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Nurturing Young Minds: The Importance of Reading Aloud and Healthy Behaviors

This resource provides insights into effective parenting and teaching strategies that foster healthy behavior and a love for reading in early childhood. Facilitated by experts, it emphasizes the significance of routine, boundaries, and positive reinforcement. It covers topics such as conflict resolution, social skill practice, and the impact of sleep and nutrition on children's well-being. Additionally, it highlights the benefits of reading aloud, suggesting various age-appropriate materials and tips for engaging children through storytelling in both their home language and English.

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Nurturing Young Minds: The Importance of Reading Aloud and Healthy Behaviors

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  1. Behavior, Books and Bytes! Facilitators Ellen Foley, LS Counselor Mary Yamazaki, Kindergarten Teacher Patty Sloan, KA-2 IT Coordinator October 28, 2008

  2. Behavior Love Limits Consistency

  3. Boundaries Hierarchy is a good thing. Parents Children

  4. Siblings • Conflict resolution • Who am I? • Parent time • Family meeting • Celebrate successes

  5. Amahs/Helpers • Help children to help themselves • Help with social skill practice

  6. Worries • limit inappropriate exposure • discuss, reassure, distract • preview when possible • avoid over-talking

  7. Sleep and Nutrition +

  8. A tired child Sleep • Cranky or irritable • Unclear thinking • Difficulty with directions • Quick to argue • Physical clumsiness • Weakened immune system • Poor memory

  9. Sleep • Routine,routine,routine • 10 – 12 hours • Turn down the volume, the • lights, the activity level !

  10. Research on Reading Aloud Jim Trelease http://www.trelease-on-reading.com

  11. Why read aloud? In reading aloud, we: • Condition the child’s brain to associate reading with pleasure • Create background knowledge • Build vocabulary • Provide a reading role model • Increase attention span http://www.trelease-on-reading.com

  12. Few children learn to love books by themselves. Someone has to lure them into the wonderful world of the written word; someone has to show them the way. ---Orville Prescott, A Father Reads to His Children

  13. Stories What if I’m just not comfortable reading some stories in English? • Read books in your home language • Read simple, pattern books that have rhythm, rhyme, and repetition

  14. Stories “When you were just a little egg…” Story Telling ~ an oral tradition • family stories • folktales from your childhood or home country

  15. Stories • Books on tape or CD • Tape stories in your own voice for times when you are away from your child

  16. Stories

  17. Just a Few of Ms. Y’s Favorite Picture Books To Read Aloud

  18. Stories • Are chapter books appropriate read alouds for kindergartners?

  19. Stories • Are chapter books appropriate read alouds for kindergartners? • Yes, as long as the story, the emotional level, and the vocabulary are not above their listening comprehension level.

  20. Stories • Are chapter books appropriate read alouds for kindergartners? • Yes, as long as the story, the emotional level, and the vocabulary are not above their listening comprehension level. • HARD BOOKS HURT READERS!

  21. Ms. Y’s Top Ten Read Aloud Chapter Books* *For more mature listeners in Grades K and 1 and above Most are too difficult for English Language Learners (ELL or ESL)and many kindergartners at this time

  22. Stories The Read-Aloud Handbook Jim Trelease http://www.trelease-on-reading.com

  23. The Read-Aloud Handbook Jim Trelease http://www.trelease-on-reading.com

  24. The Read-Aloud Handbook Jim Trelease http://www.trelease-on-reading.com

  25. Jim’s Top Ten Favorite Kindergarten Novels* *For more mature listeners in Grades K and 1 & above Too difficult for English Language Learners (ELL or ESL) at this time http://www.trelease-on-reading.com

  26. Read to Your Bunny By Rosemary Wells

  27. Read to your bunny often,

  28. It’s twenty minutes of fun.

  29. It’s twenty minutes of moonlight.

  30. And twenty minutes of sun.

  31. Twenty old-favorite minutes,

  32. Twenty minutes brand-new,

  33. Read to your bunny often,

  34. And…

  35. Your bunny will read to you.

  36. Make memories that last a lifetime~ For you and your child

  37. Bytes Good for children at home? • Ages 3-6 • Sit with child or encourage partner work • Short periods of time (10-20 minutes) • Place computer in common place

  38. Bytes Tips for interacting • Share their discoveries • Help them to solve a problem • Admire a picture they’ve created • Encourage language skills • Offer direct assistance

  39. Bytes Quality Software • Open-ended • Gains in measures of intelligence and nonverbal skills • Drill-and-practice • Encourages competitive behavior • Discourages creativity and exchange of ideas

  40. Bytes Recommended Quality Software • Kidpix • Kidspiration • Trudy • Tux Paint • Thinking Things • Kidworks

  41. Bytes Violent Video Games • Active participation in violent acts • Assortment of weapons • Do not ban, but monitor choice of games “Playing a lot of violent video games is related to having more aggressive thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.”Psychologist Craig Anderson, PhD

  42. Bytes Quality Educational Sites • Prepared environment on internet • Grade level web pages • Safe links • Newsletters • Ebooks • Photo galleries

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