A very special invitation!
For those of you who live in the Manhattan area, Explore and Discover would like to invite you to a free Open Art session*. Open Art Studio is every Friday morning from 8:30 to 10:30 am. Get messy with us this winter! Children meet with our art educator to explore a variety of materials set up especially for infants and toddlers. Join the fun and get to know our wonderful center! Tell a friend to come too. If you plan on attending the Open Art Studio please RSVP to renee@k3learn.com, including how many people will be attending. *For primary caregivers only.
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All of us want our children to be avid readers, as we know that life success is connected to our ability to digest and process information, to deepen our understanding of the way the world works, and to become productive, thinking, members of society. But what does reading really offer our children, especially our infants and toddlers, and how can we motivate them from birth to set out on the reading quest over a lifetime?
In a teleclass that we held earlier this week, Loving Reading: How Parents Can Shape Reading Attitudes From Birth – which was generously sponsored by Explore + Discover – expert early childhood educators, Renee Bock and Ellen Wood, explored such topics as why we should we read to a child from birth, how we can think about reading developmentally, how reading teaches empathy, how play impacts reading and reading impacts play – and more.
In case you missed the live class, you will find a link to the recorded teleclass HERE for your ongoing reference and support.
Also during the class, Renee and Ellen mentioned several books that are wonderful for very young children and they are delighted to share those recommendations with you here.
Popular Classroom Books
- Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? By Eric Carle
- The Little Red Hen by Paul Galdone
- Go Dog Go by P.D. Eastman
- Where Is Baby’s Bellybutton? By Karen Katz
Books for Older Kids
- The Candy Shop Wars, by Brandon Mull
- My Side of the Mountain, by Jean Craighead George
Fairy Tales
- Fairy Tales by Paul Galdone such as The Three Little Pigs, The Gingerbread Boy, and Goldilocks and the Three Bears
- King Midas and the Golden Touch by Charlotte Craft
- The Random House Book of Fairy Tales, by Amy Ehrlich and Diane Goode
Photo Books of Babies
- Global Babies by the Global Fund for Children
- Big Book of Beautiful Babies, by David Ellwand
- Baby Colors, by Rachel Hale
- Baby Faces by DK Publishing
Great Singing Books
- The Wheels on the Bus, by David Ellwand
- Today Is Monday, by Eric Carle
- Fire Truck by Ivan Ulz
- The Carrot Seed, Ruth Krauss (but sung by Ian Ulz)
- The Fox Went Out on A Chilly Night by Peter Spier
There’s so much creative listening you can do with your child, it is hard to know where to begin. You can start with anything by Pete Seeger but especially his Birds, Beasts, Bugs and Fishes Little and Big.
Also see:
- Smithsonian Folkways Children’s Music Collection
- Songs From the Old School by Ivan Ulz
Explore + Discover is a boutique daycare in a beautiful new building where all the teachers have Masters and/or degrees in early childhood education. Please drop in for their free Open Art sessions to learn more about this enriching, warm and magical place!
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