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Mitchell Resources - Language, Learning & Literacy

201 Thematic Riddle Poems to Build Literacy - by Betsy Franco

These fun poems sorted by subject help children listen as they try to guess the answer. (pre –K to grade 2)

Active Learning for Infants - by Cryer, Harms & Bourland

This resource book addresses activities to encourage infant development. It discusses activities for listening, for physical development, for creativity, and for learning from the world.  Beginning with a bit of theory, this book is primarily a collection of activities.

Beautiful Junk: Creative Classroom Uses for Recyclable Materials - by Karen Brackett & Rosie Manley

Organized by recyclable materials, this book provides craft ideas for preschool or school age children.

Born to Learn: Developing a child’s reading and writing - by Carole S. Rhodes & Lenore H. Ringler

This books talks about how children learn. What does your child already know? How can you use this to help your child become a reader and a writer? Each chapter talks about a different age, what to expect, and what activities you can do with your child - including listening, speaking, reading and writing. One chapter provides ideas on knowing which books, games, TV programs, and computer games are good to encourage literacy. -  

Caring for young children: Signing for day care providers and sitters - Harold Collins

Beginning Sign Language Series  - This one in a series provides simple signs based on topics.

Earth Cycles and Ecosystems - by Beth Savan

This book provides educational information about earth cycles, air, water and soil, and provides activities to help children learn about these concepts. (school age)

Family Literacy Cards - West Perth Staff

These are instructional activity cards with themes such as textures, numbers, drawing and reading. 

Games for Learning - Peggy Kaye

Divided by theme - the senses, logic, reading and more - this book provides many activities to encourage your child's learning.  It is geared toward children Kindergarten to Grade 3.

How to help your Child with Homework: The complete guide to encouraging good study habits and ending the homework wars - by Jeanne S.Schumm

Knowing that helping your child with their homework helps him do better in school, this author provides you with the practical advice for helping your child. He addresses setting up a homework schedule, helping your child prepare for important tests, communicating with your child’s teachers, and helping your child to become responsible. It includes handouts: writing practice, book report outlines, game boards and site words. This book has many headings making it easy to read, as well as many resources for further information.

Instant Puppets for Kids - by Lois Walker

This book provides many patterns for making different kinds of puppets. This is a great resource for school-age children or preschool teachers.

It Takes Two to Talk: A parent’s guide to helping children communicate  - by Ayala Manolson

This book talks about connecting and communicating with your child.  It expands on the three ways to build connections and encourage language use. It talks about talking while you play games, move with music, share books and do creative art together.  There are lots of ideas for games and activities to try. This book has many practical ideas.

(The) Kindergarten Program - by the Ministry of Education and Training

This booklet outlines the expectations for kindergarten programs in Ontario.

Language Kit:  This kit contains the following booklets

This guide simply presents tips on connecting with your child. Using OWL – Observe, Wait and Listen – you can help encourage your child to talk. There are a few things to remember when playing with your child that will help build connection between you two and to encourage your child to talk. They are: allow your child to lead, adapt to share the moment and add language and experience. This book is very easy to read.

Help me talk: a parent’s guide to speech and language stimulation techniques for children 1 to 3 years

This handbook is for parents who wonder if children are slightly behind in their use of speech.  It provides ten strategies for helping your child learn that using their words more often. It is written for parents by a speech and language pathologist.

This handbook is very user-friendly, and is divided into different chapters that address different topics about communicating with your baby. Each chapter provides many opportunities to reflect on your interactions with your child. It is very simply written, providing straight-forward advice and suggestions, even including games and rhymes that you can do with your infant. It would be an excellent resource for first time parents.

Literacy Connections: A school workshop for parents and volunteer readers – All about learning to read and loving it! - by UPS Canada

This video is divided into three parts, each part focusing on a specific aspect of reading: reading aloud, shared reading and shared discussion, and guided reading.  Tips on reading with children are provided. Two contrasting scenarios are given, one demonstrating the non-supportive way to respond to a child, the other demonstrating a positive way to support a child’s reading.   This video has great clips to show to a class, parents or volunteers. Along with the manual for workshop leaders, it provides a ready made workshop on helping children learn to read.

Make a Joyful Noise - by the Oberkotter Foundation

This kit contains a book and a video (20 minutes). This kit is produced by an organization that advocates for teaching deaf children to speak not to sign. The booklet addresses finding out your child is hard of hearing, what are your options for communication, introduces oral deaf education, and addresses advocating for your child.  It presents almost solely the oral deaf education option.

Parent’s guide to the best books for children - by Eden Ross Lipson

This reference book provides annotations for children’s books under the following categories: wordless books, picture books, story books, early reading books, middle reading books and young adult books.

Raising Readers: Helping your child to literacy - by Steven Bialostock

This book discusses the different ways children learn to read. It also talks about the value of reading aloud and how to choose good books.  It focuses on the role of a parent in helping their child learn to read.  This book is full of excellent information, but not a light read.

Reading doesn't matter anymore - by David Booth

The author of this book encourages teachers to redefine what reading means; it should include new technology such as internet and remain with literary classics.

Reading Magic: Why reading aloud to our children will change their lives forever - by Mem Fox

This easy to read, humorous book talks about how important it is to read with your child. It has many real-life examples and practical suggestions. The focus is on having fun reading with your child. It is very easy and enjoyable to read. (6 copies)

Red Light, Green Light Learning Games: 22 Outdoor Games to Teach Readiness Skills - by Eunice Magos

This activity book provides various activities that teach social and academic skills for children preschool to grade 1. (pre / school)

School Starts at Home: Simple ways to make learning fun - by Cheri Fuller

This book begins by addressing the role of parents in education. It also discusses preparing your preschooler to learn before talking about helping your child in specific areas: reading, writing, music and math.  Lastly, it addresses the parent-teacher relationship, helping your kids learn in the summer and making learning a part of family life.

(The) Science Book for Girls and Other Intelligent Beings - by Valerie Wyatt

This book begins with drawing the reader’s attention to science in everyday life.  It then provides many activities to do, along with some puzzles. (school age)

Science Crafts for Kids: 50 Fantastic things to invent and create - by Gwen Diehn & Terry Krautwurst

On the topics of earth, air, water and fire, this book has many science activities that help children learn about our natural world. (school age)

Signing Exact English - by Gustason, Pfetzing, & Zawolkow

A dictionary of sign language (different principles than American Sign Language)

Signing with your Baby - by Joseph Garcia

Besides addressing the benefits of signing, this book demonstrates many different signs commonly used with babies and toddlers.  Which signs do you teach first? How do you introduce signs to your child?  These questions and more are answered for you. An excellent resource to help you start signing with your baby.

Sign, Sing and Play - by Monta Z. Briant

Using signs in playful and engaging ways get's babies attention and stimulates their interest; parents will find imaginative ways to include signing naturally into their regular day.

Talkers, Watchers and Doers: Unlocking your child’s unique learning style - by Cheri Fuller

Each child has a unique way of learning. This book begins by discussing how to identify your child’s style of learning. It proceeds to discuss auditory, visual and kinesthetic learners, and then talks about how to encourage your child specific talents and abilities.

Teacher’s Little Book of Wisdom – by Bob Algozzine

This book has suggestions, reminders and encouraging thoughts for teachers.

Topics in Down Syndrome: Teaching Reading to Children with Down Syndrome - by Patricia Logan Oelwein

This book begins with a brief history of teaching children with Down syndrome to read. It explains a method of teaching reading to children with Down syndrome that has shown to be effective over the last 20 years. The appendices provide many materials that can be copied and used in many reading programs.

Children’s literacy resources:

Besides all the wonderful children’s books available from our resource library, the following are specifically geared to aspects of literacy development.

Story stretcher kits:

Story Stretchers are kits that are based on a children’s book. Besides a great book, each kit comes with activities that you can do with your child.  It may be a memory game, matching game or puzzle. Most of them come with a colouring page. The activities are developed to help your child’s learning, using the topic of the book.  And each kit comes with an instruction page so you know the purpose of each activity.

Story Stretcher Kits available in Mitchell:

Sign resources for children

Beginning Sign Language Series

This series provides simple signs based on topics.

       -   Caring for young children: Signing for day care providers and sitters

       -   Family and Community

-          Foods sign language

-          Pets, animals & creatures

-          Signing at school

Mother Goose in Sign by Harold Collins

This book provides the words and signs for five mother goose rhymes (Solomon Grundy, 30 Days has September, 1, 2 Buckle my Shoe; Old Mother Goose, the Crooked Sixpence)

Sign Language ABC (Sesame Street)

Alphabet book; for each letter it provides the sign, along with signs for two common words beginning with that letter.

Sign Alphabet Place mat

Learn to finger spell while you wait for dinner

You Can Learn Sign Language

 

 

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