This Reading Adventure Treasure Chest Kit has been assembled to provide a
thematic list of storytime materials for use by enhanced members and their
patrons. The kit is geared toward
the preschool age group yet is flexible enough to capture the interest of
toddlers and early school age children.
The Activity Ideas
are designed to be aids to use the materials listed in the kits.
If you would like more information concerning this project, contact SERLS via
e-mail at dirserls@oplin.org
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Material
Type |
Title |
Author |
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BOOK
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The
Adventures Of Isabel |
OGDEN
NASH |
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BOOK
|
Big
Sister And Little Sister |
CHARLOTTE
ZOLOTOW |
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BOOK
|
The
Biggest, Strongest, Fastest |
STEVE
JENKINS |
|
BOOK
|
Bigness
Contest |
FLORENCE
PARRY HEIDE |
|
BOOK
|
Bugs
|
NANCY
WINSLOW PARKER and JOAN RICHARDS WRIGHT |
|
BOOK
|
Count-A-Saurus |
NANCY
BLUMENTHAL |
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BOOK
|
D.
W. Thinks Big |
MARC
BROWN |
|
BOOK
|
Dinosaurs,
Beware!: A Safety Guide |
MARC
BROWN and STEPHEN KRENSKY |
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BOOK
|
Giant
John |
ARNOLD
LOBEL |
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BOOK
|
How
I Captured A Dinosaur |
HENRY
SCHWARTZ |
|
BOOK
|
Jack
The Giant Chaser |
KENN
and JOANNE COMPTON |
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BOOK
|
Mouse
Views: What The Class Pet Saw |
BRUCE
McMILLAN |
|
BOOK
|
The
Rat And The Tiger |
KEIKO
KASZA |
|
BOOK
|
Rude
Giants |
AUDREY
WOOD |
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BOOK
|
The
Screaming Mean Machine |
JOY
COWLEY and DAVID COX |
|
BOOK
|
Spider
On The Floor (with spider finger puppet) |
TRUE
KELLEY |
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BOOK
|
Tiny
For A Day |
DICK
GACKENBACH |
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BOOK
|
The
Tiny, Tiny Boy And The Big, Big Cow |
NANCY
VAN LAAN |
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BOOK
|
The
Very Quiet Cricket |
ERIC
CARLE |
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BOOK
|
We're
Back: A Dinosaur's Story |
HUDSON
TALBOTT |
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BOARD
BOOK |
The
Baby |
MONICA
GREENFIELD |
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BIG
BOOK |
Peter's
Chair |
EZRA
JACK KEATS |
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RESOURCE
BOOK |
The
Eentsy Weentsy Spider: Fingerplays And Action Rhymes |
JOANNA
COLE |
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BOOK
& TAPE |
Peter's
Chair |
EZRA
JACK KEATS |
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CASSETTE
|
Little
Hands |
JONATHAN
EDWARDS |
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VHS
|
Walt
Disney's Paul Bunyan |
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PUPPET
|
Rat
Puppet |
Read Mouse Views. Ask your class what a mouse would see in your
classroom. Have the children lay on the floor and see your room as if they were
a mouse. Invite them to draw pictures from this perspective.
Read Spider On The Floor. Then sing this song using the spider
finger puppet. Move the spider along the floor as you sing.
Read Rude Giants And Giant John. Pretend to be giants.
Then read Tiny For A Day and pretend to be very tiny. Have children draw
pictures of themselves being very tall and very small.
Sometimes I Am Tall
Sometimes I am tall.
(Stand up tall)
Sometimes I am small.
(Bend close to the floor)
Sometimes I am very, very, tall.
(Stretch up onto tip toes)
Sometimes I am very, very, small.
(Bend as close to the floor as possible)
Sometimes tall, sometimes small,
(Stretch high then bend low)
See how I am now.
(Stand normally)
Tall As A Tree
Tall as a tree.
(Raise arms high over head)
High as a house.
(Stretch arms out wide)
Thin as a pin.
(Hold arms next to body)
Small as a mouse.
(Huddle down in squatting position)
Mr. Tall and Mr. Small
There once was a man
(Stand on tiptoes and reach up high)
Who was tall, tall, tall.
He had a friend
Who was small, small, small.
(Kneel and bend way down)
The man who was small
Would try to call
(Cup hands near mouth and look up)
To the man who was tall,
"Hello, up there!"
(Speak in very high voice)
The man who was tall
(Stand on tiptoes)
At once would call
To the man who was small,
(Bend from waist)
"Hello, down there."
(Use deep voice)
Then each tipped his hat
(Stand straight)
And made this reply:
(Tip an imaginary hat)
"Good-bye, my friend."
(Look up, speak in high voice)
"Good-bye, good-bye."
(Bow, and speak in deep voice)
Ask your local children's librarian about more fingerplays,
activities and books such as these recommended titles: