{"id":3745,"date":"2012-07-03T08:53:15","date_gmt":"2012-07-03T14:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/melissa.depperfamily.net\/blog\/?p=3745"},"modified":"2012-07-02T23:54:56","modified_gmt":"2012-07-03T05:54:56","slug":"early-literacy-storytime-shapes-storytime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/melissa.depperfamily.net\/blog\/early-literacy-storytime-shapes-storytime\/","title":{"rendered":"Early Literacy Storytime: Shapes Storytime"},"content":{"rendered":"

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You may already have a shapes storytime in your rotation! It’s easy to add a quick message to the adults explaining the link between learning shapes and learning letters. <\/p>\n

Take a minute during a shapes book or a shapes flannelboard activity to talk about the differences between shapes with the children: the numbers of sides, the numbers of corners, the curves, all the things that help us tell one shape from another. <\/p>\n

Then, tell the parents, “When you talk about shapes with your child, they start to learn what features make them the same and different. Being able to tell the difference between a triangle and a circle is the same skill they will use to tell the difference between an “A” and an “O”! Talking with your children will help them get ready to read.” <\/p>\n

Here’s some flannelboards you can use to talk about shapes: <\/p>\n

Building Blocks<\/a>
\nFive Strawberries<\/a>
\nSummer Shapes<\/a><\/p>\n

And a Shapes Baby Storytime Plan<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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