Best Reading Practices for Parents

And...Lily's Ideal Bookshelf

6/26/2016

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And, what would the Ideal bookshelf posts be without Liliana's ideal bookshelf list. Here is her list at the moment. Remember, she's three so she revisits this list often. Every few weeks we talk about this bookshelf and if anything needs to be added to it or removed from it.

Without further adieu...

1. Puff, the Magic Dragon

Hands down her favorite. Liliana loves the song, she loves the pictures, she loves Peter Yarrow.

She recognizes when it becomes the sad part of the book and then reminds herself that she's had friends move away and it all ends up okay.

I think she personally identifies with Puff and uses the book as an emotional tool.

Books can do that for you - give you language and help you feel better about being lonesome sometimes.

2. Chester's Way

Let's be honest, Lily likes this book because there is a wackadoodle character named Lilly in the book.

She loves this book which makes my heart smile because I LOVE Kevin Henkes.

This book is about a duo who does everything together and are not very nice to new girl, Lilly. But when Lilly saves the day, they all become fast friends.

Kevin Henkes does a great job showing how to positively change a situation and even has a bullying episode in the book without giving away language that the bully would use (we don't need to model that in our reading with kids).

3. The Kissing Hand

This is such a sweet tale and I have a hunch Liliana likes this book because it makes me melt.

Little Chester raccoon (no relationship to the above book) is going to school and is nervous. I used to read this book to little kids on the first day of school so they were reminded that their parents loved them, even though they were in class with me.

Chester raccoon even has a sweet surprise for his mother.

4. Swatch

I've written about this book before. So what else is there to say?

Strong female character, beautiful use of color, great vocabulary in the book.

Lily seems to know the book by heart. We read it every week consistently.

5. Knuffle Bunny

Liliana likes this book because it's something she can relate to. We live in Brooklyn which is where this book is set. We do our laundry in a laundry room and she helps out. She's even had to wash her favorite stuffed animals before (although never lost them like Trixie does).

I love the illustrations meshing with real life photography work and the story is sweet.

6. Corduroy

This one came out of left-field. I did not hype this book at all. But here it is (and for the record, I do like Don Freeman books, especially Dandelion).

Secretly, I think she wishes she could go to the store and buy her very own stuffed animal too!

7. The Illustrated Compendium of Amazing Animal Facts

This book has it all - animals, peeing, pooping and real learning.

Liliana's favorite fact?

Flamingoes pee on themselves to cool themselves off.

Who knew?!

Even better, the author is releasing a pack of postcards in the Fall. Goes great with the tip on writing postcards!

Enjoy!

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Quick Literacy Tip: Sing Out Loud

4/13/2016

Photo Credit: Lori Cannava

I was reminded of this tip tonight. After I our little girl climbed into bed and was situated with her millions of stuffed animals and tucked in just right, and I left her to slumber, I heard her over the monitor, "I need a lullaby."

So, I went back to her room and sang her a song.

Singing and reading are a lot alike. Even for big kids.

It's calming. It's lyrical. It has cadence. It has meaning. It helps make meaning. It's expressive.

Singing is after all, is reading with a tune.

Gift Guide: Books That Sing

4/12/2016

Singing books are some of our favorites. I quickly re-learned Baby Beluga from my childhood because Liliana loved the song so much; then, we found the book and our lives were complete. Puff the Magic Dragon is another current favorite and I find that the picture book really adds something to the original song (don't worry, no reference made to the popular adult meanings attached to the song!).

Books set to songs are great books to have around if you want to mix up your reading routine and teach your little one a song or two. Songs are great ways to bond together - read together, sing together, rhyme together, learn together, have fun together!

I've rounded up a few of our favorites. I've also included links to the YouTube recordings of the songs, done by their artists in case you want to listen.

1. Wheels on the Bus

Raffi is a huge favorite in our house. Maybe it's because I grew up with him, but Liliana just loves almost all of his songs.

The books are great additions and as your reader gets older, you can track the words to the song so your child can match printed words with sung words.

Baby Beluga and Down by the Bay are fantastic companions to Wheels on the Bus.

Need to hear it?
Wheels on the Bus sung by Raffi

2. Sing a Song

The song made popular by Sesame Street...and The Carpenters.

The start of this book is just pictures, no words. And, so we were surprised when partway through the book, the words start flowing.

The song is simple and slow. The message is affirming for children. It's a really good feel-good song.

Tom Lichtenheld has won awards for his illustrations - this book is beautiful.

Need to hear it?
Sing a Song by The Carpenters

3. What a Wonderful World

My daughter LOVES this book and song. Louis Armstrong reminds her of Cookie Monster. She first heard this song and saw the book in music class.

The teachers tell me that it's a perennial favorite - for parents and kids alike.

Need to hear it?
What a Wonderful World spoken to music by Louis Armstrong

4. Take Me Out to the Ballgame

If you're a baseball fan, this is a must. The book goes through the song 3 times. There is some story, but really the point is to learn the song.

Lily had it down within a few reads of the book. She loves the pictures and so will bring this book and start singing to me every other day at least.

Need to hear it?
Take Me Out to the Ball Game sung by Carly Simon

5. Riding in my Car

Cars? Dogs? What more could you want?

This book is adorable. The dogs in the car go on a road trip through America. It has lift-flaps to name America's treasures. And Dogs. And cars.

The video is also really well done. You could play it and flip the pages as you read/sing this book with your kids.

Need to Hear It?
Riding in my Car sung by Woody Guthrie

Enjoy!

Potty Training Help!

4/9/2016

If only they knew what to do...

I've been asked for this list so many times, it's time to share it worldwide (or to whoever lands here). Potty training is so much fun, I thought you'd like reading about it with your kid too! We started with the P is for Potty because Liliana loved Elmo so much but that's not every kid. The first two on the list are still well-read in our house because Liliana just loves them - even though she's way past the training phase. I just read Pottytime Chickies before naptime today!

Our tried and true list:

1. Where's the Poop?

What could be more fun than finding the poop..in a book. It's a fantastically funny lift-flap book that goes through animal parents asking their animal kids if they've pooped that day.

And then yep! You get to find it under the different flaps. The best part - it ends with a kid pooping on the potty.

It's really a fun read and one Liliana still asks to read.

2. Pottytime Chickies

Pottytime Chickies, fun, fun, fun! Hop on the potty and get the job done.

This book is so rhythmic to read that I find myself saying the phrases to Liliana even still when she needs to at least try to go.

Liliana calls it her laughing book because it's just so funny. The chickies go through sequences of what not to do in the potty and then they finally get it right!

3. Potty

This book has very simple, kid language with illustrations to match.

This book was one of the earlier ones we tried to explain the concept and it works well as a picture book for that purpose.

4. The Potty Book for Boys

This book has more text than Potty, so if you have an older kid learning to use the toilet, this is the book for you.

The nice thing about this book is that it lets kids know that there will be accidents - and that's okay. That you just try and try again. This is not a task to give up on.

It's a gentle, explanatory introduction to using the bathroom.

5. Time to Pee

As a former Sesame Street writer, Mo Willems knows kids.

This book is simple and a great introductory book. And bonus, it comes with stickers.

Our daughter didn't get the sticker chart/reward thing, but she LOVED the stickers anyway.

6. Potty Superhero

I didn't have to potty train a boy...but this book is the counterpart to Big Girl Panties, for boys.

This book also shows an accident, which is super common, so it's nice that the book is realistic.

It's a short, rhyming book that will get the initial point across. Plus, there's a superhero! And a dog!

7. Big Girl Panties

I hate the word panties and wondered why it was necessary in the title of this book.

It's so it can rhyme with aunties.

That seemed useful enough and Lily really liked this book. Plus, it got her in the mood for thinking about what kind of undies she would like to wear. The answer: Dinosaur undies, duh!

Enjoy (and good luck)!

Great Goodnight Books...And Go To Sleep

4/7/2016

I recently had a friend ask me for more goodnight book suggestions for her toddler and I'll be honest, I thought this was going to be an easier list to put together than it actually was. She sent me what she currently reads including Pajama Time, Llama Llama Nighty Night and Good Night New York and I sent her a few quick suggested additions to her nighttime routine. Then I went about looking at any new goodnight books that were on the bookshelves that I may have missed.

Let's start with some background. Almost every parent knows the book Goodnight Moon. Not everyone loves it, but let's talk about why it is so popular. Because it's important - a lot of goodnight books are derivative of Goodnight Moon.

Margaret Wise Brown, through her research, learned that kids were very interested in the "here and now". And so, that was what her storytelling became. Simple settings, simple kid language with cadence that is based upon familiar routines.

This was a book revolution! So much so, that the New York Public Library didn't circulate the book until 26 years after its initial publication.

The book became popular through word of mouth. It lulled your 2 year old to sleep (and maybe you, but the 2 year old was the important one). So parents recommended it to other parents and its popularity increased. Now it's a goodnight staple in many households. The Here and Now storytelling method became a mainstay. Again, the important part here - It puts your kid to sleep.

At bedtime, sometimes you want books that are relaxing but are also fun to read during other times of your day or are a different take on bedtime than the Here and Now. So, I went on a search for other goodnight books that are fun to read at bedtime, will slow down the day for a few minutes but may also provide some text complexity or imagination to your bedtime routine. This list is especially useful for the toddler set - 2 years old and older.

Goodnight Books

1. Steam Train, Dream Train 1-2-3

Like trains? Try out Steam Train, Dream Train 1-2-3 by the same authors as Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site.

It's a cute counting bedtime story, loading the train up with animals that will go to sleep.

I actually like it better than Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site.

2. Trashy Town

This is an American Library Association recommended book for toddlers' libraries.

It details Mr. Gilly, the trash collector's journey through Trashy Town. Just when the repetitive nature gets to be a bit much, the author changes course. After he cleans up, the only thing left to clean is Mr. Gilly.

This is a good book to wind down, or read before bath time.

The author based this book on her own son's interest in the garbage truck going around town and I usually find that parent-written books are extra relatable. Liliana loves this one.

3. Mother, Mother, I Want Another

This book made me laugh. It highlights the struggles parents feel when getting their little ones to bed. They will do anything, including, getting another mother.

The mother frantically searches for another mother to put her mouse to sleep but the book hinges on its playful language from the toddler mouse, who just wants another...kiss. Not another mother!

You'll get a laugh and an extra goodnight kiss out of this one.

Books that Wind Down the Day

1. Stars

In time for poetry month, this is a lyrically written book by an award-winning author and a Caldecott winning illustrator.

Perfect for winding down the day and relaxing. It's also a great book if you have a star, night-sky lover.

This book captures the awe we feel when we look up into the nighttime sky.

2. Hippos go Berserk!

For all of you Sandra Boynton lovers, this is a good book to supplement her other goodnight books.

One hippo all alone, calls another on the phone. Once all of the hippos arrive, there is a party! But every party must end, and they all start to go home.

What's interesting in this book? You count up to 9 and back down, meeting 44 hippos along the way (you are left with the original hippo). She does the math for you, but you could do it later if you wanted.

3. The Wonderful Things You Will Be

Emily Winfield Martin is an artist who wrote a book...actually a few. Her illustrations are dreamy and the story is affirming for any young child.

The drawings are filled with imagination and the words are calming and relaxing.

4. Waiting

Kevin Henkes' newest book won the Theodore Geisel award for little readers. The book focuses on the trinkets little kids find and keep - and what they're waiting for.

5. Owl Moon

A perennial favorite and with rich text, this is a story of a father taking his child owling. The story is full of patience, paced words and beautiful pictures. Jane Yolen knows how to tell a story.

Enjoy!

Quick Literacy Tip: Postcards

3/30/2016

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Remember sending postcards as a kid? I used to love sending postcards when we went on vacations or even better, receiving them in the mail. Who doesn't love getting mail?!

Liliana and I were in Dallas this past weekend and we visited the zoo. As souvenirs, I put pictures up from the trip in her picture frames instead of getting tchotchkes. And as something fun to do, we always get postcards to send. Liliana has a lot to say (always) so she thought it was great when I told her postcards are a way of "telling stories" to other people who live far away.

Plus, writing postcards is a quick way to get literacy into your day and works for little kids all the way up to big kids!

Reading and Science: Butterflies

3/24/2016

I did not start as an education major way back when. I started as a science major and my love for science still runs deep. When I switched gears into education, I looked for every way I could bring science and reading together.

Let's take a commonly used activity to teach life cycles and marry it with some quality children's literature. Here's how you can easily put butterflies, outside and reading together.

"Release the Butterflies" party day

There can be different goals for your kids here, depending on their ages. If you have specific questions about this, feel free to email me.

For toddlers, you want them to experience life and see systems as inter-connected (flowers, butterflies, outside).

For older kids, you want them to understand the life cycle and the role butterflies play as pollenators in our environment.

Either way, you can make this science and reading intersection as in-depth as you want and as fun as you want!

1. You will need a butterfly kit.

We used the butterfly kit from Insect Lore, which you can purchase here. Everything came intact and we had no problems with the kit itself.

2. You will need some butterfly books!

There are some well-known fan favorite books like The Very Hungry Caterpillar that are good to have on hand, but we can get more specifically into the science of butterflies too. The books below are a good starter pack for understanding butterflies from toddlers, on up.

The Thomas Marent Butterfly book is filled with photography that is detailed and very engaging to look at. Liliana loved looking at this book over and over again. Gail Gibbons' book does a great job diving in to the butterfly life and is migration patterns.

3. Make Observations about your butterflies.

This takes 5 minutes of your day. If you have a toddler, you will be making the observations and leading the conversation. If you have an elementary aged student, they can make the observations.
Most importantly, you are looking for metamorphosis with the butterflies.

Keep track of your observations, just like scientists would! You are running a butterfly experiment. Some observations you might want to watch are, how quickly it takes the caterpillars to cocoon themselves, how long they are cocooned and what they eat once they've emerged as butterflies.

4. Release your butterflies!

When our butterflies were ready to be released, we went to our garden for our release party. We had lunch outside, brought flowers (for fun) and colored in paper butterflies. We made it an event!

When you release your butterflies, just know that there might be one or two stragglers and that's okay. They won't all immediately leave the netted area. For us, it took just about 45 minutes for all of the butterflies to leave the "nest".

5. Keep reading about butterflies and making observations.

Keep your butterfly books out for your child to continue reading. Often times, kids want to relive fun memories through books. They will connect their experience with the books you used while you had your butterfly kit. Leave them out and let your kids peruse.

And, keep making observations for conversation. When you see butterflies out and about, point them out excitedly. If you are excited, your kid will be too.

We are looking forward to doing another round of butterflies this year and will add to our butterfly book arsenal.

If you have any specific questions about doing a butterfly kit or have questions on books that go well for a certain age, or your child specifically, please reach out. I'm happy to answer specific questions!

Enjoy!

Gift Giving Guide: Books for the Artist

3/23/2016

I bought a new book the other day. It had a beautiful cover and I liked the colors. I knew my art-loving daughter would love it too. Even though she's small, she is fascinated with paints and colors and what she can do with them. Painting and coloring are tactile experiences that feel good to her. Reading about them, by extension, feels good for her too.

On this particular afternoon though, Liliana was itching to play with her farm animals and I was itching to do anything else. So, I grabbed a stack of books and started by reading the new art book to myself (out loud) on the couch.

She kept playing, but slowly made her way to me on the couch. And, by mid-book, she was sitting right on top of me smashing her face into the book looking at the beautiful illustrations. By the time I was finished, she wanted me to read it again. And again.

If you have an artist in your life, this book guide is for you!

For your young artist:

1. Swatch: The Girl Who Loved Color

This book is already well-read and loved in the 3 days that we've had it.

The illustrations are beautiful, the writing flows but doesn't rhyme. It is poetry.

Little kids will gravitate toward the pictures and remember the story.

The author uses some really great vocabulary (whirling and masterpiece!) and you can talk about your kids' masterpieces afterward.

2. Hands: Growing Up to Be An Artist

This book does something other picture books don't - it combines memoir and art for kids.

Lois Ehlert writes about her childhood and how she watched her parents work with their hands to make art.

This is one of my favorites to read to my young artist, especially since Ms. Ehlert talks about more than just painting.

3. I'm The Best Artist in the Ocean

This is an adorable story about a squid who can paint! He paints in different styles and on different canvases, in the ocean.

It's a bigger book, so easy to see the pictures and words. This book is a sequel to I'm the Biggest Thing in the Ocean and if you explain the word masterpiece to your kids before reading, then this book is one big joke at the end.

For your elementary aged artist:

1. Artist to artist

If I had to pick just one book to get a budding artist, it would be this one.

Twenty-three illustrators write letters to the reader. The letters are personal and accompanied by the artist's work. There are also pictures of the artists at work. It's a rare look into an illustrator's life. But, it's also conversational, intimate and pretty cool to read.

I can't say enough good things about this book. It really is a great book to have in your arsenal if you've got an artist on your hands.

2. The Noisy Paint Box

As kids get older, they can start reading about specific artists. This book delves into Vasily Kandinsky's artwork.

Young Vasily is amazed when he can hear the colors as music while he paints and he never forgets that feeling.

After studying with others, he can't forget his own ability to hear the colors and always returns to his own style of abstract art.

Making a great companion to this book are Kandinsky postcards to send. Quick tip - Send a postcard!

3. ish

At some point, we have all experienced embarrassment about our art. The little boy in this book is no different. When his older brother teases him about his drawing, he doesn't want to do it anymore.

It takes Ramon's sister, Marisol, to show him how to cradle his creativity and let it grow.

This book might re-kindle a love of art or start one anew. It's certainly a confidence builder.

For your older artist:

1. Inside the Painter's Studio

Joe Fig takes you inside various artist's studios so you can take a real-life peek at what a studio looks like.

There is a conversational tone to this book as he asks the different artists about their process. They share their work, their process and their art.

This book is wonderful for an artist who wants to see what it's really like to be an artist everyday.

2. Art that Changed the World

As kids get older, art becomes more of a living, breathing, conversation piece. They might start asking questions that you don't know the answers to - that's great! That's where critical thinking is showing its face.

This book discusses what happened when a piece of art was created or found. How did it affect the world? Or the people viewing it?

This book marries critical thinking, art and reading.

3. Painting and Sculpture at the MoMA

For a bigger kid, it is worth it to have a book of just artwork from a major museum.

This book presents the entirety of the MoMA's collection - paintings, sculptures and installations - page by page. Some of the most famous and recognizable paintings are in this book including Starry Night, Dance I, The Persistence of Memory and other famous paintings.

And lastly, if you have or know a kid who loves art, make sure to check out the very helpful blog, The Artful Parent.

Go inspire Reading and Art together!

Reading Books With No Words

3/21/2016

Reading books with no words can be incredibly liberating. Here's Why.

Illustrations are stories unto themselves. When you strip a book of its words, you are free to decide the story for yourself, time and again.

Consider this. You have more than one kid with you. One kid is big, one kid is small and you. And you need something to do to keep everyone occupied. Books without pictures are perfect for this situation since everyone can access the text - there are no words!

I've used true picture only books with middle schoolers and upper elementary school students with great success. Often, they are hesitant at first but once they trust that you're not going to tell they are wrong, they can get really into it. Journey is my favorite with older kids.

You can read and make-up the story as you go with a few kids at a time or you can let the oldest tell the smallest a story based upon the pictures. Or my personal favorite, the role reversal, let the littlest one of them all be the storyteller for everyone else.

Picture only books are also fantastic at allowing for revisionist storytelling. Kids will want to tell their stories immediately again because they thought of new and better details to add. They are drafting out loud. This kind of picture book fosters a sense of collaboration since everyone can contribute. It's inclusive and makes you feel safe. And, everyone wants their story to be heard.

Every story is correct as long as its based on the pictures. Storytelling with no words encourages risk-taking, inventiveness and fun! You will be surprised at how proud everyone is when they are finished telling their story.

Here are a few of our favorites (you are also welcome to click on the pictures above):

Flashlight: Liliana's favorite. This book is great to read with an actual flashlight (with a toddler, bigger kids won't want that prop). This is a great bedtime book that explores what happens outside the comfort of your tent (or house, apartment, you get the gist).
Journey: One of my all-time favorite books. This is a Caldecott Honor book about a child who escapes her room into her own fantasyland by drawing a door on her wall. It has wisps of The Chronicles of Narnia and Alice in Wonderland and could spark a great conversation about what you'd imagine your world to be if you got to create it. And, why is it called Journey?
Tuesday: Also a Caldecott winner, this book has vivid pictures that you can look at time and time again. Enjoy telling stories about frogs on their lily pads and what they see!
Lion and the Mouse: This particular book is fantastic, not only because of its stunning drawings, but also because it is a clear adaptation of an Aesop fable. If you are looking for a lead-in to a book with words, or a book that connects, this book clearly is a companion toAesop's Fables.

Enjoy!

Curious Books for the Curious Toddler

1/27/2016

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Curiosity killed the cat but....

Satisfaction brought it back.

And I have a few friends with toddlers who want to know...

What books are there to spark curiosity - to encourage it, nurture it, grow it, especially for little learners?

Little kids are interested in everything. So the short answer is, keep doing what you're doing - exposing them to new things, getting outside, reading new stories, enjoying different experiences, foods and people.

But, there are books that can encourage wonder and building things and nurturing ideas. And some of these books are my favorite picture books for adults, too.

Here is a list to get you started.

1. The Most Magnificent Thing

A tale of a little girl who wants to build something. She has something very particular in mind and when she starts building, she realizes that she did not build what she thought she did.

She gets frustrated, but keeps trying, trying and trying.

This is a great book of scientific process, drafting and re-drafting until you get to what you want - and it might not be what you had in mind to begin with!

2. Swatch, The Girl Who Loved Color

Still one of our favorites. This book has BEAUTIFUL color included and even makes me want to be an artist of sorts.

It's an inspiring book of collecting things (toddlers can relate), communicating, compromising and making masterpieces as a result.

3. What Do You Do With an Idea?

One of the sweetest and important stories about the idea of an....idea.

The book is a bit meta - but I find that this is missing in a lot of children's books. Kids ask a lot of why questions and this one provides parents the appropriate language to talk about a seemingly nebulous topic - ideas.

What are ideas? Are they alive? Do they grow? Do they die? What DO you do with an idea?

This is one of my favorites for adults too.

4. Let's Go to the Hardware Store

It's no secret - I love going to hardware stores.

It's because I view hardware stores as a place to get ideas, build things with your hands, find tangible projects and let your mind wander. It's another version of an art store.

So, I was thrilled to see this book come out and even more thrilled to see the illustration of a breastfeeding mama at the end of the book when her kids come back from the hardware store.

5. Rosie Revere, Engineer

This is one in a series of other books and highlights the successes to be found in using the scientific process to solve problems. Featuring a young girl and her inventor aunt, this book focuses on the positive in experimenting and building upon it.

6. What To Do With a Box

From Jane Yolen (author of Owl Moon), comes a book about every kid's favorite present - a box.

Kids pretty much know what to do with a box but adults need to be reminded. This book is really good for that and makes you want to find lots of boxes so you can make cool stuff.

7. Zero

Kathryn Otoshi talks about numbers in a way that other children's authors haven't.

She personifies numbers which makes it relatable to little kids and they genuinely want to know how the number resolves its problem of feeling empty inside.

A great way to start a conversation about the mathematical value of numbers. She has also written One and Two.

Other books to add to your curious library:

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And...Lily's Ideal Bookshelf

Quick Literacy Tip: Sing Out Loud

Gift Guide: Books That Sing

Potty Training Help!

Great Goodnight Books...And Go To Sleep

Goodnight Books

Books that Wind Down the Day

Quick Literacy Tip: Postcards

Reading and Science: Butterflies

Gift Giving Guide: Books for the Artist

Reading Books With No Words

Curious Books for the Curious Toddler

Curiosity killed the cat but....

Satisfaction brought it back.

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