Early Literacy Activity Cards-Resource

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I came across a site called Family Literacy Expertise, they are a Canadian non-profit and have an immense resource of early literacy activity cards based on familiar children's books. If you are looking for a kids book with activities pre-pared with it, or have a kids book and are looking for activities to accompany it. This is a great site to check out.

Some of the books they have listed are:

A Big Fat Enormous Lie	My Family's Changing
A Child's Treasury of Nursery Rhymes	My Friends and Me
All Together Now	Nose to Toes
Alligator Baby	Number One, Tickle Your Tum
Amazing Grace	On Your Potty
Andrew's Loose Tooth	Pajama Time
Baby Faces	Peek a Who
Barnyard Dance	Peekaboo Baby
Big or Little	Red Ripe Strawberry, Little Mouse and the Big Hungry Bear
Can't You Sleep Little Bear	Shoes from Grandpa
Clap Your Hands	Sleepy Little Mouse
Finding Kate's Shoes	Stellaluna
Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed	Stop Picking On Me
Five Little Monkeys Sitting In a Tree	That's Good That's Bad
Five Little Monkeys With Nothing to Do	The Bear Went over the Mountain
From Head to Toe	The Grouchy Ladybug
Good Night Gorilla	The Itsy Bitsy Spider
Goodnight Moon	The Kissing Hand
Guess How Much I love You	The Mitten
Hands Are Not For Hitting	The Princess and the Potty
Hiding	The Very Busy Spider
I Can Blink	The Way I Feel
I Have to Go	Touch and Feel Animal Kisses
I Love You So Much	Touch and Feel Bedtime
I Miss You	Touch and Feel Mealtime
If You Give A Moose A Muffin	Touch and Feel Pets
If You Give A Mouse A Cookie	Two Eyes A Nose & A Mouth
If You Were My Bunny	Up to the Skies and Down Again
I'm A Little Teapot	Very Busy Spider
I'm As Quick As A Cricket	Very Hungry Caterpillar
Jessica's X-ray	Where the Wild Things Are
Lifetimes	Where's My Teddy
Little Mouse, Red Ripe Strawberry & The Big Hungry Bear
Makeup Mess

Free Online Storytime and Rewards Club!

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One of the most memorable books from my youth is If You Give A Mouse A Cookie. I always thought the little mouse was too cute. And surely, if I gave him a cookie and he asked me for a glass of milk, I'd give it to him! If this isn't already one of your child's favorite books, it's bound to be. For the month of October, Barnes and Noble's Online Storytime is If You Give A Mouse A Cookie, and better yet, it's read by the author Laura Numeroff.

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I also noticed while I was sniffing around the B&N site, that they are now offering an incentive program to parents called the Barnes and Noble Kid's Club. This FREE club offers several perks for signing up.

• 30% off list price on any one kids' book or toy for your children
• $5 reward for every $100 you spend on kids’ stuff
  online and in stores
• Free cupcake from the café for all your children's birthdays
• Free digital book created by your child on Tikatok.com
• Monthly email newsletter featuring even more savings
• 25% off every day on books created by your child on Tikatok.com

I don't know about you, but that sounds pretty good to me!