This Reading Adventure
Treasure Chest Kit has been assembled to provide a thematic list of storytime
materials for use by enhanced members and their patrons. The kit is
geared toward the preschool age group yet is flexible enough to capture the
interest of toddlers and early school age children. The Activity Ideas are designed to be aids to use the
materials listed in the kits.
If you would like more information concerning this project, contact SERLS via
e-mail at dirserls@oplin.org.
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Material Type |
Title |
Author |
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BOOK |
Block City |
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON |
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BOOK |
Building A House |
BYRON BARTON |
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BOOK |
Clean Your Room, Harvey Moon! |
PAT CUMMINGS |
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BOOK |
Everything Has A Place |
PATRICIA LILLIE |
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BOOK |
Five Little Monkeys Jumping On The Bed |
EILEEN CHRISTELOW |
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BOOK |
Ira Sleeps Over |
BERNARD WABER |
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BOOK |
Is Anyone Home |
RON MARIS |
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BOOK |
Is This A House For Hermit Crab? |
MEGAN McDONALD |
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BOOK |
Katy No-Pocket |
EMMY PAYNE |
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BOOK |
King Bidgood's In The Bathtub |
AUDREY WOOD |
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BOOK |
The Man Who Kept House |
P.C. ASBJORNSEN |
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BOOK |
Mud Puddle |
ROBERT N. MUNSCH |
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BOOK |
No Jumping On The Bed! |
TED ARNOLD |
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BOOK |
Oh, Were They Ever Happy |
PETER SPIER |
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BOOK |
Soap! Soap! Don't Forget The Soap! |
TOM BIRDSEYE |
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BOOK |
A Squash And A Squeeze |
JULIA DONALDSON |
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BOOK |
This Is My House |
ARTHUR DORROS |
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BOOK |
The Town Mouse And The Country Mouse |
HELEN CRAIG |
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BOOK |
Tracy's Mess |
ELISE PETERSEN |
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BOOK |
What We Like |
ANNE ROCKWELL |
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BOARD BOOK |
Whose House Is This |
CHARLES REASONER |
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BOARD BOOK |
Good Night |
DESSIE AND CHEVELLE MOORE |
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BIG BOOK |
Big Red Barn |
MARGARET WISE BROWN |
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RESOURCE BOOK |
Tree Homes |
JEAN C. ECHOLS |
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BOOK & TAPE |
Mr. Bear's Chair |
THOMAS GRAHAM |
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CASSETTE |
A House For Me (with the book "A House Is A House For Me") |
FRED PENNER & MARY ANN HOBERMAN |
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VHS |
Joey Runs Away |
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PUPPET |
Kangaroo Puppet |
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EXTRA ITEM |
The City Mouse And The Country Mouse (13 piece Flannel Board Set) |
Use chairs,
tables, boxes, and sheets
to make playhouses. Let children individualize them.If possible, keep the
houses intact for a few days so that they begin to feel like "homes."
Using a box, make and decorate a special home for the Mama Kangaroo
Puppet and Baby Kangaroo to live in.
Share What We Like by Anne Rockwell. Have each child draw pictures
of the things that they like. Assemble together in a book.
Invite children to draw pictures of what their home looks like from the
outside. Encourage them to point out where their room is located. Then have
them draw a picture of someplace inside their house. Ask them to draw a map of
how to get to their room from the front door of their house.
Baby Kangaroo
Jump, jump, jump
(Make jumping motion with index finger, other fingers and thumb folded over)
Goes the big kangaroo.
I thought there was one,
But I see there are two.
The mother takes her young one
(Index finger of left hands slips up between thumb and fingers of right
hand)
Along in a pouch,
Where he can nap like a child
(Incline head on folded hands)
On a couch.
Jump, jump, jump.
Jump, jump, jump.
Two Little Houses
Two little houses closed up tight;
(Two closed fists)
Open up the windows and let in the light.
(Spread hands apart)
Ten little people tall and straight,
(Hold up ten fingers)
Ready for the bus at half past eight!
(Fingers make running motion)
Houses
This is a nest for Mr. Bluebird.
(Cup both hands, palms up, little fingers together)
This is the hive for Mr. Bee.
(Both fists together, palm to palm)
This is the hole for Bunny Rabbit,
(Make hole, fingertips together)
And this is the house for me.
(Fingertips together, make a peak)
The Home
This is the home where we're happy together:
(Interlock fingers to together with fingers hidden in palms)
Open the door and there you can see
(Turn hands over so interlocked fingers so)
Mother and Daddy and Sister and Brother,
Busy and happy and kind as can be.
Ask your local children's librarian about more fingerplays, activities and
books such as these recommended titles: