Library Services for Preschool Teachers
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While many of our regular services are on hold for the summer, please still feel free to reach out! We're here to support whatever teaching needs you may have. Call us at 815-385-0036, email us, or contact us through our online form, and select whichever service you need from the drop-down subject menu.
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Preschool Services Steffanie Baseley Early Literacy Specialist Jessie Hume Early Literacy Specialist Lesley Jakacki Youth Services Manager
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All of us at the McHenry Public Library would like to thank you for everything you are doing to keep things going during this challenging time! Here are a few ways we can assist you and your students during these months of virtual learning. We have created a list of remote storytime resources. We have storytimes, tutorials, and crafts in both English and Spanish available on our YouTube page! We release new videos regularly. We are sharing helpful posts and links on our Facebook page. Make sure to follow us for regular updates. We are offering a temporary e-library card to use our digital library! Simply follow this link. Make sure to hit "register now" to get started! We are serving free lunch at the library every Monday-Friday from 12:00-1:00 pm during the summer, beginning 6/1 and ending 8/14. Lunches can be picked up from the north parking lot - look for the banner! Meals are provided by the Northern Illinois Food Bank for children 18 and under. For a copy of our flyer, please visit the links below! English flyer: Spanish flyer:
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According to Every Child Ready to Read, children become aware that printed letters stand for spoken words as they see print used in their daily lives. Although writing is a skill that takes time for a child to learn, they begin practicing at a young age when using fine and gross motor skills. Ways to make writing a part of you and your child's day: - Write down your child's name and point out the sound of the first letter.
- Have your child draw a picture and tell you about it. Add a new word or two to what they are saying.
- Allow your child to scribble, draw shapes, and write letters. Write your very own book together!
- Practice fine motor skills by providing the child with Cheerios or macaroni and encourage them to lace them on string or yarn.
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Let's Learn About. . Gardening
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Great reads available through Hoopla
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We are the gardeners
by Joanna Gaines
A young family learns to grow a garden, describing how they prepared the soil, watered their plants, dealt with the animals who invaded their garden, and how all their hard work finally paid off as they harvested vegetables and flowers.
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There's a pest in the garden!
by Jan Thomas
When a pest arrives in the garden and begins eating all the vegetables, Duck hatches a wacky plan to save the day in a lighthearted reader that reinforces early skills through engaging text, rowdy repetitions and uproarious characters.
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Flower garden
by Eve Bunting
Helped by her father, a young girl prepares a flower garden as a birthday surprise for her mother.
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Up in the garden and down in the dirt
by Kate Messner
Up in the garden, the world is full of green--leaves and sprouts, growing vegetables, ripening fruit. But down in the dirt there is a busy world of earthworms digging, snakes hunting, skunks burrowing, and all the other animals that make a garden their home. In this exuberant book, discover the wonder and activity that lie hidden between the stalks, under the shade of leaves . . . and down in the dirt.
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Planting a rainbow
by Lois Ehlert
A mother and child plant a rainbow of flowers in the family garden.
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Need An Action Rhyme? Little seed in the ground (crouch down on the floor) Sitting so still (stay crouching) Little seed, will you sprout? Yes, I will! (jump up) Need A Song? (Sung to: "Farmer in the Dell") The farmer sows his seeds. The farmer sows his seeds. Hi Ho the dairy-o, The farmer sows his seeds. Other verses: The rain begins to fall... The sun begins to shine... The seeds begin to grow... The plants grow big and tall... The farmer cuts his corn... And now the harvest is on...
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Looking for a fun activity to try with things you already have in your home? This science experiment goes perfectly with the book The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle. Look around at the fruits and vegetables that you have in your home. Cut them open to find, discuss, and eat the seeds! You can also talk about the fruits and vegetables that have seeds that we do not eat (fruits with pits, apples, oranges, peppers, etc.). You can find this activity and more at the website Teach Beside Me.
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