July 2022 - SUMMER
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, read, and sing about SUMMER! When you talk, read, and sing with your child—even before she can use words—you’re building her brain and helping to prepare her for success in school and in life.
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 SUMMER!
With your child, talk about all of your favorite things to do in the summer! “I love going to the playground with you! What do you like to do in the summer?”
Learn more about the simple and fun ways you can support your child’s early development with resources from 2 Small To Fail.
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Let’s Share Kindness
Talking is Teaching
Share kindness every day! This summer, write a poem on a sheet of paper with your little one about what kindness means to your family. Then, decorate the paper with fun summer
doodles!
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Let’s talk, read, and sing about STEM!
Talking is Teaching
Turn a warm day into an opportunity for an easy science experiment. Take an ice cube out of the freezer and put it in a cup. Ask, “What do you think will happen if we bring this ice cube outside?”
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Summer Sips
Sesame Street in Communities
Sesame Street’s The Big Idea “SUMMER SIPS” is a healthy snack that you and your little one can make together. It is a fun and easy to add more water to children’s diets.
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TIP Calendar
Talking is Teaching
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 SUMMER activities on this calendar that you and your little one can do together.
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Recommended Books & Videos |
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Books are a great way to explore and talk about different aspects of SUMMER 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 Summer Anthem Song | Fun in the Sun! |
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Let’s sing about SUMMER!
Sing along with Sesame Street characters about summer fun. Get ready for summer with Cookie Monster, Abby, and Elmo as they sing about their favorite parts of summer!
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Raising Kids Who Want To Read — Even During The Summer
NPR
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Why do you want to instill a love of reading in your child?
"for me it's a family value. It's something that I love, something that I find important. I think I gain experiences I wouldn't gain any other way by virtue of being a reader. And so naturally I want my children to experience that."
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LENA Start
Bay County Library System
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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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Baby Basics
CAN Council
Baby Basics on July 26 at 12 - 1 PM.
Call to register at (989-752-7226 or register ONLINE. |
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Support Group
MotherBaby Cafe
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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
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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
STEM Pipeline
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You and your child can explore STEM in the Great Lakes Bay Region (GLBR) with our new mobile app. The Great Lakes Bay Region STEM Passport is a learning resource for 19 different hands-on, dynamic STEM organizations in the community. Now locating them is easy! The app is a great resource to access information about current STEM-based activities and events in the region.
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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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