Bookstore
– Set up a pretend bookstore on a shelf in your classroom with a variety of
books (ABC, fiction, fairy tale, poetry, cookbook, magazine, etc.). Choose one child at a time to go
shopping. Describe what kind of
book you are interested in and send them to the “bookstore” to select the right
book for you.
Poetry Month
– April is National Poetry Month and a great time to read a poem a day.
Poetry
Songbook – Each child will need a pocket folder. As you introduce new songs give children copies to save in
their songbooks. Encourage
children to illustrate the songs.
Start each day by singing from the songbook.
Some good songs
might include: “Twinkle Little
Star,” “BINGO,” “Baa Baa Black Sheep,” “The Itsy Bitsy Spider,” “The Farmer in
the Dell,” “London Bridge,” “Yankee Doodle,” “Jack and Jill,” “Mary Had a
Little Lamb,” “Row, Row, Row Your Boat,” “The Alphabet Song,” or “Rain, Rain,
Go Away.”
Poetry Café
– Ask children to bring in an old coffee mug and a box of instant hot
chocolate. Every Friday afternoon
let them prepare a cup of hot chocolate and enjoy it as you read poems and say
rhymes.
T-Chart - Use
a T-chart to sort books that are fiction and non-fiction.