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Get Ready to Read

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Skills to Practice this Month

Spend time with your child each day by talking and listening. Talk with your child about what is going on around you. Talk about how things work, feelings, and ideas. When your child talks with you, listen and ask questions.

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Suggested Reading

Books for Children

1001 Questions and Answers
by Dorling Kindersley

Don’t Know Much About Space
by Kenneth C. Davis

Flyaway Katie
by Polly Dunbar

Lizzy’s Ups and Downs: Not an Ordinary School Day
by Jessica Harper

Machines at Work
by Byron Barton

Momma, Will You?
by Dori Chaconas

Old MacDonald Had a Woodshop
by Lisa Shulman

The Dorling Kindersley Question & Answer Quiz Book
by Ann Cramer

The Toolbox
by Anne Rockwell

Why Do Birds Sing?
by Joan Holub

Books for Parents and Caregivers

How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk
by Adele Faber

The Kid Who Invented the Trampoline: More Surprising Stories About Inventions
by Don L. Wulffson

The New Way Things Work
by David Macaulay

Dedicated to making sure all children in Saint Paul are ready for kindergarten!

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