Discover ideas for including TeachingBooks resources in library programming for your youngest patrons.

• Find fresh inspiration for winter themed story times and programs with these resources and titles:
  • Create winter collages or winter activity dioramas with ideas from this activity guide for Winter is Here.
  • Celebrate winter and hope with these activity ideas after watching this complete video reading of Winter: A Solstice Story. Sheet music for “Solstice Song” is included so you can sing or play along.
  • Cut out puppets or take-home door hanger crafts, try out “Bear Math”, and find fun tracing activities inspired by Winter Lullaby in this activity kit.

• Our new Phonics & Phonological Awareness collections can be found by selecting “See All Collections” on the Browse page and scrolling down. These titles are not instructional phonics texts, but popular titles that can be shared in story times to highlight phonics concepts that might be familiar to young readers or shared in lists of titles with parents looking for ways to continue learning together at home.
  • Alliteration
  • Blends & Digraphs
  • Rhyming
  • Vowel Sounds

• Play Complete Book Readings in Spanish during story time or share out in newsletters and on social media, to build more inclusive early literacy programming for the Spanish-speaking families in your community.
  
  • Mi papi tiene una moto
  • Evelyn del Rey se muda
  • Clic, clac, muu: Vacas escritoras
  • ¡Gracias, Omu!

• Use the Early Childhood Standards Support page as a template for a program or program series for adults hoping to support literacy for the early learners in their lives. Find specific examples of resources and lists that can be shared in the library or at home.