Let’s Explore Singing!
Would you like to add more songs to your child’s play or reading time?
Let me tell you about the Story Time Kits available in our Yolo County Libraries. The “Let’s Sing This Book” Kit has eight bilingual sing-along books, a puppet and a felt story. The kit includes favorite songs such as Five Little Ducks and Old McDonald Had a Farm.
Family literacy is how a family interacts with text, words, pictures, rhymes, and songs. Family literacy can be practiced by reading books, playing games, and singing songs. Let’s explore literacy through singing.
Sing songs together. Make up new songs, too! The sillier the better. A fun way to sing together is to take a familiar song and add new verses, include family names in the song, find new rhymes, or sing with silly voices. Create new songs about what you are doing and have fun working together. Watch a musical and sing the songs all day long.
Here are some ideas for at-home activities using the kit: Let’s Sing this Book!
- Create a family concert and ask your children to practice their favorite song.
- Have everyone participate in a family march and make up a song as you go. As you march around the house or outside, the children can collect objects to tell a story or become part of your song.
- Help your children read a sing-along book. If you don’t know the tune, make it up!
- Be silly!
- And of course, have as much fun as possible.
Story Time Kits and Bilingual Backpacks are available at your local Yolo County Library branch. Check out yolocountylibrary.org/learning for additional information.
Have you enjoyed the fun activities and free prizes from the YCL Summer Reading Program? Sign up now! The Summer Reading Program will conclude on August 15th.
