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 |
Airport |
BYRON BARTON |
|
BOOK |
Bam Bam Bam |
EVE MERRIAM |
|
BOOK |
Benny The Breakdown Truck |
KEREN LUDLOW and WILLY SMAX |
|
BOOK |
Cars Cars Cars |
GRACE MACCARONE |
|
BOOK |
The Diggers |
MARGARET WISE BROWN |
|
BOOK |
I Got Community |
MELROSE COOPER |
|
BOOK |
The Little Fireman |
MARGARET WISE BROWN |
|
BOOK |
My Apron (with child size apron) |
ERIC CARLE |
|
BOOK |
My Buddy |
AUDREY OSOFSKY |
|
BOOK |
Road Builders |
B. G. HENNESSY |
|
BOOK |
Roxaboxen |
ALICE McLERRAN |
|
BOOK |
Rhymes Around The Day |
JAN ORMEROD |
|
BOOK |
The Sign Painters Dream |
ROGER ROTH |
|
BOOK |
The Smash Up Crash Up Derby |
TRES SEYMOUR |
|
BOOK |
Strega Nona Meets Her Match |
TOMIE DE PAOLA |
|
BOOK |
Sunshine |
JAN ORMEROD |
|
BOOK |
Town Mouse Country Mouse (with 6 masks) |
JAN BRETT |
|
BOOK |
Tractor |
CLAIRE LLEWELLYN |
|
BOOK |
Walter The Baker |
ERIC CARLE |
|
BOOK |
Woe Is Moe |
DIANE STANLEY |
|
BOARD BOOK |
Who's At The Firehouse? |
BETTINA PATERSON |
|
BIG BOOK |
Truck |
DONALD CREWS |
|
RESOURCE BOOK |
Connecting With My Community |
SANDRA SIEGEL PLATTNER |
|
BOOK & TAPE |
Madeline's Rescue |
LUDWIG BEMELMANS |
|
CASSETTE |
What Can One Little Person Do? |
SALLY ROGERS |
|
VHS |
Richard Scarry's Best Busy People Video |
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PUPPET |
Firefighter Puppet |
Share the big book,Truck. Ask children to imagine that they are
perched in the cab of the huge rig, driving across the country. Share the book
again, asking them to narrate what they see and do along their truck journey.
Then work together to plan and draw a mural depicting the trip taken by the red
truck. Bring in toy trucks to drive along the roadways, observing the traffic
signs included in the mural, as appropriate.
Collect an assortment of moving and other boxes. Read Roxaboxen
and invite children to make their own community of box houses. Encourage them
to build a real community with a police station, doctor's office, post office,
restaurant, school, child care center, library and anything else which they
think makes up a community.
Read Jan Brett's Town Mouse, Country Mouse and then act this
story out using the masks provided.
Sally Rogers' cassette What Can One Little Person Do? contains
many singable songs. In "The Stoplight", Rogers sings about
stopping for red and going on green. Make a felt traffic light with
interchangeable green and red lights. Use these as you share this song with
children.
Five Fun
Hats
In my box are five fun hats.
The first one is a nurse's cap.
The second one is red for a fire fighter.
The third one, a baker's is tall and lighter.
Wear the fourth one for baseball
Take along your bat.
Save the fifth one for your birthday
It's a party hat!
Ten Brave Firefighters
Ten Brave firefighters sleeping in a row
(Fingers curled to make sleeping firefighters)
Ding, dong goes the bell.
(Pull down on pretend bell)
And down the pole they go.
(With fists together make hands slide down pole)
Off on the engine, oh, oh, oh.
When all the fire's out, home sooslow.
Back to bed, and in a row.
(Curl all fingers for sleeping firefighters)
Traffic Policeman
The traffic policeman holds up his hand.
(Hold up hand, palm forward)
He blows the whistle,
(Pretend to blow whistle)
He gives the command.
(Hold up hand again)
When the cars are stopped.
(Hold up hand)
He waves at me.
(Wave hand as if indicating for someone to go)
Then I may cross the street you see
.
Ask your local children's librarian about more fingerplays, activities and
books such as these recommended titles: