Thursday, November 8, 2007

ECRR Concept of the Week (11/8/07)

Phonological Awareness - Singing songs is a good way to help your child hear syllables in words. In most songs, each syllable in a word gets a different note.

Example: During my morning storytime we read Lois Ehlert's "Eating the Alphabet". While reading the book, everyone discussed thier favorite fruits and vegetables. We went through the book and found some fruits and vegetables that were common and then we found some that were not so common. I found a song that emphasized the fruit or vegetable of each child's choice and everyone enjoyed singing about their favorite fruit or vegetable.

Fruits & Vegetables Are Good For Me
Sung to: Oh McDonald Had a Farm

Fruits are very good for me E I E I O
And so I eat them happily E I E I O
With a banana here, a banana there, here a banana, there a banana
everywhere bananas
Fruits are very good for me E I E I O.
*Extra Tip: It is also a good idea to have color pictures of the frutis and vegetables you are singing about.

~April Green -Youth Service Specialist SW Branch of the Catawba County Library System.