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**Family Storytime ** **#4 - Print Awareness ** **Zoo Animals **  [Music in background as people arrive. Gather people together. Encourage people to sit with their children. Everybody participates! Write nametag for each child and adult as they arrive. Adults can write them too. Use upper AND lower case letters, not all upper case. As you write out nametags, note that you are saying the child’s name as you write it. Tell them you are writing what you are saying!]  OK, let’s start with our opening song.    Here’s a little way to remember what we are talking about today. The word is **P A T S** <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Today’s storytime is about animals we might find in a zoo. What are some of the animals you might see in a zoo, some wild animals? . . . Yes! Great! One animal that we can find in some zoos is a polar bear. The polar bear in this story does not live in a zoo, but let’s see what this story is about. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">[Read the book. Go back and point out the note that the Duck has written. It is a picture he has drawn of a heart.] <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Hickery, dickery, dare, The pig flew up in the air. The man in brown Soon brought him down! Hickery, dickery, dare. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">[Repeat one or two more times.] <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">In that rhyme, a pig flew up in the air. I have never seen a pig fly up in the air!!! That sounds kind of silly. In our next book are some silly monkeys causing lots of mischief. Let’s see what author Suzanne Williams has thought of for a story based on a song. It’s called **//Ten Naughty Little Monkeys//** [Read/sing this book.] <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Our next book is called //Good Night Gorilla//. It does take place in a zoo. A zoo is where people can look at and learn about animals that normally live in the wild all over the world. Before we start the book, let’s all stand up and try act out being some animals. I’ll say what the animal is and we’ll all try to act it out. Ready?! <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">An elephant—what does an elephant look like? Good, it has a long nose, a trunk. . . <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">A giraffe—what is different about a giraffe? It has a long. . . neck! Let’s see what how you can look like a giraffe. How about a lion, with a big mane, fur around his head. Can you all roar like a lion? <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">And last, a gorilla, a big monkey with long arms. He likes to swing his arms. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Great! Now everyone sit down and we’ll read this book. In this book the words “Good night” are repeated over and over again. When I point to the words, you say good night. Let’s practice it. Here’s the title Good Night Gorilla. So I’ll point to the words and you say them. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">. . . Great! <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">[As you read this book and talk through the pages point to the words in the title and to the words Good night throughout the book.] <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> =<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Book: //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Mouse Mess //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">by <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Linnea Asplind Riley <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> [Read book and point out print in the book on the food cartons] <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> = <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">[Make a door hanger. One per PERSON.] <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Door hangers are fun to make. One side can be a message like “Come read with me.” The other side could be a message like “Do not disturb.” [Let each person decide what they want to say. Young children can draw and tell their adult or staff member what to write. Then have the adult read it back.] <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Today you have seen some ways to encourage your children’s print awareness. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Remember! <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The word is **P A T S** <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">I am happy to offer each child a copy of //Good Night Gorilla//. If you have an infant, we have some board books you can choose from. Remember, when you read books together, you can point to repeated words as you say them, especially the title. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Enjoy! <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">See you next week when you’ll receive the book //Chicka Chicka Boom Boom// (show book) and a set of magnetic letters, and we’ll talk about Letter Knowledge. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Every Child Ready to Read @ your library® **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Introduction: (Can be before or after opening song) **
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">To All: __**<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> Welcome! So glad you could be here today for our special Every Child Ready to Read @ your library family storytime. In our storytime today I’ll be sharing with you some information on early literacy skills, skills that researchers say are important to help your children be ready to learn to read when they are taught to read in school. The poster here lists all six skills. At each of our six storytimes I’ll highlight one skill. Also, at the end of each storytime, you’ll be able to take home a book to keep and to read over and over again. [Use a host puppet to say this if you like.]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Opening Song: **//<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Open Shut Them, //<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">or song/rhyme of your choice (use same one each time)
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Adult Aside __**<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">: The skill we’ll look at today is Print Awareness. This means knowing that print has meaning. It includes knowing how to handle a book and seeing print all around us. Even now you can do things to help children develop print awareness. I’ll be pointing out some things as we go through storytime today . Even as you wrote nametags, saying their names as you wrote them showed them that print has meaning!
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">P **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> for point to words
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">A **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">for print is all around us
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">T **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">for turn pages, handling books includes babies chewing on them!
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">S **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> for scribbling, drawing and writing
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">A Splendid Friend, Indeed, //****<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> by Suzanne Bloom **
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Adult Aside: __**<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> It is important for children to know that what we write has meaning. Write notes to them even if they cannot read what you write. Draw pictures to help them understand what the writing means. AND encourage them to draw, scribble, and write. You may not be able to understand what it says. Don’t worry, they will tell you!
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Rhyme: Hickery Dickery Dare (flip chart with words provided) **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Book: //Good Night Gorilla//, by Peggy Rathman **
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Adult Aside __****<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Researchers have found that about 95% of children’s attention is on the pictures. We can help them also look at the print by pointing to the words of the title and of repeated phrases. It also helps them see the direction of print when we read, all part of print awareness.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Craft/Activity: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Alternate Activity: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> Distribute writing kits for families. A writing kit is just a ziplock bag full of different colored paper, different sizes of paper, envelopes, old stationary or greeting cards, pencils, stickers or whatever you can find. Friends of the Library or other community groups might enjoy creating these. See example. Encourage families to write a letter to a relative that week or write a thank-you note to someone who has given them a gift or done a kind deed.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Wrap Up **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">P **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> for point to words
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">A **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">for print is all around us
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">T **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">for turn pages, handling books including babies chewing on them!
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">S **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> for scribbling, drawing and writing