"March is Reading Month" 4th Weekly Schedule:
Allegan District Library:
Lapsit Storytime (0-2 year olds)- Tuesday, March 26th @ 10:30am
Preschool Storytime (3-4 year olds)- Thursday, March 28th @ 10:30am
Leighton Township Library:
Stories, Songs, & Crafts- Wednesday, March 27th @ 10:30am
Moving & Groving- Friday, March 29th @10:30am
Ransom District Library
Preschool Storytime with Miss Erin- Wednesday, March 27th @ 10:30am
Preschool Block Party- Thursday, March 28th @ 10:30am
Join Ann Arbor District Library’s crew of puppet pals as they recommend 2 new, interesting PICTURE BOOKS- https://youtu.be/p8rwzWyZPJg?si=0HYTt0nvDEwoTP2S
You can read along to Forty Winks at https://youtu.be/spPrC-0oFqc?si=zRacXnNt9s-dtelM
You can read along to Croc O' Clock at https://youtu.be/--G6uiH8N6I?si=wl7_e_dOZtMViMR2
Listen to Bears Don't Read by Emma Chichester Clark at https://youtu.be/_LINy7sizWk?si=7pBMcKTnncieJ_ls.
Talk about the importance of learning letters. When you put letters together, you make words. And when you put words together, you make stories!
Point to the BIG words with exclamation points and explain that when you say these words, you say them loudly. Examples include WAIT!, It's from the schooool!, BEAR! Freeze! Hands above your head! You're a gigantic, great grizzly bear! What's the matter? This is a dangerous animal! Stand Back!
Learn How to Make the Most of Your Local Library by reading WGVU PBS Kids for Parents' article at https://www.pbs.org/parents/thrive/how-to-make-the-most-of-your-local-library
TODAY (3/21) is our last "Let's Talk About Books" Play-and-Learn at Ransom District Library @ 10:30. *Each family will receive a free Dr. Seuss book to take home! Come join the fun ;)
TODAY (3/20) we have our 3rd "Let's Talk About Books" Play-and-Learn at Fennville District Library @ 11:30am. Come get a FREE Dr. Seuss book to take home!
Tomorrow (3/21) we have our last "Let's Talk About Books" Play-and-Learn at Ransom District Library @ 10:30.
Tomorrow (3/20) we have our 3rd "Let's Talk About Books" Play-and-Learn at Fennville District Library from 11:30am-12:30pm. *Each family will receive a FREE Dr. Seuss book to take home! See you there ;)
If you have a child turning 3 or 4 years old before September 1st, you can sign them up for free or tuition-based preschool by filling out a form at hmgallegan.org or calling 269-512-7775.
March is Reading Month" 3rd Weekly Schedule:
Allegan District Library:
Lapsit Storytime (0-2 year olds)- Tuesday, March 19th @ 10:30am
Preschool Storytime (3-4 year olds)- Thursday, March 21st @ 10:30am
Fennville District Library:
"Let's Talk About Books" Play-and-Learn- Tuesday, March 19th @ 11:30am *Each family will receive a free Dr. Seuss book to take home!
Stories and Songs Event (0-5 year olds)- Thursday, March 21st @ 10:30am @ Fennville City Hall
Leighton Township Library:
Stories, Songs, & Crafts- Wednesday, March 20th @ 10:30am
Moving & Groving- Friday, March 22nd @10:30am
Ransom District Library
Preschool Storytime with Miss Erin- Wednesday, March 6th @ 10:30am
"Let's Talk About Books" Play-and-Learn- Thursday, March 21st @ 10:30am *Each family will receive a free Dr. Seuss book to take home!
Make time to read and listen to books with your child every day. You can listen to Tom and Pippo Read A Story by Helen Oxendine at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtQfhRFppzw.
Check out WGVU PBS reading lists for children to help encourage your little one to continue reading/looking at books all month long- https://www.pbs.org/parents/read/booklists
Check out WGVU PBS's reading games for kids at https://pbskids.org/games/reading/. If kids are going to play video games, why not work on their reading skills at the same time.
Listen to Reading Makes You Feel Good by Todd Parr and point out onomatopoeia words, which are "sounds" in stories & illustrations like "Grr", "Meow", "EeOHa", "Quack Quack". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpXsX1pLleU
Brett Meltzer reads his book I am Albert Einstein at https://youtu.be/0yoUOrdcoiE?si=noSI0zK7wZVfMDWX. Talk with your child about how being different is AMAZING! Life would be so boring if we all looked or did the same thing.
TODAY (3/12) we have TWO "Let's Talk About Books" Play-and-Learns at Dorr Township Library (0-5 year olds) and Allegan District Library (0-2 year olds) from 10:30-11:30am. *Each family will receive a FREE Dr. Seuss book to take home! Come join the fun ;)
Tomorrow (3/12) we have TWO "Let's Talk About Books" Play-and-Learns at Dorr Township Library (0-5 year olds) and Allegan District Library (0-2 year olds) from 10:30-11:30am. *Each family will receive a FREE Dr. Seuss book to take home! See you there ;)
"March is Reading Month" 2nd Weekly Schedule:
Allegan District Library:
"Let's Talk About Books" Play-n-Learn/Lapsit Storytime (0-2 year olds)- Tuesday, March 12th @ 10:30am *Each family will receive a free Dr. Seuss book to take home!
Preschool Storytime (3-4 year olds)- Thursday, March 14th @ 10:30am
Dorr Township Library:
"Let's Talk About Books" Play-n-Learn- Tuesday, March 12th @ 10:30-11:30am
*Each family will receive a free Dr. Seuss book to take home!
Leighton Township Library:
Stories, Songs, & Crafts- Wednesday, March 13th @ 10:30am
Moving & Groving- Friday, March 15th @10:30am
Ransom District Library
Preschool Storytime with Miss Erin- Wednesday, March 13th @ 10:30am
Preschool Art workshop- Thursday, March 14th @ 10:30
If you have a child turning 3 or 4 years old before September 1st, you can sign them up for free or tuition-based preschool by filling out a form at hmgallegan.org or calling 269-512-7775.
Listen to Otto the Book Bear by Katie Cleminson with your child at https://youtu.be/rfu0dhNkGeM?si=lP9AD1VzxNyNHE0n. Point out Otto's moving boxes labeled "removals" to show how illustrators include "words" in pictures too!
Listen to author Meena Harris read her book Ambitious Girl and encourage your child to be AMBITIOUS!!! https://youtu.be/_x3h_JvRK5o?si=Y_8KJEby7tknj8pr
