Storytime: 3,2,1 Go!

السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته

Today we read 3, 2, 1, Go!: A Transportation Countdown (Counting Books)

The appealing aspect of this counting book is the illustrations; they are actual toys set against real backgrounds. Children may delight at the 10 toys school buses, the 9 toy ambulances, the 5 toy taxi cabs, and the (quite wonderful) 4 toy tug boats. All forms of transportation presented in the book are a great exploration activity for small minds. The toy tug boats rest on the shore with the real waves pushing up against them, the 9 toy ambulances sit in the parking lot of what appears to be a real hospital, and in this manner each picture is presented to the child. 

Accompanying each mode of transportation is a very brief sentence that describes/tells what that mode of transportation is used for. This book can be used as a way to help children connect new vocabulary words to the environment and to help children understand that print conveys meaning and describes our world.

This book can be used in conjunction with these transportation activities and children may also enjoy listening to these books whose main theme is transportation also...waallaahu a'lam.

Have a peek inside 3,2,1 Go! insha'Allaah and Enjoy!:

Storytime: Rub-a-Dub-Sub

السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته

Today we read Rub-a-Dub Sub

Another funny story from Linda Ashman! I not only read this story out loud for storytime, by request, I re-read and re-read and re-read it until I lost count!...lol. And just like Starry Safari, there is that one part of the story that just makes you laugh a good laugh.

In Rub-a-Dub-Sub, our young character is having an underwater adventure. This story is a wonderful teaching tool for teaching about word families and teaching rhyming words. Words such as: seal, eel; haze, maze; claw and jaw are a few of the words children will encounter in this fun story. Like Babies On The Go,Rub-a-Dub Sub has a nice collection of verbs to help build childrens' vocabularies insha'Allaah.

This book is also a wonderful resource to be used when teaching about ocean life and it can also be read to prepare the little ones for a part of their day that, for some, can be a challenge for both parent and child. A book of many purposes. Again, I won't tell you too much because I don't wish to spoil it for you *smile* but this book will be one that I recommend on A Muslim Child is Born insha'Allaah. It's just too cute a story to pass up...