists in wearing the striking and unusual outfit of her own choosing.
"The Grand Old Duke of York"
Oh, the Grand Old Duke of York,
He had ten thousand men.
He marched them up to the top of the hill,
And marched them down again.
And when they were up, they were up.
And when they were down, they were down.
And when they were only half-way up,
They were neither up nor down.
"Hot Cross Buns"
Hot cross buns,
Hot cross buns,
One a penny, two a penny, hot cross buns.
Give them to your daughters,
Give them to your sons.
One a penny, two a penny, hot cross buns.
Children who are read to from an early age have a larger vocabulary and better language skills when they start school. Contacts of Literacy: What Children Learn from Learning to Read Books in W.H. Teale Emergent Literacy: Writing and Reading, Norwood, NJ: Ablex, 1986
"Promoting literacy does not mean creating a school-like setting in your home, but taking advantage of all the opportunities that are present in everyday life." Hall, Susan and Louisa Moats, eds. Straight Talk About Reading: How Parents Can Make a Difference During the Early Years Chicago: Contemporary Books, 1999.
3 years through 5 years (30 min)
Children listen to stories and participate in music, flannel activities, fingerplays, and reading readiness activities. Film and art activities may be included.
The Ready to Learn initiative educates parents and the community about the importance of early brain development. Storytimes offer a great opportunity for parents to positively interact with their young children and help lay the groundwork for future learning. All programs are designed for caregivers to participate with their children.
Call for information about group visits.
- Newborn through 12 months (20 min)
In this special lapsit program, the baby attends so the adult can practice! The storyteller shares nursery rhymes, fingerplays, and songs with infants. One adult must accompany each child.
 - 12 months through 2 years (20-30 min)
A special time for child and caregiver to listen to stories and share a variety of experiences on a one-to-one basis. Caregivers actively participate in the rhymes, songs, and fingerplays presented during this storytime and serve as models for their children.
Children and their caregivers participate in movement, fingerplays and other musical activities that help with the development of a child's emotional, language, memory, motor, mathematical and spatial skills.
- all ages (30 min)
A special time for children and their families to listen to stories and participate in fingerplays, music, and rhyming activities. Children under three must be accompanied by an adult.
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