SEPTEMBER 2021
Talk, Read, and Sing - Talking is Teaching
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Created by Great Lakes Bay Parents - Informing parents since 2012! |
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You are your child's lifelong teacher.
"Talking is Teaching: Talk, Read, Sing" is a public awareness and action campaign that helps parents recognize their power to boost their children’s early brain and vocabulary development through simple, everyday actions ... "
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Let's Talk About PRESCHOOL!
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Let’s talk about PRESCHOOL! Good nutrition combined with language-rich activities like talking, reading and singing supports children’s early brain and language development.
Talking is Teaching has tips and resources to help parents talk to their children, even those who are very young.
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LET'S TALK ABOUT THE SCHOOL DAY |
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WHAT HAPPENED AT SCHOOL TODAY? NOTHING.
MSU Extension
Finding out how your child’s school day was can be difficult, MSU gives tips to start great conversations.
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LET'S TALK ABOUT FRIENDS
Sesame Street in Communities offers resources to help you talk to your child about school friends. Click HERE or the image below to start the program.
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LET'S TALK ABOUT GETTING READY FOR PRESCHOOL |
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SOCIAL - EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN PRESCHOOL
Let’s talk about PRESCHOOL! The ability to express and recognize feelings is important, especially as your child starts to attend preschool. Encourage your little one to label how they’re feeling, from happy, mad, sad, to scared.
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LET'S READ TOGETHER
Let's Talk About PRESCHOOL! Reading books and watching videos with your child is a great way to get the conversation started. Check out the book/ video recommendations from Talking Is Teaching or visit the Iosco-Arenac District Library or Bay County Library System to talk to a librarian.
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FOR MORE BOOK & VIDEO RESOURCES
Visit or Contact Your Local Librarian
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Au Gres Community Library
989-876-8818
Mary Johnston Memorial Library (Standish)
989-846-6611
Omer Little Eagles Nest Library
989-653-2230
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Alice and Jack Wirt Public Library
(Bay City)
989-893-9566 ext. 2111
Auburn Area Branch Library
989-662-2381 ext. 207
Pinconning Branch Library
989-879-3283
Historical Sage Library
Bay City
989-892-8555 ext. 207
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Sing along:
PRESCHOOL MUSICAL
Sesame Street
Learn about and sing along about preschool.
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WHY IT IS IMPORTANT TO TALK ABOUT PRESCHOOL |
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WHY PRESCHOOL MATTERS
by Parents
"Childhood experts agree: Attending a high-quality program prepares kids for kindergarten and beyond. But finding the best option for your child takes time and research. To get you started, we've answered your biggest questions."
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STRESS IN PRESCHOOL
by Sesame Street in Communities
Sesame Street in Communities is helping us understand STRESS IN PRESCHOOLERS. The article lists actions to look out for and suggested responses to help your little one.
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PRESCHOOL LEARNING RESOURCES |
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1000 BOOKS BEFORE KINDERGARTEN
Bay County Library System
1,000 Books Before Kindergarten is a nationwide challenge that encourages parents and caregivers to regularly read aloud to their children. By reading just one book a night, families can reach the 1,000-book goal in three years while providing children essential early literacy skills.
Research shows that the most reliable predictor of school success is being read to during early childhood. Reading to children from an early age can help close the vocabulary gap and prepare children to enter Kindergarten with the skills they need to succeed. Most importantly, sharing books with children promotes a lifelong love of books and reading. It is also a great way for children and their caregivers to bond!
Registration is ongoing. Children may finish the program anytime before beginning Kindergarten.
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IMAGINATION LIBRARY
Bay & Arenac Counties
Educators have long identified preschool reading and parent involvement as among the most important steps toward a child's success in school. Simply, reading aloud is one of the most important things parents and care-givers can do. Bay-Arenac ISD and educators throughout the seven local districts in our communities embrace the concept of preschool reading as integral to student success. Through affiliation with Imagination Library, all of our children in Arenac and Bay counties would receive an age-appropriate, hardcover book, mailed to their homes each month of their lives from birth to their fifth birthday.
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MINI MATH APP
Bedtime Math
The MiniMath app for iPhone/iPad or Android, available in both English and Spanish, is a great way to help you and your preschooler get ready for kindergarten!
Based on the popular Bedtime Math app for elementary school kids that’s proven to improve math skills, MiniMath is designed for families with kids ages 4-5. Choose Food, Animals and Vehicles, or explore other math problems on all kinds of kid-friendly topics. With three different types of questions (“Look,” “Do,” and “Think”), you’ll get a fun new activity every day.
With MiniMath, you’ll help your preschooler learn about the world, and get ready for the math they’ll learn in school!
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PRE-K LEARNING
Sublimate learning resource geared towards students in Pre-K to 12th Grade. You and your preschooler can explore activities in the following subject headings:
- Art
- English
- Health and Fitness
- Math
- Science
- Social Emotional Learning
- Social Studies
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*NEW* FREE LITERACY RESOURCE |
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TALK: TEXT & LEARN FOR KINDERGARTEN
TALK activities build pre-literacy skills starting from birth, such as hearing letter sounds, building hand muscles and dexterity, and recognizing letters and numbers. Activities also build STEM and social emotional skills, to help parents make sure their children are fully prepared for a successful school experience.
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TEXT @F93AKK to the number 81010 |
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TEXT @greatstar to the number 81010 |
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*This newsletter was supported by the Preschool Development Grant Birth through Five Initiative (PDG B-5), Grant Number 90TP0055-01-0090TP0002, from the Office of Child Care, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
**Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Office of Child Care, the Administration for Children and Families, or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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