Early Literacy in Action: Phonological Awareness
Presenter: Alyssa Crow, Children’s Librarian
South Branch Library
A Workshop Presented By The Children’s Department
Of The Abilene Public Library
February 12, 2015Abilene, Texas
School-Age…
• Silly songs
• Moving with rhythm
• Rhymes
• Recitation
• Poetry
• Word picture puzzles
Storytime Elements
• Songs, fingerplays, and rhymes
• Mother Goose rhymes
• Interesting sound combinations
• Audience participation
• Clap the syllables of names and words
Possible Storytime Extensions
• Fingerplay and/or flannelboard pieces
• Memory games
• Coloring pages
• Story props
Useful Types of Books
• Poetry
• Mother Goose rhymes
• Books with rhyme, tongue twisters or alliteration
• Books with sounds
• Songs written in a book’s format
Awesome Books
• Some Dogs Do by JezAlborough
• I Ain’t Gonna Paint No More! by Karen Beaumont
• Bark, George by Jules Feiffer
• I Got Two Dogs by John Lithgow
• Rhyming Dust Bunnies by Jan Thomas
• The Itsy Bitsy Spider by IzaTrapani
Craft: Rhyming Dust Bunny
Materials:
• Yarn
• Wiggle eyes
• Felt (cut in ‘u’ shape)
• Small pompom
• Wiggle eyes
• Glue
Directions:
• Wrap yarn around fingers. Cut.
• Tie yarn around middle section.
• Cut all loops. Flatten.
• Glue felt piece to back.
• Glue eyes and pompom to make face.
Craft: First Sounds Spinner
Materials:• Toilet Rolls• Scissors• Markers• Pencil or Hanger (optional)Directions: • Cut 1/3 of roll off.• Choose words.• Write first letter of word on
small part and corresponding letters on large part of roll.
• Spin first letter to make all words with different sounds.
Bibliography
Books– Ghoting, Saroj Jadkarni and Pamela Martin-Diaz. Storytime for
Everyone! Chicago: American Library Association Editions, 2013.– Hastings, Kay, Cathy Clemons, and April Montgomery. Daily
Preschool Experiences. Marylnad: Gryphon House, 2008. – Herr, Judy and Yvonne Libby Larson. Creative Resources for the
Early Childhood Classroom. 5th ed. New York: Thompson Delmar Learning, 2009.
– Mayesky, Mary. Creative Activities for Young Children. 8th ed. New York: Thompson Delmar Learning, 2006.
– Schiller, Pam. Bountiful Earth. Maryland: Gryphon House, 2006. – Stoltz, Dorothy, Elaine Czarnecki, and Connie Wilson. Every Child
Ready For School. Chicago: American Library Association Editions, 2013.
Bibliography
Websites – Early Literacy. Zero To Three, 2003.
www.zerotothree.org/BrainWonders– Early Literacy And You: An Overview of Early Literacy.
Library of Virginia. www.earlylit.net– Early Literacy Storytimes. Fairfax County Public Library.
www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library– Every Child Ready To Read.
www.everychildreadytoread.org– Roskos, Kathleen, James Christie, and Donald Richgels. The
Essentials of Early Literacy Instruction. National Association for the Education of Young Children. www.naeyc.org/resources/journal