Family Corner

Family Corner
Dear Parent,
Today BookSpring came to your child’s school with the Reading Is Fundamental program and
your child chose a gift book to keep forever! The theme of the day was Rhythm Readers.
Reading aloud to your child daily is a great way to instill a love of reading in your child, add to
your child’s vocabulary, and give him/her a head start when entering school. Have fun with these
suggested family activities!
Fun Fact:
“Experts in literacy and child development have discovered that if children know eight nursery rhymes by heart
by the time they’re four years old, they’re usually
among the best readers by the time they’re eight.” [Fox,
M. (2001). Reading Magic. San Diego, CA: Harcourt.]
Using Rhythm to Teach Language Skills
A popular way to help children to learn rhythm is with
clapping games—clap out a rhythm for your child and
make it progressively more challenging. Can he/she remember and clap the rhythm back to you?
Once your child is comfortable with this game, you can
show him/her how to determine how many syllables are
in a word by clapping the word. This will help children
when they enter school.
Example:
Pie—one clap/one syllable
Tur-key—two claps/two syllables
Cho-co-late—three claps/three syllables
Make Your Own
Maracas!
Supplies:
Plastic Easter egg(s)
Two plastic spoons for
each egg
Masking tape
Markers
Beans, rice, beads or
anything you would like to use to fill the
eggs—get creative!
Directions:
1. Fill the half egg(s) with beans, pebbles orrice.
2. Place the egg between the two spoons—
see picture above.
3. Decorate the masking tape with markers.
4. Tape the spoons securely around the egg.
5. Have fun making your own rhythm!
Community
Challenge:
Recommended Books
Over in the Meadow sung by Susan Reed
The Animal Boogie sung by Fred Penner
Commotion in the Ocean by Giles
Andreae
Spend an afternoon visiting a local museum—
how many rhythm/music influences can you
find?
Check out this website for some local
museums you can visit for free!
http://austin.about.com/od/
artsandentertainment/a/Free-Museums-InAustin.htm
www.bookspring.org
Rincón de familia
Estimados padres,
Hoy BookSpring vino a la escuala de su hijo con el programa de RIF (La lectura es fundamental) y su hijo escogi un libro gratis. El tema del d a fu “animales del zool gico”. Su
hijo aprendi sobre los nombres, sonidos, y colores del algunos animales, y tambi n lo
que hacen los trabajadores del zool gico. An mense a ayudar que su hijo siga aprendiendo m s cosas sobre los animales con libros, canciones, y juegos.
Leer con su hijo es la major manera de ayudalre a tener gusto de leer, de crecer su vocabulario, y de prepararlo para la escuela. Divi rtanse con stas actividades!
Dato curioso:
"Los expertos en alfabetización y desarrollo infantíl han
descubierto que los niños de cuatro años que se saben
por lo menos ocho canciones infantíles suélen ser los
mejores lectores de su grupo cuando llegan a la edad
de ocho años." [Fox, M. (2001). Lectura Magia. San
Diego, CA: Harcourt].
Pimpón
Reto para nuestra comunidad:
Libros Recomendados
Azul El Sombrero, Verde El Sombrero por Sandra Boynton
Cazaremos Un Leon por David Axtell
Pio! Peep! por Alma Flor Ada
Pase una tarde visitando un museo local, y
cuénte el número de influencias rítmicas o musicales que pueda encontrar.
Cinco Monitos Brincando en la cama por Eileen Christelow
Arroz con Leche por Lulu Delacre
Tortillitas para mama por Margot C. Griego
Eche un vistazo a esta página web para algunas locales de museos que se pueden visitar grátis! http://austin.about.com/od/
artsandentertainment/a/Free-Museums-In-Austin.htm