Julie Fox

 As parents and teachers we can help cultivate a taste for reading.

Creative Ways to get your children to love reading!

~ Model reading

~ Have book discussions

~ Help them pick out books that relate to their hobbies and interests

~ Do Poetry Theatre together~ act out the poem! It's a hoot!

~ Give them a book allowance.  In addition to the regular amount you give for an allowance, add a little extra in their for them to buy a book.

~ Spend time together reading!

Here is a Fun Activity

Create your own Myth or Legend

For instance: How a Monkey got its tail...... or

How a cat got its meow

Then post it here:

http://myths.e2bn.org/create/

Buzz

This games puts fun into flashcards while reinforcing sight words and giving children a chance to move around.

1.   Write sight words on index cards

2.   Add cards that say BUZZ to the index cards

3.   Shuffle the word cards, then gather students to play. Have them sit in a circle.

4.   Flash the first word. If it is a sight word, have the students read it. If it says “buzz” everyone one gets to jump up and buzz around the room.

5.   Continue to the next card.

Here is a great site for building vocabulary

Click on the link below and play a Making Words Game

http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/wwwords1.html

Scavenger Hunt 1

Why Read Poetry?

Play this game for Phonic's Fun

Your It ~ A-Z

 Can be played with 2 to 101 players.

First person starts with an A word then the next player must quickly say a b word, and so on. If a person can’t think of a word they are out. To make it more challenging you can have them remember the previous words.

Write your own Tongue Twisters!

How much wood would a woodchuck chuck
if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
He would chuck, he would, as much as he could,
and chuck as much wood as a woodchuck would
if a woodchuck could chuck wood.

Play Idiom Charades 

Have the children act out or draw different idioms.

Here are a few to get you started:  

when pigs fly

chip on shoulder

frog in my throat

once in a blue moon

tickled pink

couch potato

pie in the sky

cat nap

monkey business

busy bee

all ears

green thumb

crack the books

 Write about a time you felt as silly as a goose:

Scavenger Hunt for Ugly as a Toad

1.   Find something that starts with T. _________________

2.    Find something that rhymes with owl. _____________

3.   Find something that makes you smile.______________

4.   Find something you think is ugly.__________________

5.   Find something as pretty as a peacock._____________

6.   Name something silly as a goose.______________

7.   Find something that moves slow like a snail._________

8.   Find something green like Tommy. ________________

9.   Find something that might be as big as a whale._________

Make up some fun Tongue Twisters Together!  

Sally Sue swam swiftly to safety!

Tommy Toad tipetoed to Turkeyville to taste turnips.

Mildred Monkey marched manically to the mall.

Your turn!

Pictures and animals are always a fun way to spark a child's imagination!  

Can you think of a funny caption for this picture?

Can you turn into into a cartoon strip?

Can you make him a main character in your story?

Can you write a poem about this animal?

Do you find him interesting? Do some research. Find out where they live, what they eat, how they communicate.

Come on give it a try~ you know it will be fun!