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 |
Arthur's New Puppy |
MARC BROWN |
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BOOK |
Arthur's Pet Business |
MARC BROWN |
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BOOK |
Black Dog Red House |
LIZI BOYD |
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BOOK |
Can I Keep Him? |
STEVEN KELLOGG |
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BOOK |
Come Back, Kittens |
JAN ORMEROD |
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BOOK |
Cookie's Week |
CINDY WARD |
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BOOK |
Dylan's Day Out |
PETER CATALANOTTO |
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BOOK |
Enzo The Wonderfish |
CATHY WILCOX |
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BOOK |
Good Dog, Carl |
ALEXANDRA DAY |
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BOOK |
The Howling Dog |
TRACEY CAMPBELL PEARSON |
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BOOK |
Julius |
ANGELA JOHNSON |
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BOOK |
Lily |
ABIGAIL THOMAS |
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BOOK |
Oh Where, Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone? |
IZA TRAPANI |
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BOOK |
The Old Woman And Her Pig |
ERIC A. KIMMEL |
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BOOK |
Pet Show |
EZRA JACK KEATS |
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BOOK |
Say Woof! The Day Of A Country Veterinarian |
GAIL GIBBONS |
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BOOK |
Slobcat |
PAUL GERAGHTY |
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BOOK |
Switch Cat |
GARRY DISHER |
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BOOK |
What's Maggie Up To? |
DURGA BERNHARD |
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BOOK |
Who Said Meow? |
MARIA POLUSHKIN |
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BOARD BOOK |
Carl Goes Shopping |
ALEXANDRA DAY |
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BIG BOOK |
Pinkerton Behave! |
STEVEN KELLOGG |
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RESOURCE BOOK |
Pint-Size Science |
LINDA ALLISON and MARTHA WESTON |
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BOOK & TAPE |
Emma's Pet |
DAVID McPHAIL |
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CASSETTE |
Birds, Beasts, Bugs And Little Fishes |
PETE SEEGER |
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VHS |
Shelly Duvall's Bed Time Stories: Blumpoe The Grumpoe Meets Arnold The Cat / Millions Of Cats |
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PUPPET |
Black Kitten Puppet |
Hold the kitten puppet and ask the children to make the kind of sounds
this animal would make. Let each child stroke the kitten puppet. Ask the
children what they would name the cat and how they would care for a cat if they
had one.
Share the wordless picture book Good Dog, Carl. Then ask the
children to make up and draw or tell stories about what kind of baby-sitter
their favorite dog would make.
Have children bring in pictures of their own pets. Let children share
these with their friends as they describe how they help to take care of their
pets. Have them draw pictures of themselves and their pets.
Let your children's interest in pets take you into scientific
investigations with Pint-Size Science.
Go for a walk and count the number of dogs and cats seen. Were there
more dogs or cats?
Puppy's
Doghouse
This is puppy's doghouse
(Put tips of fingers together)
This is puppy's bed
(Hands flat, palms upward)
This is puppy's pan of milk
(Cup hands together like bowl)
Where he can be fed.
This is puppy's collar
(Encircle neck with fingers)
His name is on it, too.
Take a stick and throw it
(Make throwing motion)
And he'll bring it back to you!
(Clap hands rapidly)
Five Little Kittens
Five little kittens standing in a row
(Hold up fingers of left hand)
They nod their heads to the children, so.
(Bend fingers forward)
They run to the left, they run to the right,
(Wiggle fingers left and right)
They stand up & stretch in the bright sunlight
(Stretch fingers slowly)
Along comes a dog, who's in for some fun,
(Move right fist toward left)
M-e-o-w, see those kitties run.
(Run left fingers behind back)
Cats Meow
Little kittens softly say,
Meow, Meow, Meow
(softly and weakly)
Mother cats with love say,
Meow, Meow, Meow
(lovingly)
Big tom cats cry out,
Meow, Meow, Meow
(loudly)
And wild cats scream about,
Meow, Meow, Meow
(wildly and loudly)
Ask your local children's librarian about more fingerplays, activities and
books such as these recommended titles: