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Homework Help: Preschool
Early Literacy
Get Read to Read!
Read
Read together every day, even if it's only for a few minutes! Repeating the same story over and over is fine, and lots of children love to revisit their favorites! Reading with your child teaches helps them develop an early love of books and learning, in addition to teaching children how a book works (words on the page mean something, English words read left to right, how to turn pages, etc.)
Talk
Talk to your child throughout the day! The more words your child hears the better! Point out what you're seeing, talk about what you're doing together, and ask lots of questions. Remember if you're asking questions give your child plenty of time to respond!
Sing
Sing songs and nursery rhymes! Rhymes help your child learn new words and to develop their listening and memory skills. Singing can also help your child remember routines like getting ready for bed or washing their hands.
Write
Encourage scribbles! Keep paper and crayons somewhere for your child to practice. Scribbling and drawing helps your child develop the fine motor skills they'll need to write letters in the future, in addition to teaching them that marks on pages have meaning.
Play
Have fun together! Playtime helps children learn important language and social skills!
Caregiver Tools
- Parent/Caregiver Resources in Developmental Phase
Research has shown that supporting the healthy development of a child right from the start promotes significant educational, social, and financial benefits for children, as well as for their communities.
Launchpad Tablets
- Take Home a Tablet!
The newest in juvenile learning technology, these heavy-duty, kid-friendly tablets are for children aged 3-8 years old. Each tablet features a different theme, and ten different apps to educate, engage and entertain the youngest library user at an age appropriate level. They are also built to last, with tough plastic cases and rubber bumpers. Our LaunchPads go our for two weeks, one per family.
Online Resources
To access these resources, you'll need a Moffat Library card handy!
Don't have a card? Sign up for one online here: https://moffatlibrary.org/library-card-sign-up/
- Miss Humblebee's Academy - Washingtonville
Miss Humblebee's Academy is an award-winning, online and offline curriculum that prepares children ages 2 to 6 for kindergarten
Funded by the Moffat Library.
CLICK TO ACCESS FROM HOME:
- FactCite: The Lincoln Library Online
Includes:
Biographies for Beginners: Illustrated biographies written especially for beginning and striving readers.
Shapers of Society: 101 men and women who shaped our world. Over 1,000 illustrations.
Sports Champions: 700 inspiring stories with 1,500 illustrations of athletes from all sports.
U.S. & World Biography: 10,000 biographies of famous people from around the world. More than 2,000 illustrations.
Greek & Roman Mythology: 500 articles on Greek and Roman mythological figures with more than 300 illustrations.
Funded by the Moffat Library of Washingtonville.
CLICK TO ACCESS FROM HOME:
Online Storytime and Early Literacy
- DayByDay NY
Free daily activities for young children and families, including two read-along books! - DaybyDay en Español
¡Una canción, historia, manualidad y más para todos los días del año! - TumbleBook of the Day
View a free ebook online every day from TumbleBooks! - Starfall
The Starfall Website is a program service of Starfall Education Foundation, a publicly supported nonprofit organization. Starfall has been teaching children to read with phonics for well over a decade. The systematic approach, in conjunction with audiovisual interactivity, is perfect for preschool, kindergarten, first grade, second grade,
special education, home school, and English language development (ELD, ELL, ESL). - Reading is Fundamental Read-Aloud Videos
Animated read-alouds of storybooks like The Very Hungry Caterpillar, The Snowy Day, and The Day the Crayons Quit. - Storyline Online
Listen to children's book read by actors like James Earl Jones, Betty White, and more! - Story Time from Space
Listen to stories read by astronauts in the International Space Station!
Practice with Play
- Squiggle Park
Build reading skills for ages 3 - 8 and reading comprehension for ages 8 - 15. - PBS Kids
Games and videos from PBS Kids characters like Arthur, Elmo, and Daniel Tiger. - Cookie
At cookie, child experts and educators design interactive online games for kids. Our learning games for kids help in building skills needed for success in school. While playing our fun educational games, kids learn to read with phonics, build skills in math, language, social studies, science and much more. Our educational videos encourage children to keep learning, even after school hours.
