June 2022 - PATTERNS
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 PATTERNS!
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Let’s talk about PATTERNS! Did you know that thinking about patterns can help your child make sense of math? Understanding patterns helps little ones predict what happens next.
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 PATTERNS!
Did you know that thinking about patterns can help your child make sense of math? Understanding patterns helps little ones predict what happens next.
Learn more about the simple and fun ways you can support your child’s early math development with resources from 2 Small To Fail.
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Let’s talk about PATTERNS!
A pattern is something that repeats more than once, like yellow, red, yellow, red. Playing a pattern hunt is a fun way to spend time with your child and grow her early math skills! “I see stripes on your shirt! What other patterns can we find?”
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Let’s talk about PATTERNS!
Helping your child build early math skills is fun and simple! Talk together about numbers, count out loud, look for patterns, and use math words as you go about your day!
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Pattern Play
Michigan Learning Channel
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Let’s talk about PATTERNS!
Join Sesame Street characters, Burt and Ernie, as they play the pattern game.
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TIP Calendar
Talking is Teaching
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Simple interaction like the ones listed on the Talking is Teaching Tips calendar helps your child's brain and language development, setting them up for success in school and beyond.
Check out the PATTERN activities on this calendar that you and your little one can do together.
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Talking is Teaching Recommended Books & Videos |
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Books are a great way to explore and talk about different aspects of PATTERNS with your young child. Snuggle up together with one of the Talking is Teaching recommended books or visit your local library to find other books about community.
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.
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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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Sesame Street's "P" Is For Pattern Song |
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Let’s sing about PATTERNS!
Together with you little one and sing along with the Sesame Street pattern song.
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Family Math - Patterns
Michigan Learning Channel
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Let’s talk about PATTERNS!
The Michigan Learning Channel is helping us teach preschool kids about patterns. Learn the patterns and rules used to help predict outcomes. Then, while preparing lunch, find patterns and predict what will come next.
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Communication is key to learning about how your child feels.
Bay County Library System's LENA Start is a FREE 10-week class for families with children ages birth to 36 months old. The goal of the program is to help parents increase talk, which encourages their babies' literacy and brain growth.
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MotherBaby Cafe - Support Group |
DATES: Every Thursday at 10 am - 12 pm
LOCATION: 4101 East Wilder Rd., Bay City
Join other mothers and their children for weekly themes, Question and Answers, and guest presenters. Meetings will be at the Bay City Town Center in the Community Room near Game Stop.
Prizes will be raffled.
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Bay-Arenac Great Start Family Network |
DATE: 1st & 3rd Wednesday at 4:30 pm.
LOCATION: 583 E. Cedar Street, Standish
Drop in for an evening of fun. Connect with other parents, and learn about upcoming events and local resources. Each family will receive a meal kit to make at home.
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STEM Passport App & Scavenger Hunt
STEM Pipeline
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A STEM-based scavenger hunt is kicking off soon in the region, aimed at getting families and kids engaged in local out-of-school-time learning activities. Organized by the Great Lakes Bay Region STEM Pipeline, the Great Lakes Bay Region STEM Passport app is a dynamic resource for parents, teachers and caregivers to access information about STEM-based activities and events in the region.
The Great Lakes Bay Region STEM Passport Scavenger Hunt starts next week on Tuesday, May 10 and runs until Saturday, June 18. There will be prizes available for the top number of check-ins on the app, as well as several prize drawings for all participants.
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FREE Summer Activity Books
Michigan Learning Chanel
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Summer is full of opportunities to play and learn and we want to make it easy to find inspiring, kid-friendly activities! That’s why we’ve worked with PBS stations and content creators from across the country to bundle up some of our favorite activities into one, easy-to-carry-anywhere book. We hope you and your kids will use this to inspire learning all summer long!
Activity Books are available to print for grades
- Preschool & Kindergarten
- 1st - 3rd Grade
- 4th - 6th Grade
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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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