First Steps to the Library highlights the skills young children need to be ready for school and helps caregivers understand how they can grow these skills.
DO YOU NEED DIRECTIONS?
School Readiness Skill: Children begin to identify, describe, classify, and understand shape, size, direction, and movement during play and other activities.
Do you need directions? Your little one does! Direction, size, and shape are some of the early math concepts your child is starting to understand. When you play I Spy and you say "I see a big circle up in the air," you introduce them to shape, size and direction. Here's how you can keeping growing those math skills:
- Size: As you go about your day, talk about size. "That is a tiny ladybug." You can even make comparisons. "Your car is small. My car is big."
- Shape: Point out shapes wherever you go--houses, merry-go-rounds, traffic signs. "Do you see our door? It's a rectangle."
- Direction: Share books like Up, Down and Around and sing songs like "We're Going on a Bear Hunt." Talk as you move throughout the day. "We're driving under a bridge." or "We're walking around this tree."
Find more information about helping your little one grow their early math skills from our friends at Richland First Steps.
First Steps to the Library is a partnership between Richland Library and Richland First Steps.
Grow Your Own Way
Published in 2023
"An ode to the wonderful diversity of flowers (and their young admirers), this colorful, chunky board book is a work of art meant to be displayed face-out on nursery bookshelves. Every page turn of this chunky board book reveals a new layer of Helen Dardik's bright, graphic depiction of a garden in bloom. A gentle introduction to diversity and acceptance, this rhyming story reminds readers that every kind of flower needs its own mix of sunshine, water, and soil to blossom...and that each flower's unique beauty is an extraordinary delight. You're a perfect flower, blooming exactly as you should, adding your special color to the garden of the world! Grow Your Own Way is part of the LAYERED VIEW board book series celebrating the ways in which our differences make the world a diverse place. Whether examining the unique needs of every flower in a garden or the special qualities of every puppy in a dog park, every die-cut page of a LAYERED VIEW book adds a level to the story--all building to one gorgeous, multi-dimensional scene perfect for displaying on a bookshelf or a bedroom shelf. Rich with special effects like foil and embossing, LAYERED VIEW board books are a beautiful, playful way to introduce new perspectives to the little learners in your life"--Amazon.com.
A Sembrar Sopa De Verduras = Growing Vegetable Soup
Published in 2012
A father and child grow vegetables and then make them into a soup. On board pages.
My Garden = Mi Jardin
Published in 2005
Vocabulary words and pictures associated with things in your garden or yard. Text in English and Spanish.
Un Pregón De Frutas
Published in 2021
While visiting her abuelo in Cuba, a young girl helps him sell frutas, singing the name of each fruit as they walk, and after she returns to the United States, they exchange letters made of abrazos--hugs. Includes historical and cultural notes.
Lola Planta Un Jardín
Published in 2017
Lola plants a flower garden with her parents' help, and watches it grow.
G is for Garden
A Gardening ABC Primer
Published in 2023
A is for annuals B is for bees C is for compost It's time to get your hands dirty! With L for leaf, N for nursery, and S for seeds, going from A to Z has never been so fresh. Take an alphabetized trip through the garden and discover the plants, animals, and tools that make gardening fun!
Magia
En Una Tierra Muy Lejana
Published in 2023
Una niña que crece en una finca de piñas en México nos descubre el verdadero significado de la palabra magia en este libro ilustrado, un volumen verdaderamente mágico sobre el cambio y la transformación --tanto sobre aquellas cosas que no podemos controlar, como los desastres naturales y las pérdidas, como las que sí están en nuestro poder. La magia puede transformar la tierra en piñas, las semillas en árboles, la lana en mantas, las palabras en historias, las páginas en blanco en imágenes.
Hello, Garden!
Published in 2021
From wiggling caterpillars to sunflowers reaching for the sky, say "Hello, Garden!"
We're Going on a Bear Hunt
Brave bear hunters go through grass, a river, mud, and other obstacles before the inevitable encounter with the bear forces a headlong retreat.
¡Hay Una Plaga En El Huerto!
Published in 2021
¿Estás preparado para reír? ¡Hay una plaga en el huerto! ¿Qué serálo que haga a continuación esa plaga?-- Page 4 of cover.
Along a Long Road
Published in 2011
Illustrations and brief text evoke a bicycle ride, with its ups and downs, sweeping turns, and vivid views.
Joey and Jet
Published in 2004
A boy and his dog play a game of fetch in a field of prepositions--among, between, past, and all around.
