New Beginnings

Welcome Lucy Read Penguins!
We are going to have a wonderful school year!
For our first round of library visits we are going to focus on book care. To help our discussion we will read The Wonderful Book by Leonid Gore.
This is a story of what different animals do with a book they have found in the forest. A rabbit uses it for shelter, a bear thinks it is a hat, a family of hungry mice use it for a table, and so the story continues. A little boy finally arrives and shows them what is really to be done with a book. Preschoolers are super smart because they knew what books were for all along!
This is a wonderful way for outlining what you can do with books, and what you shouldn't do with books.

Reading is Fundamental!

It's that wonderful time of year when all children should...
GET A FREE BOOK!!
We participate in the BookSpring Reading is Fundamental program and it's time for our second distribution. We are so happy to send our students home with a brand new book to keep and enjoy.

Fairy Tales Can be Grimm!

Hello Lucy Readers!
We just finished reading Hansel and Gretel by the Brothers Grimm. Our version was adapted by Elisabet Abeyá. It included some of the stuff that can be found in traditional tales; a wicked witch, unfair and unreasonable characters, and a happy ending. Most of all, it included protagonists that refuse to give up when things get really tough. That's what I point out to my students first and foremost.

Imagine that!

Books inspire our imagination! Books about imagination really inspire our imagination!!
We'll be sharing several books that are sure to take us to new heights!

Cloud Boy * Niño Nube by Rhode Montijo is a story about a lonely cloud that uses his artistry to not be so lonely.

Si Yo Fuese Muy Delgado by Antonio Mota describes all of the things the main character would do if he was very thin!

A Mouse Told His Mother by Bethany Roberts delights us with sweet exchange at bedtime between a creative little mouse and his practical mother.

And finally, we will read Stuck by Oliver Jeffers. It's a hilarious story about a boy trying to knock his stuck kite out of a tree...at all costs!

No Place for Hate at LRPK!

Lucy Read participates in AISD's No Place for Hate campaign. No Place for Hate^®  was developed by the Anti-Defamation League to organize schools to work together and develop projects that enhance the appreciation of diversity and foster harmony amongst diverse groups.

We always try to promote kindness and compassion in our students. Our campus makes that a little easier to understand by encouraging our preschoolers to fill each others' "buckets" with kind words and helpful actions. We'll read How Full Is Your Bucket? For Kids by Tom Rath and Mary Reckmeyer.

Reading is Fundamental!

Hello Lucy Readers,
We'll enjoy our first Reading Is Fundamental distribution of the year starting Nov. 10th!
BookSpring's RIF program is working to ensure that all children have access to books. It motivates young children to read by working with them, their parents, and community members to make reading a fun and beneficial part of everyday life.
Every child will get to take home a book...for keeps!! Hooray!! 

The theme for this distribution is  "Teddy Bears!" We'll enjoy a reading, or rereading of Goldilocks and the Three Bears and We're Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen

Falling in love with Autumn!

Hello Lucy Readers,
We've been talking about the important changes we see in the fall.





Let's Look at Autumn by Sarah Schuette

 

and Animals in the Fall by Martha Rustad

will help us learn more about that topic.  We'll talk about the important characteristics of non-fiction books: they help us learn information, they usually have photos instead of illustrations, and they have built in guides to help you find what you're looking for.