Friday, September 19, 2008

For the week of 09/19-09/26

I am going to start with the following books which are recommended by Brooklyn Public Library .

Books for Preschoolers

Stories with characters and plot

Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina
A Chair for My Mother by Vera Williams

Simple fairy and folk tales
The Gingerbread Boy by Richard Egielski
Zomo the Rabbit by Gerald McDermott


Alphabet books

Alphabet Under Construction by Denise Fleming
ABC NYC : a book about seeing New York by Joanne Dugan

Humorous stories
Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale by Mo Willems
Bark, George by Jules Fieffer

Stories about familiar things and situations
I Stink by Kate & Jim McMullan
The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats

Sure-fire favorites
Kitten's First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes
Wild About Books by Judy Sierra, illustrated by Marc Brown

Welcome

The main reason for starting this blog is not only to record the activities, developments and scribblings of Nikita ( my 4 your old preschooler) but also to record my accomplishments as a Mom in encouraging her to read, write and teach her good principles of life. I wanted to cultivate the importance of Reading in her, right from her preschool days. I am planning to start " reading together" program with her starting this weekend(9/19-9/26). I set a goal to make a list of books to read for the week, get it from the library and decide to spend a minimum of an hour everyday with her. I feel that I am too much motivated to do the household chores than sitting with her and give her some quality time for reading and writing .I will try to update the blog every week with what my goals are and what I have accomplished.