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FOCUS & SELF CONTROL SKILLS
Infant / Toddler
- Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
- Noisy Nora by Rosemarry Wells
- Elmo Says by Sarah Albee
- Head Shoulders Knees and Toes by Annie Kubler
Preschool
- Whistle for Willie by Ezra Jack Keats
- A Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Williams
- The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss
School Age
- Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key by Jack Gantos
- Wilma Unlimited by Kathleen Krull
- The Best Seat in Second Grade by Katharine Kenah
- The Little Red Hen Makes a Pizza by Philemon Sturges
- The Art Lesson by Tomie dePaola
- A Crooked Kind of Perfect by Linda Urban
PERSPECTIVE TAKING SKILLS
Infant / Toddler
- Five Little Ducks by Raffi
- Polar Bear, Polar Bear What Do You Hear? by Bill Martin & Eric Carle
- Glass Slipper Gold Sandal by Paul Fleischman
Preschool
- Whoever You Are by Mem Fox
- Corduroy by Don Freeman
- Fish is Fish by Leo Lionni
- Are You Ready to Play Outside? by Mo Willems
School Age
- Lowji Discovers America by Steve Jenkins
- Button Up! by Alice Schertle
- Freedom Summer by Deborah Wiles
- The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman
- Wonder by R.J. Palacio
COMMUNICATING SKILLS
Infant / Toddler
- Bark, George by Jules Feiffer
- Baby Talk by Penny Gentieu
- Penguin by Polly Dunbar
- Moo, Baa, La, La, La by Sandra Boynton
Preschool
- Dear Mr. Blueberry by Simon James
- Not Norman by Kelly Bennett
- The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney
- The Cow That Went Oink by Bernard Most
School Age
- Emma's Poem by Linda Glaser
- No Talking by Andrew Clements
- Martin's Big Words by Doreen Rappaport
- Liar & Spy by Rebecca Stead
- At the Beach by Anne Rockwell
- The Storyteller's Candle by Lucia Gonzalez
MAKING CONNECTIONS
Infant / Toddler
- It Looked Like Spilled Milk by Charles G. Shaw
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
- Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes by Mem Fox & Helen Oxenbury
- Not a Box by Antoinette Portis
Preschool
- Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina
- Alphabet City by Stephen T. Johnson
- Same, Same but Different by Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw
School Age
- On the Same Day in March by Marilyn Singer
- The Pot that Juan Built by Nancy Andrew-Goebel
- When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
- Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson
- What Do You Do with a Tale Like This? by Steve Jenkins
- I Am Different! Can You Find Me? by Manjula Padmanabhan
CRITICAL THINKING
Infant / Toddler
- Where's My Teddy? by Jez Alborough
- The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown
- Blue Hat, Green Hat by Sandra Boynton
Preschool
- Are You My Mother? by P.D. Eastman
- Seven Blind Mice by Ed Young
- What Can You Do with a Paleta? by Carmen Tofolla
- If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff
School Age
- Edgar Allen's Official Crime Investigation Notebook by Mary Amato
- Grace for President by Kelly DiPucchio
- Hannah's Suitcase by Karen Levine
- Nate the Great by Marjorie Weinman
TAKING ON CHALLENGES
Infant / Toddler
- Llama Llama Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney
- My Truck is Stuck by Kevin Lewis & Daniel Kirk
Preschool
- Owen by Keven Henkes
- The Little Engine that Could by Watty Piper
- Brontorina by James Howe
School Age
- Knuffle Bunny by Mo Willems
- Horton Hears a Who by Dr. Seuss
- Jingle Dancer by Cynthia Leitich Smith
- The Empty Pot by Demi
- Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien
- Stone Fox by John Reynolds Gardiner
SELF-DIRECTED ENGAGED LEARNING
Infant / Toddler
- From Head to Toe by Eric Carle
- Where's Spot? by Eric Hill
- I Can Do It Too! by Karen Baicker
Preschool
- The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
- Miss. Rumphias by Barbara Cooney
- Press Here by Herve Tullet
- My Five Senses by Aliki
School Age
- Rickshaw Girl by Mitali Perkins
- Mr. George Baker by Amy Hest
- Home at Last by Susan Middleton Elya
- The View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg
- Lemonade in Winter by Emily Jenkins
- Dinosaurs Before Dark by Mary Pope Osborn
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GAMES - FOCUS AND SELF-CONTROL
- “Simon Says, Do the Opposite”
- Freeze Tag (ages 3 and up)
- Red Light, Green Light (ages 3 and up)
- Hide and Seek (ages 3 and up)
- Memory or Matching games (ages 3 and up)
- Cranium Hullaballoo (movement game for ages 4 and up) Uno (a card game for ages 5 and up)
- Set (a card game for ages 6 and up)
MINDFULNESS STRATEGIES
- Breathing exercise: 5 Finger Breathing, Belly Breathing or Four Square Breathing
- Rainbow Walk: Find all the colors in the rainbow as you take a walk with your child.
- Gratitude List (orally or in writing)
- Mindful Coloring: Teach your child how to let thoughts and feelings go as they focus on breathing and on the colors in their artwork.
Help them learn to stay in the moment.
GAMES - PERSPECTIVE TAKING
- Play games
“What were they thinking!”
In this game, the participant considers what someone else might have been thinking when they carried out an action. You can ask your child to play the game when they are processing what someone did or said to them at school.
- Role Play
Encourage role-play and putting on plays. This is an excellent way for children to experiment with taking another’s perspective.
Take time to ask your child what the character is feeling and why. Have your child explain what the character wants.
Repeat many times throughout the story as those feelings and desires change.
Examples:
How does Tinkerbell feel about Wendy?
How do you know?
What is Piglet feeling right now?
What does Spiderman want?
How can he get it?
GAMES - MAKING CONNECTIONS
MATH GAMES:
- Chutes and Ladders
- High Ho! Cherry O!
- Monopoly
- Zingo! Number Bingo
- Trouble
SCIENCE:
observe, hypothesize (guess/ predict), and explain whether or not their guess was right.
- What will happen when we mix these two ingredients together?
- What will happen to the plant if we don’t water it for two weeks?
- Which car will go faster on the track? (Hot Wheels / Match Cars) and why?
SORTING:
- Sort toys by type (puzzles, stuffed animals, blocks, cars) and put them away.
- Sort crayons by colors (especially the big box with colors like “sea foam” is it blue or green?)
- Invite your child to sort laundry and pair socks Sort figurines by characteristic (Does this dinosaur eat meat or plants?)
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Science-backed early learning for children from birth through age 5. Access 1000+ fast and fun activities!
You can also log on to the Vroom web app or Vroom by Text™️ SMS option to access materials and content supporting early learning.