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Homework for Preschooler Books
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Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
By Bill Martin Jr.
During reading, explain who the characters are in the book (it’s the letters!).
After reading, ask your child to map out what the letters did first, second,
third, fourth, and so on. Help them draw a picture of these events.
(vocabulary)
The Mitten
By Jan Brett
After reading, ask your child to describe what happened first, next, and last in the
book. Help your child draw a picture of those events. (vocabulary)
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
By Laura Joffe Numeroff
During reading, clap out syllables of objects and actions: cookie, milk, napkin,
washing, straw, scissors, etc. (letter sounds)
A Color of His Own
By Leo Lionni
After reading, ask your child: Can you remember some of the different ways the
chameleon looked? Help your child draw their favorite chameleon color.
(vocabulary)
In the Small, Small Pond
By Denise Fleming
During reading, define and act out the action words that describe how each
animal moves (wiggle, jiggle, wriggle, waddle, wade, etc.). Write down action
words, and use them daily with your child. (vocabulary)
Move Over Rover
By Karen Beaumont
During reading, have your child finish the rhyming word pairs. Suggest a word
that doesn’t rhyme with each pair. After reading, play with the rhyming pairs by
asking your child to add rhyming words to each pair. (rhyming)
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Giggle Giggle Quack
By Doreen Cronin
Before reading, have your child look at the title. Show your child the uppercase “G”
and lowercase “g.” Ask your child to count the number of uppercase “G’s” and the
number of lowercase “g’s” they see in the book. Help your child write down words
that start with the letter “G.” (letter sounds)
The Way I Feel
By Janan Cain
During reading, have your child describe a time when he/she felt one of these
emotions (silly, scared, happy, etc.). After reading, help your child draw a picture
of a time when he/she has felt that way. (vocabulary)
How Do Dinosaurs Go to School?
By Jane Yolen
Before reading, show your child the letter “D” in the title. Tell your child it makes
the “duh” sound. During reading, have your child find letter “D” or “d” at the
beginning of words. Write down other words that begin with “D.” (letter sounds)
Rhyming Dust Bunnies
By Jan Thomas
During reading, have your child finish the rhyming word pairs. Suggest a word that
doesn’t rhyme with each pair. After reading, play with rhyming pairs by asking your
child to add rhyming words to each pair. (rhyming)
It’s A Tiger!
By David LaRochelle
Write down the word TIGER. During reading, ask your child to find words that start
with the same letter as the letters in TIGER. Write these words under each matching
letter from TIGER. Point out the difference between uppercase and lowercase
letters. (letter sounds)
Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site
By Sherri Duskey Rinker
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During reading, talk about the meaning of the words weary, mighty, churning, heap,
beneath, stack and pours. After reading, write down each of these words. Is your
child’s understanding of these words deep, shallow or nonexistent? (vocabulary)
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