Week 7: All in the Family

I love The Family Book by Todd Parr!  It's fun, fun, fun and open-minded, too.  Kids love these simple pictures and funny descriptions.  Can't wait to share it with our little penguins.

We'll also do an activity where the children will get a chance to name and share the people in their family.  And yes, a little Jose Orozco poem.  It's just not a pre-k lesson until you bust out the Jose Orozco.

Week 6: Feelings, nothing more than feelings

Greetings Penguins,
Everyone has feelings, even tough old pirates!  We'll be reading Tough Boris by Mem Fox and talking about feelings.  We'll also spend some time describing ourselves.  Join us or walk the plank!

 You can expect your lesson to be in the children's native language for the first couple of months.  I'll switch to an alternating weekly schedule of English and Spanish at the beginning of November.  I feel this gives the children a chance to get the full complement of the library experience in their own language.

First Visit, for real this time!

Hello Penguins!
We really will have a little library time starting on Monday of next week. 
Let's add Curious George Visits the Library by H.A. Rey to our plans.  This is a wonderful classic that directly talks about how kids get all wiggly when they are listening to stories, I love it!

Change of Plans

Hello Penguins!
Looks like we've had a change in plans due to the dual language workshop so many teachers will be attending next week. 
We'll start library visits for students on September 19th. 
In the meantime,  please help yourselves to the wonderful materials in our library!

First Visit!

Hello!
I can't wait to start library visits with our Penguins next week!  We'll be talking about our library manners, learning a listening song and, of course, reading a story.
I've included the English and Spanish lyrics to the song in Pages, check the sidebar on the right.
Our story is Book Fiesta! by Pat Mora.

I hope everyone is settling in well and let me know if I can help in anyway.