This detailed Teacher's Guide for the Read, Play, and Learn!® curriculum helps teachers and program directors in choosing materials, arranging their classrooms, using the curriculum to enhance children's skills, and identifying children's developmental levels so that appropriate modifications can be made. Key features include: 
<ul>
<li>Discussion of research on emergent literacy with specific suggestions on how teachers can use the activities in Read, Play, and Learn! to support learning and skill acquisition in their students. There are also guidelines on creating a literacy-rich environment in the classroom and creating opportunities for reading and writing. An appendix contains a list of suggested materials for each stage of literacy development.</li>
<li>Descriptions of the three levels of learning—sensorimotor, functional, and symbolic—with guidelines on how teachers can identify a child's learning level and modify classroom activities to meet his or her individual needs. There are also suggestions on how teachers can use curriculum activities to encourage each child's cognitive, social-emotional, communication, and sensorimotor development, no matter their level of learning. </li>
<li>An entire chapter devoted to ways you can involve families in their children's education. Aside from specific examples of ways to foster family involvement, the chapter also contains photocopiable handouts teachers can give to parents that describe the curriculum and ways parents can support their children's learning.</li>
<li>Master planning sheets to help teachers plan activities for each center and learning area for an entire week. </li>
<li>List of resources on accommodations and curricula for early childhood classrooms. </li>
<li>Suggestions on how to get your classroom ready to use Read, Play, and Learn!, with descriptions of each of the centers and guidelines for arranging the classroom and planning a daily schedule. </li>
<li>List of materials recommended for each center and learning area. </li>
<li>Step-by-step instructions for teacher teams on planning and implementation of the curriculum. </li>
<li>Chapters on adapting the curriculum for students with visual or hearing impairments. </li>
</ul> This Teacher's Guide is part of Read, Play, and Learn!, an innovative, play-based curriculum for children 3–6 years of age that promotes general development and boosts cognitive, sensorimotor, communication/language, social, and emerging literacy skills. Learn more about the complete Read, Play, and Learn! curriculum, and discover Toni Linder's play-based assessment and intervention system, TPBA2 and TPBI2. See which domain of school readiness in the Head Start Child Development and Early Learning Framework this book addresses.

Teacher's Guide for Read, Play, and Learn!®: Storybook Activities for Young Children

Reference

Linder Ed.D., Toni

Words, Language & Grammar

Brookes Publishing

This Module Collection for the Read Play Learn!® curriculum is a handy boxed set of instructive modules that are linked to popular children's storybooks. Collection 1 contains Modules 1–8 with ideas and activities thematically linked to the Fall semester. One module is linked to each of these eight popular stories: 
<ul>
<li>The Kissing Hand, by Audrey Penn</li>
<li>Somebody and the Three Blairs, by Marilyn Tolhurst</li>
<li>Picking Apples &amp; Pumpkins, by Amy and Richard Hutchings</li>
<li>The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything, by Linda Williams</li>
<li>The Knight and The Dragon, by Tomie dePaola</li>
<li>Abiyoyo, by Pete Seeger</li>
<li>Night Tree, by Eve Bunting</li>
<li>The Snowy Day, by Ezra Jack Keats</li>
</ul> Each individually bound module (also sold separately) offers 2 weeks (or 10 days) worth of activities and contains the following sections: <ol>
<li>The Story: A brief summary of the storybook, with information on where to get the book. </li>
<li>The Planning Sheets: Charts for at-a-glance reference to all of the suggested activities for the 2 weeks. </li>
<li>Vocabulary: A list of the key words and concepts, including labels, action words, and descriptors, to which children can be introduced in the module. </li>
<li>Materials: A list of the toys and equipment, supplies, food, and other items needed for the module. </li>
<li>Areas/Centers: A description of 10 days of different activities for each area or center in the classroom, plus suggested modifications for children functioning at the sensorimotor, functional, and symbolic levels of learning.</li>
<li>How to Involve Families: Sample letters with recommendations to help keep family members or other caregivers informed. </li>
<li>More Suggestions: Additional storybooks and other activities (e.g., songs, fingerplays, resources, computer games) that can be used with the module.</li>
</ol> Modules can be used in the sequence they appear in or in any other order that suits the time of year, your geographic location and climate, or the interests of your learners, or your own needs. All modules contain suggestions for alternative storybooks.The storybooks themselves are not included with this collection or the individual modules.
 This collection is part of Read, Play, and Learn!, an innovative, play-based curriculum for children 3–6 years of age that promotes general development and boosts cognitive, sensorimotor, communication/language, social, and emerging literacy skills.
 Learn more about the complete Read, Play, and Learn! curriculum, and discover Toni Linder's play-based assessment and intervention system, TPBA2 and TPBI2.

Read, Play, and Learn!® Collection 1: Storybook Activities for Young Children

Business & Money

Job Hunting & Careers

This Module Collection for the Read Play Learn!® curriculum is a handy boxed set of instructive modules that are linked to popular children's storybooks. Collection 2 contains Modules 9–16 with ideas and activities thematically linked to the Spring semester. One module is linked to each of these eight popular stories: 
<ul>
<li>
A Porcupine Named Fluffy, by Helen Lester</li>
<li>
First Flight, by David McPhail</li>
<li>
Friends, by Helme Heine</li>
<li>
The Three Billy Goats Gruff, by Janet Stevens</li>
<li>
The Three Little Javelinas, by Susan Lowell</li>
<li>
A Rainbow of Friends, by P.K. Hallinan</li>
<li>
Franklin Has a Sleepover, by Paulette Bourgeois and Brenda Clark</li>
<li>
The Rainbow Fish, by Marcus Pfister</li>
</ul> Each individually bound module (also sold separately) offers 2 weeks (or 10 days) worth of activities and contains the following sections: <ol>
<li>
The Story: A brief summary of the storybook, with information on where to get the book. </li>
<li>
The Planning Sheets: Charts for at-a-glance reference to all of the suggested activities for the 2 weeks. </li>
<li>
Vocabulary: A list of the key words and concepts, including labels, action words, and descriptors, to which children can be introduced in the module. </li>
<li>
Materials: A list of the toys and equipment, supplies, food, and other items needed for the module. </li>
<li>
Areas/Centers: A description of 10 days of different activities for each area or center in the classroom, plus suggested modifications for children functioning at the sensorimotor, functional, and symbolic levels of learning.</li>
<li>
How to Involve Families: Sample letters with recommendations to help keep family members or other caregivers informed. </li>
<li>
More Suggestions: Additional storybooks and other activities (e.g., songs, fingerplays, resources, computer games) that can be used with the module.</li>
</ol> Modules can be used in the sequence they appear in or in any other order that suits the time of year, your geographic location and climate, or the interests of your learners, or your own needs. All modules contain suggestions for alternative storybooks.The storybooks themselves are not included with this collection or the individual modules.
 This collection is part of Read, Play, and Learn!, an innovative, play-based curriculum for children 3–6 years of age that promotes general development and boosts cognitive, sensorimotor, communication/language, social, and emerging literacy skills.
 Learn more about the complete Read, Play, and Learn! curriculum, and discover Toni Linder's play-based assessment and intervention system, TPBA2 and TPBI2.

Read, Play, and Learn!® Collection 2: Storybook Activities for Young Children

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

This Read, Play, and Learn! storybook module contains 10 days of activities linked to the popular storybook The Kissing Hand. The module contains the following sections: The Story: A brief summary of the storybook, with information on where to get the book. The Planning Sheets: Charts for at-a-glance reference to all of the suggested activities for the 2 weeks. Vocabulary: A list of the key words and concepts, including labels, action words, and descriptors, to which children can be introduced in the module. Materials: A list of the toys and equipment, supplies, food, and other items needed for the module. Areas/Centers: A description of 10 days of different activities for each area or center in the classroom, plus suggested modifications for children functioning at the sensorimotor, functional, and symbolic levels of learning.How to Involve Families: Sample letters with recommendations to help keep family members or other caregivers informed. More Suggestions: Additional storybooks and other activities (e.g., songs, fingerplays, resources, computer games) that can be used with the module.The storybooks themselves are not included with this module or the collections. This module is part of Collection 1 of Read, Play, and Learn!, an innovative, play-based curriculum for children 3–6 years of age that promotes general development and boosts cognitive, sensorimotor, communication/language, social, and emerging literacy skills. Learn more about the complete Read, Play, and Learn! curriculum, and discover Toni Linder's play-based assessment and intervention system, TPBA2 and TPBI2.

Read, Play, and Learn!® Module 1: Storybook Activities for The Kissing Hand

This Read, Play, and Learn!® storybook module contains 10 days of activities linked to the popular storybook Somebody and the Three Blairs. The module contains the following sections: The Story: A brief summary of the storybook, with information on where to get the book. The Planning Sheets: Charts for at-a-glance reference to all of the suggested activities for the 2 weeks. Vocabulary: A list of the key words and concepts, including labels, action words, and descriptors, to which children can be introduced in the module. Materials: A list of the toys and equipment, supplies, food, and other items needed for the module. Areas/Centers: A description of 10 days of different activities for each area or center in the classroom, plus suggested modifications for children functioning at the sensorimotor, functional, and symbolic levels of learning.How to Involve Families: Sample letters with recommendations to help keep family members or other caregivers informed. More Suggestions: Additional storybooks and other activities (e.g., songs, fingerplays, resources, computer games) that can be used with the module.The storybooks themselves are not included with this module or the collections. This module is part of Collection 1 of Read, Play, and Learn!, an innovative, play-based curriculum for children 3–6 years of age that promotes general development and boosts cognitive, sensorimotor, communication/language, social, and emerging literacy skills. Learn more about the complete Read, Play, and Learn! curriculum, and discover Toni Linder's play-based assessment and intervention system, TPBA2 and TPBI2.

Read, Play, and Learn!® Module 2: Storybook Activities for Somebody and the Three Blairs

This Read, Play, and Learn!® storybook module contains 10 days of activities linked to the popular storybook Picking Apples & Pumpkins. The module contains the following sections: The Story: A brief summary of the storybook, with information on where to get the book. The Planning Sheets: Charts for at-a-glance reference to all of the suggested activities for the 2 weeks. Vocabulary: A list of the key words and concepts, including labels, action words, and descriptors, to which children can be introduced in the module. Materials: A list of the toys and equipment, supplies, food, and other items needed for the module. Areas/Centers: A description of 10 days of different activities for each area or center in the classroom, plus suggested modifications for children functioning at the sensorimotor, functional, and symbolic levels of learning.How to Involve Families: Sample letters with recommendations to help keep family members or other caregivers informed. More Suggestions: Additional storybooks and other activities (e.g., songs, fingerplays, resources, computer games) that can be used with the module.The storybooks themselves are not included with this module or the collections. This module is part of Collection 1 of Read, Play, and Learn!, an innovative, play-based curriculum for children 3–6 years of age that promotes general development and boosts cognitive, sensorimotor, communication/language, social, and emerging literacy skills. Learn more about the complete Read, Play, and Learn! curriculum, and discover Toni Linder's play-based assessment and intervention system, TPBA2 and TPBI2.

Read, Play, and Learn!® Module 3: Storybook Activities for Picking Apples & Pumpkins

This Read, Play, and Learn!® storybook module contains 10 days of activities linked to the popular storybook The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything. The module contains the following sections: 
<ol>
<li>
The Story: A brief summary of the storybook, with information on where to get the book. </li>
<li>
The Planning Sheets: Charts for at-a-glance reference to all of the suggested activities for the 2 weeks. </li>
<li>
Vocabulary: A list of the key words and concepts, including labels, action words, and descriptors, to which children can be introduced in the module. </li>
<li>
Materials: A list of the toys and equipment, supplies, food, and other items needed for the module. </li>
<li>
Areas/Centers: A description of 10 days of different activities for each area or center in the classroom, plus suggested modifications for children functioning at the sensorimotor, functional, and symbolic levels of learning.</li>
<li>
How to Involve Families: Sample letters with recommendations to help keep family members or other caregivers informed. </li>
<li>
More Suggestions: Additional storybooks and other activities (e.g., songs, fingerplays, resources, computer games) that can be used with the module.</li>
</ol> i&gt;The storybooks themselves are not included with this module or the collections. This module is part of Collection 1 of Read, Play, and Learn!, an innovative, play-based curriculum for children 3–6 years of age that promotes general development and boosts cognitive, sensorimotor, communication/language, social, and emerging literacy skills.
 Learn more about the complete Read, Play, and Learn! curriculum, and discover Toni Linder's play-based assessment and intervention system, TPBA2 and TPBI2.

Read, Play, and Learn!® Module 4: Storybook Activities for The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything

This Read, Play, and Learn!® storybook module contains 10 days of activities linked to the popular storybook The Knight and The Dragon. The module contains the following sections: The Story: A brief summary of the storybook, with information on where to get the book. The Planning Sheets: Charts for at-a-glance reference to all of the suggested activities for the 2 weeks. Vocabulary: A list of the key words and concepts, including labels, action words, and descriptors, to which children can be introduced in the module. Materials: A list of the toys and equipment, supplies, food, and other items needed for the module. Areas/Centers: A description of 10 days of different activities for each area or center in the classroom, plus suggested modifications for children functioning at the sensorimotor, functional, and symbolic levels of learning.How to Involve Families: Sample letters with recommendations to help keep family members or other caregivers informed. More Suggestions: Additional storybooks and other activities (e.g., songs, fingerplays, resources, computer games) that can be used with the module.The storybooks themselves are not included with this module or the collections. This module is part of Collection 1 of Read, Play, and Learn!, an innovative, play-based curriculum for children 3–6 years of age that promotes general development and boosts cognitive, sensorimotor, communication/language, social, and emerging literacy skills. Learn more about the complete Read, Play, and Learn! curriculum, and discover Toni Linder's play-based assessment and intervention system, TPBA2 and TPBI2.

Read, Play, and Learn!® Module 5: Storybook Activities for The Knight and the Dragon

Stetson "Ed.M. Ph.D.", Erica

Carrico M.S.W., Melissa

Figueroa-Rosario "M.S. OTR", Wanda

This Read, Play, and Learn!® storybook module contains 10 days of activities linked to the popular storybook Night Tree. The module contains the following sections: The Story: A brief summary of the storybook, with information on where to get the book. The Planning Sheets: Charts for at-a-glance reference to all of the suggested activities for the 2 weeks. Vocabulary: A list of the key words and concepts, including labels, action words, and descriptors, to which children can be introduced in the module. Materials: A list of the toys and equipment, supplies, food, and other items needed for the module. Areas/Centers: A description of 10 days of different activities for each area or center in the classroom, plus suggested modifications for children functioning at the sensorimotor, functional, and symbolic levels of learning.How to Involve Families: Sample letters with recommendations to help keep family members or other caregivers informed. More Suggestions: Additional storybooks and other activities (e.g., songs, fingerplays, resources, computer games) that can be used with the module.The storybooks themselves are not included with this module or the collections. This module is part of Collection 1 of Read, Play, and Learn!, an innovative, play-based curriculum for children 3–6 years of age that promotes general development and boosts cognitive, sensorimotor, communication/language, social, and emerging literacy skills. Learn more about the complete Read, Play, and Learn! curriculum, and discover Toni Linder's play-based assessment and intervention system, TPBA2 and TPBI2.

Read, Play, and Learn!® Module 7: Storybook Activities for Night Tree

This Read, Play, and Learn!® storybook module contains 10 days of activities linked to the popular storybook The Snowy Day. The module contains the following sections: 
<ol>
<li>
The Story: A brief summary of the storybook, with information on where to get the book. </li>
<li>
The Planning Sheets: Charts for at-a-glance reference to all of the suggested activities for the 2 weeks. </li>
<li>
Vocabulary: A list of the key words and concepts, including labels, action words, and descriptors, to which children can be introduced in the module. </li>
<li>
Materials: A list of the toys and equipment, supplies, food, and other items needed for the module. </li>
<li>
Areas/Centers: A description of 10 days of different activities for each area or center in the classroom, plus suggested modifications for children functioning at the sensorimotor, functional, and symbolic levels of learning.</li>
<li>
How to Involve Families: Sample letters with recommendations to help keep family members or other caregivers informed. </li>
<li>
More Suggestions: Additional storybooks and other activities (e.g., songs, fingerplays, resources, computer games) that can be used with the module.</li>
</ol>
The storybooks themselves are not included with this module or the collections. This module is part of Collection 1 of Read, Play, and Learn!, an innovative, play-based curriculum for children 3–6 years of age that promotes general development and boosts cognitive, sensorimotor, communication/language, social, and emerging literacy skills.
 Learn more about the complete Read, Play, and Learn! curriculum, and discover Toni Linder's play-based assessment and intervention system, TPBA2 and TPBI2.

Read, Play, and Learn!® Module 8: Storybook Activities for The Snowy Day

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