More “Just Right: I Can Read” Books for Preschool and Kindergarten
Build Oral Language and Reading Fluency Simultaneously with Nellie Edge
Read and Sing Big Books™
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I Have A Cat
“I have a cat/My cat wears a hat…” Children love to sign, chant and sign this charming, catchy rhyme. Perform it as and echo it has an ideal pattern for a variety of text innovations. Also see Spanish Translation: Yo Tengo Un Gato
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Five Little Pumpkins
“Five little pumpkins sitting on a gate/The first one said…” Children enjoy choral reading and dramatizing this seasonal favorite. What an effortless way to reinforce the concept of ordinal numbers and performing readers.
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Miss Mary Mack
This rhyme encourages active involvement by even the most reluctant reader. Invite children to and sing and clap, stomp or hand-jive! The Motivation is high to read re-read after active participation with this delightful song. Recorded on Music is Magic in Developing Literacy CD.
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I Can Spell Cat
Written by Nellie Edge and sung to the melody of Skip to My Lou, this song supports children's understanding of word families in a most playful and brain-friendly way. "I can spell cat, “c-a-t”. I can spell rat, “r-a-t”… Success is reinforced by the final phrase: "I can spell. Listen to me."
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Jack-O-Faces
“This is Jack-O-Happy/This is Jack-O-Sad…” Children will dramatize while reading Jack-o-Faces to internalize the language. The predictable pattern of this seasonal rhyme leads to a joyful and successful beginning reading movement and experiences.
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Oh, A-Hunting We Will Go
“… We'll catch a fox and put him in a box and then we'll let him go.” This rollicking folk song makes an engaging Read and Sing Big Book that effortlessly develops phonemic awareness. Children's innovations on the text can easily become material for a class-made Big Book.
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Peanut Butter and Jelly
“First you take the dough and you kneed it, you kneed it…Peanut, peanut butter…Jelly” Children love to perform the drama this traditional childhood chant. The action refrain encourages movement and expressive oral reading.
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Down on Grandpa's Farm
Oh, we're on our way, on our way, on our way to Grandpa's farm…” repeats the chorus of this well-loved folk song. Children will want to elaborate on the pattern and make up their own verses. “What else do we see at Grandpa's farm?”
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See:
- Unique Features of Shared Literacy with Read and Sing Big Books™
- Give All Children “Books that Sing and Rhyme”
- Use The Neurological Impress Method to Accelerate Reading Fluency
- Magical Memory Reading Precedes Guided Reading
- Information About Nellie Edge Read and Sing Big Books with Little Book Master