Publisher's Synopsis
Share your LOVE FOR ANIMALS with your children
Explore the home of cute critters from all over the world by stepping inside these full page length illustrations of each animal inside their happy little home. Watch as eyes open wide and smiles burst with excitement as you turn each page. Alongside each illustration is a playful and catchy free-verse poem that you and your little animal lover can recite aloud together!
"Squiggly, wiggly, JELLYFISH,wiggling through the water.
Such a peaceful day,
just drifting away,
for a jellyfish under the water".One of the best methods to encourage young readers is through POETRY.
Through poetry, early readers learn about sound, develop a sense for speech patterns and rhythms, and build/strengthen tongue and lip movement necessary for speech. Poetry and rhyming is also an effective tool that helps children broaden their vocabulary through the pairing of similar sounding words, such as "chair" and "air", which also introduces them to phonetics. Children with mild to moderate speech delays benefit tremendously from hearing poetry as opposed to traditional stories with non-rhyming content.
"Poetry is "almost perfect" for helping children struggling with sounding out words. "It helps kids develop an awareness of language fundamentals... it's fun and a little different, kids learn without realizing it". - Tim Rasinski, Professor of Literacy Education at Kent State University "A children's poem brings the body into language through strong beats and sounds that evoke their sensory referents." and "...helps children manage their sensory environments, map and regulate their neurological functions...". - Karen Coats, Director of the Center for Research and Children's Literature at Cambridge UniversityReading and Rhyming Develops Creativity in ChildrenEncourage your child to create, to rhyme, and visualize the world as they see it! Rhyming takes the pressure out of reading and creates a fun experience for the student reader and the teacher! The natural rhythmic nature of poetry makes it easy to introduce new, unfamiliar words or animals: ), into your child's vocabulary. Poetry teaches children about pitch, voice, voice inflections, and volume. Lead by example, let your personality shine through and encourage your little one to do the same,
This book was developed by a Family Nurse Practitioner with YOUR family in mind and little one at heart.
