by Eliza Clark Savvy Source Parenting & Preschool Editor We enjoy making lists here at The Savvy Source. Making a list is an act of hope, and a form of dreaming as well as planning.
These years before kindergarten and the forward march of school years are precious and irreplaceable. Never again will we have so much plain old free time with these adorables of ours. So here's a list of lots of stuff we hope to do with them, make possible for them, show them and teach them before they head off to -- gasp! -- elementary school.
And if we don't get around to each and every one of these items...well, we still have another twelve years before they go to college!
100 Books to Read Before Kindergarten May 19, 2010 by Eliza Clark
One of the very favorite articles we've written here at The Savvy Source is 100 Things to Do Before Kindergarten. It captures all of the dreaming and hoping and planning that comes with parenting young children. It's a pre-elementary school life list of sorts. So we thought, wouldn't it be nice to have a book list, too? Many of us at Savvy have children in elementary school by now, and these are the books that have carried us through bedtimes, sick afternoons, and quiet moments on the couch. And our children still enjoy them...even in the older and wiser years of second grade. Just in time for your summer reading list, here are 100 books to read before kindergarten. In no particular order....
我家有the runaway bunny，上次看有个妈妈给儿子读了后，因为有老二，对老大精力有限，老大就跑，想吸引妈妈的注意力和确信妈妈的爱。吓得我不敢给我闺女读了。 不过goodnight moon, the very hungry catepillar, the cat in the hat,time for bed真的是我闺女的最爱。我要开始买其它的书了。先从图书馆借吧。如果真得好的话就买。
发现我们很多事情都做过，就是书没读！
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by Eliza Clark
Savvy Source Parenting & Preschool Editor
We enjoy making lists here at The Savvy Source. Making a list is an act of hope, and a form of dreaming as well as planning.
These years before kindergarten and the forward march of school years are precious and irreplaceable. Never again will we have so much plain old free time with these adorables of ours. So here's a list of lots of stuff we hope to do with them, make possible for them, show them and teach them before they head off to -- gasp! -- elementary school.
And if we don't get around to each and every one of these items...well, we still have another twelve years before they go to college!
In no particular order....
1. Go to the zoo
2. Visit a farm
3. Go on a hike
4. Play with kittens or puppies
5. Catch a frog
6. Make a gigantic mess
7. Help clean up a gigantic mess
8. Master the monkey-bars
9. Swing high up into the sky all by themselves
10. Try ice-skating
11. Go sledding
12. Make a snow-man
13. Blow bubbles
14. Plant seeds and watch them grow
15. Have a pillow fight
16. Jump on a big bed
17. Jump on a trampoline or in a bounce house
18. Hang out in a tent
19. Spend days at the beach
20. Build sandcastles
21. Go fishing
22. Go out on a boat
23. Play with blocks and puzzles
24. Read the classic picture books
25. Read a classic chapter book
26. Check out library books with their own library card
27. Get a passport
28. Carve a pumpkin
29. Hold a newborn baby (to see how much they've grown)
30. Love a special doll or stuffed animal
31. Bake cookies and cakes
32. Help plan their own birthday party
33. Go to the circus
34. Go to a museum on a quiet weekday
35. Play hide-and-seek
36. Play a board game
37. Do nothing whatsoever all day
38. Try a sport
39. Watch a sporting event
40. Learn to swim
41. Be tickled in hysterics
42. Paint and draw as much as desired
43. Have the use of scissors and glue
44. Display artworks and other creations around the house
45. Learn to use a camera (and keep an album of the results!)
46. Play with clay
47. Pick flowers
48. Climb a tree
49. Gaze at the moon and stars
50. Toast marshmallows
51. Learn to eat an ice-cream cone
52. Watch a sunset
53. Learn to write their own names
54. Learn their addresses and telephone numbers
55. Learn their parents' full names
56. Set the table
57. Clear the table
58. Help wash the dishes
59. Learn to say their pleases and thank yous and excuse mes
60. Watch fireworks
61. Go to the ballet or theater or a puppet show
62. Put on a ballet or play or puppet show at home
63. Face paint
64. Dress up in costumes at will
65. Learn rhymes and poems and songs by heart
66. Have a dance party
67. Enjoy friends at preschool and at the park
68. Invite friends over to play
69. Get to know grandparents
70. Play with cousins
71. Become attached to a wonderful preschool teacher and/or babysitter
72. Learn the name of our president
73. Know the name of their town, state and country
74. Be familiar with a map of the world
75. Listen to music from many different ages and genres
76. Hear and learn words from a different language
77. Learn the difference between trash and recycling
78. Grow their own vegetables
79. Learn to ride a bike (or try!)
80. Take a road trip
81. Draw a self-portrait
82. Slurp alphabet soup
83. Learn to twirl spaghetti on a fork
84. Pick apples
85. Star in a home movie
86. Learn a magic trick
87. Try different hair-dos
88. Practice writing letters
89. Practice counting to 100
90. Make up stories
91. Send a letter
92. Receive a letter
93. Ride on a merry-go-round
94. Give away toys and books to less fortunate children
95. Learn the value of coins and bills
96. Keep a piggy bank
97. Try a musical instrument
98. Have a heartfelt wish granted
99. Have a heartfelt wish denied
100. Receive a million (make that a billion) heartfelt kisses and hugs from their parents!
Source:
http://www.savvysource.com/savvyparent/articles-9704_100-things-to-do-before-kindergarten
100 Books to Read Before Kindergarten
May 19, 2010
by Eliza Clark
One of the very favorite articles we've written here at The Savvy Source is 100 Things to Do Before Kindergarten. It captures all of the dreaming and hoping and planning that comes with parenting young children. It's a pre-elementary school life list of sorts. So we thought, wouldn't it be nice to have a book list, too?
Many of us at Savvy have children in elementary school by now, and these are the books that have carried us through bedtimes, sick afternoons, and quiet moments on the couch. And our children still enjoy them...even in the older and wiser years of second grade.
Just in time for your summer reading list, here are 100 books to read before kindergarten.
In no particular order....
Madeline by Ludwig Bemelsman
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Chicken Soup with Rice by Maurice Sendak
In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak
The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper
Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson
The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss and Crockett Johnson
A Hole is to Dig by Ruth Krauss
The House at Pooh Corner by A.A. Milne
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown
Arrow to the Sun by Gerald McDermott
Eloise by Kay Thompson and Hilary Knight
Olivia by Ian Falconer
Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney
Brown Bear, Brown Bear by Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
A House for a Hermit Crab by Eric Carle
The Mixed Up Chameleon by Eric Carle
The Best Word Book Ever by Richard Scarry
What Do People Do All Day? by Richard Scarry
The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
The Tale of Tom Kitten by Beatrix Potter
The Tale of Two Bad Mice by Beatrix Potter
Corduroy by Don Freeman
Fly High, Fly Low by Don Freeman
Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
Wynken, Blynken, and Nod by Eugene Field and Johanna Westerman
The Original Mother Goose
The Maggie B. by Irene Haas
Bread and Jam for Frances by Russell Hoban and Lillian Hoban
Amos and Boris by William Steig
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig
Play With Me by Marie Hall Ets
Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale by Mo Willems
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willems
Time for Bed by Mem Fox
The Owl and the Pussycat by Edward Lear
A Child's Book of Poems by Gyo Fujikawa
The Lorax by Dr. Seuss
The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
Horton Hears a Who by Dr. Seuss
Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
Whistle for Willie by Ezra Jack Keats
George and Martha by James Marshall
Goldilocks and the Three Bears by James Marshall
Frog and Toad Are Friends by Arnold Lobel
Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey
Children Just Like Me by Anabel Kindersley and Barnabas Kindersley
People by Peter Spier
A Color of His Own by Leo Leonni
Swimmy by Leo Leonni
The Story of Babar by Jean de Brunhoff
Curious George by H.A. Rey
Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina
Harry the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion
A Time to Keep by Tasha Tudor
Tikki Tikki Tembo by Arlene Mosel
The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf
The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton
Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney
Joseph Had a Little Overcoat by Simms Tabach
There's a Nightmare in My Closet by Mercer Mayer
How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight? by Jane Yolen and Mark Teague
Angus and the Ducks by Marjorie Flack
The Story About Ping by Marjorie Flack
Count and See by Tana Hoban
The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams
The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses by Paul Goble
Eating the Alphabet by Lois Ehlert
May I Bring a Friend? by Beni Montresor and Beatrice Schenk de Regniers
Stellaluna by Janell Cannon
Are You My Mother? By P.D. Eastman
Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg
Paper Bag Princess by Robert N. Munsch
We're Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst
Three Billy Goats Gruff by Paul Galdone
The Little Red Hen by Paul Galdone
The Princess and the Pea by Lauren Child and Polly Borland
Good Night, Gorilla by Peggy Rathman
Leo the Late Bloomer by Robert Kraus and Jose Aruego
The Happy Lion by Louise Fatio and Roger Duvoisin
Many Moons by James Thurber and Louis Slobodkin
Strega Nona by Tomie DePaola
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff and Felicia Bond
Lily's Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes
Kitten's First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes
Jamberry by Bruce Degen
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr., John Archambault, and Lois Ehlert
Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish
Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say
The House on East 88th Street (Lyle the Crocodile series) by Bernard Waber
The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds
Puss in Boots by Charles Perrault and Fred Marcellino
My Friend Rabbit by Eric Rohmann
The Three Pigs by David Wiesner
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My son already does this 100 times a day.
6. Make a gigantic mess
7. Help clean up a gigantic mess
Thanks for sharing.
My son already does this 100 times a day.
6. Make a gigantic mess
你又诬蔑我好女婿
但是
5. Catch a frog
这件事我绝对不会让我家闺女做，我怕青蛙。
4. In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak
这本书，她小学三年级前我也绝对不会给她看，这可是２０世纪最有争议的儿童读物之一。
好贴，谢谢分享！
4. In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak
这本书，她小学三年级前我也绝对不会给她看，这可是２０世纪最有争议的儿童读物之一。
这么严重？因为里面的裸体宝宝和所谓的暗指？
不过这本书是有点creepy的感觉。
不过goodnight moon, the very hungry catepillar, the cat in the hat,time for bed真的是我闺女的最爱。我要开始买其它的书了。先从图书馆借吧。如果真得好的话就买。
好贴，谢谢分享！
但是
5. Catch a frog
这件事我绝对不会让我家闺女做，我怕青蛙。
4. In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak
这本书，她小学三年级前我也绝对不会给她看，这可是２０世纪最有争议的儿童读物之一。
呵呵，你看得好仔细啊。
去哪里找青蛙？松鼠还差不多。也就是追追算了。
非常有用