AN 00 aa €0-0315 PRELCGEL The Most Complete Book of Skill Review for Preschool : D. Y ° * a ae Bid op ¥ * 97 Basic Skills Activity Pages. ‘* 34 Special Games and Activities ‘* Recommended Children’s Books * 6 Interactive, Pull-out Mini-Books * Informal Assessment * 30 “My Parents and Me” Activities, Including Artand Cooking Recipes, Creative Play Corners, and Family Fun © Fun WebSites * 8Awords © Stickers _ Carson-Dellosa Publishing Company, Inc.“The Mice Go Marching” Letters'Cc and Dd...... Help the Chickens Cross the Rood .. Letters Ee ond FI. How Many Gum B Letters land Jj... ‘Games and Activities: Leaming to Print Letter Pats . ‘Color the Pictures That Are the Same I Know My Address. Letters Mm and Nn. My Parents and Me; Play Dough Fun. {Can Print My Nam Seat Belts Keep Us SafTable of Contents Games and Activities: ‘Outdoor Learning Sequencing 1, 2, 3. Letters Uy and Vv. Count and Circle, Help the Bugs Ge! Home . Patterning with Shapes.. My Parents and Me: Creative Play Comers Things That Go Together Letters Ww ond Xx. Kangaroo Maz Bees and Flowers. Letters Yy and Zz.. Pullout Mini-Book: “LCan Read My ABC's’ Mother and Baby Memory Match. Tratlic Light My Parents. and Me: Cooking Fun.. Top ond Bottom... What Does Not Belong?... Dot-to-Dot A-Z On the Farm,, Tracing My Uppercase First and Lost. Tracing My Lowercase ABC's Stay Away from Strongers Circus Circles Pull-out Mini-Book: “Super Safety Kid! More or Less? ... My Porents and Me: Painting Fun .. Stip and Slide Decorate Dad's Ties Food Groups .. Games and Activities: The Five Senses. See and Hear. Inside ond Outside. Taste, Smell, and Touct ‘The Birds Are Lost... My Parents and Me: I Love My Grandparents... On and Oft.. Count ond Color 1-10 ‘Animal Match Let's Drive! How Many in Day and Night... My Parents and Me: Family Fun Trace the Circles and Squares.. Color the Circles and Squares. Trace the Triangles and Rectangles. Color the Triangles and Rectongles. Trace the Stars and Diamonds Color the Stars and Diamonds. Games and Activities: Shapes.. Above and Below Trace the Ovals and Octagons. Color the Ovals and Octagon. Pullout Mini-Book: Trace and Color Mr. Shape. Animo! Puzzie Awards «Contents by Skill Alphabet Letters Aa and Bb. Letters Ce. and Dd Letters Ee and Fi. Letters Gg and Hh Letters fi and J Letters $s and T Letters Us ang Letters Ww and Xx Letters Yy ang Zz Pultout Mini-Boo! "1.Can Read My ABC’ Dot-to-Dot A-Z, Tracing My Uppercase ABC's. Tracing My Lowercase ABC's. Awards Awards... Cotors. Red and Blue... Yellow and Green.. Orange and Purpl Color the Rainbow. White and Black. Brown ond Pink .. Pull-out Mini-Book: “if's ‘Coloring’ Cats and Dogs!” Color the Crayons. Bonnie the Butterfly What Color? Color Match Games and Act Fine Motor {Can Print My Name Help the Chickens Cross the Road. Games and Activities: Leaming to Prin Bunnies Love Carots Three Pigs and a Wolf. Help the Bugs Get Home. x i BR Bsalca Kangaroo Maze Bees and Flowers Circus Circles Slip and Slide ‘The Birds Are Lost.. Let's Drive! Matching and Sorting Outdoor Learning The Five Senses. Shapes. My Parents and Me Getting Started Play Dough Fun Creative Pay Comers | Love My Grandparent: Family Fun. Numbers. Numbers 1 and 2 Numbers 3 and 4 Finish Each Picture Numbers 5 and 6 Dol-to-Dot i-6.. Numbers 7 ond 8 Numbers 1-8. Numbers 9 an Pull-out Mini-Book: “The Mice Go Marching" How Many Gum Balls Circle the Number 1-7 Games and Activities: Numbers Tracing Numbers 0-9. Dot-to-Dot 1-10 Count and Circle On the Farm .. Decorate Dad's Ties. Count and Color 1-1 How Many in Each Box’Contents by Skill Pull-out Mini-Books 's ‘Coloring’ Cats and Dogs!" The Mice Go Marching’ “all bout Me" . “Can Read My ABC's’ “Super Safety Ki “Scientist Sam and the Marvelous ‘Shape Machine"... Who Needs What? Match the Animal to Its Home. Patterning with Shapes Things That Go Together Mother and Baby Memory Top and Bottom. What Does Not Belong’ First and Lost Animal Match. Day ond Night. Above ond Below.. Animal Puzzle. safety Seat Belts Keep Us Satel... (Know My Telephone Number. Crossing the Street. iknow My Address Traffic Light... Stoy Away from Strangers. Pul-out Mini-Book: “Super Safety Ki ‘Shapes Trace the Circles and Squares Color the Circles and Squores ‘Trace the Triangles and Rectangle: Color the Triangles and Rectangle: Trace the Stars and Diemonds. Color the Stars and Diamonds. Games and Activities: Shapes Trace the Ovals and Octagons Color the Ovals and Octagons Pull-out Mini-B0ok: “Scientist Sam and the Marvelous Shape Machine". Match the Shapes .. Trace and Color Mr.Dear Parent, Welcome to On the Road through Preschool. You and your child are just beginning your learning adventure. You have already discovered how much and how fast ‘a young child can lea when provided with the experiences that promote a child's natural curiosity. It is miraculous to look back on your child's fist years and see how many skills have already been acquired. On the Road through Preschool is very different from the other books in this series. This book has been written for parents whose children have not yet been to kindergarten. Whether your child has had the experience of preschool or not, kindergarten is a big change. It is one of those monumental milestones in your child's life (and yours!). Your soon-to-be kindergartner is rapidly learning at his own pace. As you look at the activities in this book, please keep in mind that all children mature ond develop readi- ness skils at different rates. Some five-year-olds love pencil and paper tasks and are ‘able to use scissors, while other five-year-olds would rather build with blocks and put together puzzles. Both types of children are normal, and both will discover their own learning styles in time. This book includes many pencil and paper tasks. If your child seems ready for them, that’s wonderful. But if your child is not ready, the majority of these activities can be ‘accomplished without writing on the page. For example, on a page where the child is to circle two objects that are the “same,” the child can simply point to the objects that are alike. Be creative as a parent and adjust each task to meet the needs of your child. This is a “togetnemess” book. Every activity is meant for parents and children to work on together. Preschoolers need your guidance, your support, and your participation— after all, you are your child's first teacher! In addition to game and activity pages. you will also find pull-out mini-books, recommended book lists, Web sites, awards, stickers, and special activities called “My Parents and Me.” “My Parents and Me" pages pro- vide you and your child with meaningful leaming experiences that cannot be accomplished on a piece of paper. Asa parent, there is nothing better you can do to ensure your child's educational suc- cess than to spend time together. Not only will you help increase your child’s skills. but you will also create many hoppy memories.Everyday Ways to Enrich Your Child’s Learning Experiences As the parent of a young child, you are eager for your little one to leam and to achieve some of the skills she will need in order to succeed in school. The best way, for you tohelp your child is to create a living and learning environment in which your Child will want to explore, learn new concepts, and practice new skills. You can create this environment by providing your child with hands-on “play” ‘experiences that are well thought-out. Young children leam best through “play with © purpose.” Although some preschool children enjoy the traditional paper and pencil tasks, the majority of children at this age will experience more success When provided with hands-on, manipulative matericis that encourage exploration, question-asking, and problem-solving. AS a parent, you guide the learning experience when you play with your child. This helps your child learn to listen, stay on task, and make new observations. Ask open- ended questions to steer your child into drawing new conclusions, developing new vocabulary, and learning new ways to accomplish tasks. For example. when your child is building with blocks, ask, “What do you think would happen if . . . 2” of, “Is there another way we could build this tower?” The following are some ideas for activities and materials that will enhance the leaming experiences that you can provide for your child. Language Arts The single most important skill that a child needs for success in school, and later in life, is to be “literate.” In other words, your child must learn how to read. You can do many things to encourage literacy. 1. Read to your child every day. Read to your child every day for at least 15 minutes. This often becomes a favorite time of the day for the child and parent. Talk about the pictures. Ask questions. Ask your child to guess what is going to happen next. Encourage your child to retell favorite stories or favorite parts of a story. Have your child make up a new ending for a story. Go to the library and let your child choose new books. Encourage “pretend” reading. This is when children look at the pictures and make up what they think the words say. i2. Encourage letter recognition. Preschoolers can begin developing an interest in reading and phonics by making observations of how we use waitfen language. Point out letters in the environment, such os on cereal boxes, in your child's name, and on billboards. Find ways to help your child learn to match letters. Play listening games. Have your child identify words that begin with the some sound, 3. Provide language arts materials. Fill your child's environment with literacy materials. Here is a suggested selection: Magnetic letters Books, magazines, newspapers, and catalogs. Paper, pencils, crayons, and paints (Encourage children to experiment with making circles, squiggles, and lines.) CDs of children's music and recorded children's stories Math & Science So many toys and puzzles provide young children with early math and science learning experiences. Remember to point out all the ways we use numbers and science in our daily lives. 1. Cook or garden together. Not only is this a special activity for families to do together, but the learning experiences themselves are infinite. Children.con gain these valuable skills: , * Measuring * Numbers and counting ("Stir 10 times” or “Add 1 cup water") * Increased vocabulary development (hot, cold, wel, dry. sticky, and so on) * Increased observation skills 2. Provide math and science materials and activities. Here is a suggested list: Magnifying glass Blocks and other building materials Magnets and magnetic numerals Scales (concepts of heavier and lighter) Pouring liquids Sink and float objects for the bath or for sink water play Calculators and toy cash registers Puzzles Sorting, matching. and classifying games Trips to science and children's museums Taking walks and observing natureFun Web Sites for Preschoolers tip://pbskids.org/ Site offers games and activities based on favorite PBS chorocters. Activities include coloring, matching. ABC's, numbers, sing- ‘longs. and more. http://sesomeworkshoporg/sesamestreet 10.1292.00.htm| Kids can practice their ABC’s and numbers. play matching and other games. read sto- fies, create artwork, or listen fo ond play music. all with their favorite Sesome Street characters. hitp://www.leamingplanet.com/stukids}.osp. Site features fun games that practice num- bers, ABC's, and other readiness skills, hifpi//wew.nickiccom lick on “Nick Jr. Playtime" to find o host of games and stories. as well as music and ort activities. Site features characters from pop- Ular Nickelodeon progroms, hitpy//www.lego.com/playir/ Kids can ploy memory match gomes and hide-and-seek, create their own scenes, or paint and draw pictures. hitp://www.prongo.com/games/ages3-6.html Fun memory match games and mazes help children learn while mastering mouse skills. Beginning readers can also practice matching words and pictures. http://www .funschool.com/curent/games {preschool Games reinforce ABC's. opposites, letter for- mation, keyboarding skills, __ visual discrimination, and memory match skills. http://www kiddonet.com ‘Click on “KiddoNet Jn” for ecrly. fearing games on letters, numbers. logic, and music. hitp://members.cruzio.com/-hoax!950 /kidsFireSafetyTips.html Site contains basic fire and life safety tips presented by funny little characters. hilp:/Awew.nwtorg/yourbigbackyard fiedlex flash.cim Presented by the National Wildlife Federation. this site has eary leaming games cbout animals and the earth. htlp://www.totcity.com/tolplaces/Activities factivities.himt Site contains a variety of early learning activities (ABC's, animal sounds, shapes, numbers, what does not belong, etc.) as ‘well as links to other fun sites. hitps//www.meddybemps.com/5.1.himt Original stories with colorful illustrations. hitp://vww.meddybemps.com /tunondgames.himl Site contains a variety of activities to prac- tice skills such as colors, counting, and spatial concepts. Colorful characters make. fearing fun. hittp://weww.ipLorg/youth/StoryHour/ The intemet Public Library presents stories in illustrated and text-only versions. Certain stories also contain audio. httpi//members.home.com/veeceet Jindex.nimel Sing along to melodies of favorite songs. hitp://www.EnchantedLeaming.com Icalegories/preschool shim! Games inciude animal sounds, colors, dot- to-dots, sequencing. and nursery rhymes.Recommended Books for Preschoolers rN Alexander and the Terrible, Homible. No- Good. Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst Amazing Grace by Mery Hoffman Animol Cracke Delectable Collection of Pictures. Poems, and Lullabies for the Very Young by Jone Dyer Animois Shouid Definitely Not Weor Ciothing by Judi Barnett Anno’s Alphabet: An Adventure in Imagination by Mitsumosa Anno “Anno’s Counting Book by Mitsumasa Anno: Arthur's Birthday by Marc Brown: Ask Mr. Beor by Marjorie Flack g Babar’s Book of Color by Laurent de Brunhoft Beor Shaciow by Frank Asch The Bear's Toothache oy David McPhail 8ig Fat Hen by Keith Boker Big Rec Bam by Margaret Wise Brown The Bive Balloon by Mick inkpen Brown Bear. Brown Bear. What Do You See? by Bil Martin The Butterfly Alphabet Book by Brian Cassie ‘and Jemy Pattotia c Con | Keep Him? by Steven Keloga Cops for Sale by Esphyr Slobodking The Chick and the Duckling: by Viadimir Grigorevich Suteev Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin ‘and John Archombault AChiid’s Treasury of Poems, edites by Mark Danie! Choo Cheo: The Story of a Little Engine Who Ran Away by Viginia Lee Burton Color Farm by Lois Ehlert Color Zoo by Lois Enlert Corduroy by Don Freeman Cross-Country Cat by Mary Calhoun Curious George by H. A. Rey Curious George Leams the Alphabet by HA. Rey 2 David McPhail’s Animols A to Z by David McPhall Doctor De Sofo'by Wiliam Steig E Eating the Alphabet: Fruits end Vegetables from A 19 Z by Lois Ehiert Tne Empiy Pot by Demi The Enormous Twnip by Kethy Parkinson F Fire Engines by Anne Rockwell ive Little Monkeys Sitting ino Tree by Gieen Christelow Frederick by Leo Lionni Freight Train by Donald Crews s George and Martha by James Marshall G0, Dog, Go! by P.D. Eastman Golden Bear by Ruth Young Goldilocks and the Three Beors, adapted by Jon Brett Good Dog, Carl by Alexarcra Day Goadhnight Horsey by Frank Asch Gooanight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown The Grouchy Ladybug by Bric Carte 4 Hoppy Birthday, Moon by Frank Asch Hony, the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion Hello, Luu by Coroine Uff Henny Penny by H. Wemer Zimmerman Here Comes the Cat! by Frank Asch ‘and Viadimir Vagin Horton Hatches the Egg by Or. Seuss How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night? by Jone Yolen Hush Little Baby by Sylvia Long r I Uke Me! by Nancy Corson 1 Went Walking by Sue Willams ItYou Give o Moose o Mattie: by Laura Joffe Numeroff IFYou Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Jotfe Numeroft 4i'm Not Sleepy” by Denys Cazet The Indoor Noisy Book by Margaret Wise Brown ira Sleeps Over by Bemard Waber 's Your Moma o Uoma? by Deborah Guarino It Looked Lke Spif Mik by Chotles G. ShawRecommended Books for Preschoolers 3 Jesse Bear. What Wil You Wear? by Noncy White Caristrom Jump, Frog. Jump! by Robert Kalen Just Like Daddy by Frank Asch b The Little Eagine That Could by Watty Piper Ute Goria by Ruth Bomstein The Little Red Hen by Paul Geidone Lost! by David McPhail, ™ ‘Madeline by Lucwig Bemeimans ‘Make Woy for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey Mama Cat Has Three Kittens by Denise Fleming May | Bring a Friend? by Beatrice Schenk de Regriess ‘Mike Mufigan and His Steam Shovel by Virginio Lee Burton Millions of Cats by Wanda Gag The Mitten: A Ukrainian Folktale. adopted ond ilustrated by Jan Brett Mother Goose Treasury. illustrated by Raymond Brigas ‘Mouse Mess by Linnea Riley ‘Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Wa'sh ‘Mr. Gumpy's Outing by John Buminghom ‘Mushroom in the Rain by Mirra Ginsburg, ‘My Brown Bear Barney by Dorothy Butler " The Napping House by Audrey Wood No Both Tonight by Jane Yolen Nuts fo You! by Lois Ehlert ° Oivia by lon Falconer ‘On Mother's Lop by Ann Herbert Scott ‘One Bear All Alone by Caroline Bucknall ‘One Duck Stuck by Phytis Root ‘One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss (Owl Babies by Martin Waddell Pp Potrick’s Dinosours by Carol Carrick Peter and the Wal by Sergei Prokofiev Peter's Choir by Ezra Jack Keats The Poky Littie Puppy by Jeannette Sebring Lowrey Polor Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? ‘by Bil Martin Puss in Boots by Charles Perrault a The Quiet Noisy Book by Margaret Wise Brown R Rabbit Inn by Patience Brewster The Random House Book of Mother Goose, selected and illustrated by Arnol¢ Lobel Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young, edited by Jack Prelutsky Red Leaf, Yelow Leat by Lois Enlert The Relatives Came by Cynthic Rylant Rosie's Walk by Pat Hutchins é Sam Who Never Forgets by Eve Rice Siy Sally by Audrey Wood Sleep Safe, Little Whole by Miiam Schiein The Snowy Day by Eze Jack Keats The Story of Ferdinand by Munfo Leat Strege None by Tomie de Paola T Tor Beach by Faith Ringgold Ten, Nine, Eight by Molly Bong There's a Nightmare in My Closet by Mercer Mayer The Tiree Little Wolves and the Big Bad Fig by Eugene Trivizes Time for Bed by Mem Fox Tomie de Paola’s Mother Goose by Tomie de Paola Tomorow's Ajphabet by George Shannon Too Much Noise by Ann McGovern v The Very Hungry Coterpilor by Bric Carle w Wee Sing: Chidren's Songs and Fingepiays by Pamela Beall ond Suson Nipp Wee Sing and Play by Pamela Beall ‘and Susan Nipp We're Going on a Bear Hunt, retold by Michae! Rosen The Wheels on the Bus. adapted by Maryann Kovalski Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak Whistle for Wile by Ezra Jock Keats Whose Mouse Are You? by Robert Kraus