If You Give A Moose A Muffin
1. Narrative Skills- You can help your child with narrative skills by asking them to recount the story using a flannel board. Purchase a ½ yard of black felt. Find some of the following props and characters on-line and print: moose, 2-muffins, couch, muffin tin, jam jar, sweater, button, old sock, cardboard and paints, sheet from bed, and blackberry bush, little boy and a mother. Print and cut out pictures. Glue felt strips to the back of each picture. Place a felt piece of fabric on the floor or wall and invite your child to retell the story by placing the props and characters on the felt.
2. Print Awareness- Take your child shopping at the grocery for muffin mix. Show them the words “muffin” on the package. After returning home, make and bake the muffins. Cut the words “muffin mix” from the package and place on refrigerator.
3. Letter Knowledge- Draw the lower case “m” on an 8 1/2 x 11 piece of paper; find a picture of a muffin and glue on paper; place the paper inside a clear plastic file sleeve (sheet protector); provide your child magic markers and have them trace over the letter and then the muffin.
4. Vocabulary- Play a scavenger hunt game and invite your child to find the following items that were in the story: jelly, button, sweater, sock, sheet on the bed.
5. Print Motivation- Inform your child that they are going to watch a story about a moose and a muffin. Tell them that once the story is over, you will go to the grocery and buy a muffin mix so you can make muffins together.
6. Phonological Awareness- Say, “Do the following words rhyme: moose—loose; moose—jam; muffin—toughen; muffin—sweater; sweater—better—letter?" (As always, I have included some that don’t rhyme so they will get used to listening very carefully to the sounds of the words.)
Parents are the first influential teachers their children will have. When it comes to literacy, it is important for parents to continuously encourage their children to read. As a parent you can aid in your child's growth by encouraging them to engage in active exploration (reading, drawing, crafts, est.), and then to talk and write about their learning experiences. Theses are referred to as "Extension Activities."
Nana’s Extension Activities are attached to each story. Their purpose is to provide you with ideas on how to help your child develop important skills now so they can become good readers. Ideas will be broken down into the six pre-reading skills: narrative skills, print awareness, letter knowledge vocabulary, print motivation and phonological awareness.
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