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The library "Reading is so Delicious" summer reading program opens for business on May 15th.  We have categories for children of all ages, middle school children and young adults!  Children from birth through 35 months are encouraged to sign up to become a "Little Listener."  This is a great program for parents and caregivers to incorporate the 5 essential early literacy skills into your </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/gbplyreadysetread/~3/6rV3a0EBiVk/get-ready-for-summer-reading.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ready Set Read)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eN9qIelNV9I/T6lt-joopMI/AAAAAAAAAEI/Ry6Qj2hPWbM/s72-c/summer+reading+2012+logo+small.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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also added the final animal onto our "All Through the Zoo" song!

Children


 will learn important 
concepts through repetition and 
singing, and making animal motions and movements. Encourage your child to use their arms and legs to
 make the motions of the animals while voicing the </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/gbplyreadysetread/~3/IDvp7siJaMU/story-mix-for-three-to-six-zany-zoo.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ready Set Read)</author><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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dancing, hopping, bopping and being silly.  These activities also help your baby learn motor skills, learn communication skills, and helps build self-confidence as he or she learns to do new motions.  Clap along or pat your hands on your knees to rhymes and songs you sing together, stretch your arms out wide or small to indicate sizes,  and use your facial </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/gbplyreadysetread/~3/OOx9akiGGUg/wonderful-ones-clap-pat-stretch-repeat.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ready Set Read)</author><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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week is all about those silly and mischievous monkeys who swing from the trees!  We've 
also added a new animal onto our "All Through the Zoo" song!

Children


 will learn important 
concepts through repetition and 
singing, and making animal motions and movements. Using arms and legs to
 make the motions of a swinging monkey or one </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/gbplyreadysetread/~3/6b8nYVgtEaA/story-mix-for-three-to-six-zany-zoo_25.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ready Set Read)</author><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/gbplyreadysetread/~4/6b8nYVgtEaA" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://gbplyreadysetread.blogspot.com/2012/04/story-mix-for-three-to-six-zany-zoo_25.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653534145873396329.post-4628546405394272581</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-04-25T09:00:04.796-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">reading success</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">colors</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">talking</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">weather</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">seasons</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">1 2 3 Go</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">communication</category><title>1, 2, 3 Go!  Here Comes the Sun!</title><atom:summary>We are continuing to explore weather and spring seasonal elements at the 1, 2, 3 Go!  class this week.  Take some some this week to engage your child in talking about the spring weather and what happens after it rains...the sun comes out!  Ask questions such as, "what does the sun do?", or "what color is the sun?" and then, "what other objects are yellow?". Developing a conversation with your </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/gbplyreadysetread/~3/xIsXbSM2Fz8/1-2-3-go-here-comes-sun.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ready Set Read)</author><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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rhymes and stories we enjoyed at this week's class.  Singing and rhyming
 not only allows baby to hear and learn new words, it also assists in 
developing listening skills. By listening to the different sounds 
animals make, babies will be able to decipher syllables in spoken 
language.  Also, learning to identify different animals by </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/gbplyreadysetread/~3/eOJjdEuQ8yU/wonderful-ones-fun-farm-animals.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ready Set Read)</author><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?a=eOJjdEuQ8yU:BBDQzmUDN_U:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?a=eOJjdEuQ8yU:BBDQzmUDN_U:qj6IDK7rITs"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?a=eOJjdEuQ8yU:BBDQzmUDN_U:-BTjWOF_DHI"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?i=eOJjdEuQ8yU:BBDQzmUDN_U:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/gbplyreadysetread/~4/eOJjdEuQ8yU" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://gbplyreadysetread.blogspot.com/2012/04/wonderful-ones-fun-farm-animals.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653534145873396329.post-6477607186181989283</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-04-18T09:00:01.031-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">reading success</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">imagination</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">playing</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">zoo</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">singing</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">zany zoo animals</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">reading</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">elephants</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">animals</category><title>Story Mix for Three to Six:  ZANY ZOO ANIMALS: Enormous Elephants</title><atom:summary>We are continuing our theme of ZANY ZOO ANIMALS and this 
week is all about tall giraffes with long necks!  We've 
also added a new animal onto our "All Through the Zoo" song!

Children


 will learn important 
concepts through repetition and 
singing, and making animal motions and movements. Using arms and legs to
 make the motions of a swinging elephant trunk will keep children active and
 help</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/gbplyreadysetread/~3/J9ocYyLKLjY/story-mix-for-three-to-six-zany-zoo_18.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ready Set Read)</author><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?a=J9ocYyLKLjY:C9ueQl8TKz4:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?a=J9ocYyLKLjY:C9ueQl8TKz4:qj6IDK7rITs"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?a=J9ocYyLKLjY:C9ueQl8TKz4:-BTjWOF_DHI"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?i=J9ocYyLKLjY:C9ueQl8TKz4:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/gbplyreadysetread/~4/J9ocYyLKLjY" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://gbplyreadysetread.blogspot.com/2012/04/story-mix-for-three-to-six-zany-zoo_18.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653534145873396329.post-9006180292337046803</guid><pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-04-17T14:08:17.519-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">sounds</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">clapping</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">playing</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">wonderful ones</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">rhythm</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">speech</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">toes</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">language</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">counting</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">hands</category><title>Wonderful Ones:  It's Playtime!</title><atom:summary>Playtime is a great way to introduce early literacy skills to your child!   Using these rhymes, songs and stories, you are encouraging playing while teaching babies about hands, feet, and actions of each body part.  Through such 
playtime and rhythmic language, children learn to think symbolically.  They also learn and practice essential oral language skills by putting thoughts into words and </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/gbplyreadysetread/~3/AyR3hj4L1DI/wonderful-ones-its-playtime.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ready Set Read)</author><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?a=AyR3hj4L1DI:9482yG3oPqY:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?a=AyR3hj4L1DI:9482yG3oPqY:qj6IDK7rITs"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?a=AyR3hj4L1DI:9482yG3oPqY:-BTjWOF_DHI"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?i=AyR3hj4L1DI:9482yG3oPqY:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/gbplyreadysetread/~4/AyR3hj4L1DI" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://gbplyreadysetread.blogspot.com/2012/04/wonderful-ones-its-playtime.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653534145873396329.post-7621436017506435316</guid><pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-04-12T09:00:02.871-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">repetition</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">insects</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">rhythm</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">spring</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">singing</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">talking</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">weather</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">seasons</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">1 2 3 Go</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">reading</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">flowers</category><title>1, 2, 3 Go!  April Showers Bring May Flowers</title><atom:summary>At the 1, 2, 3 Go!  class this week, we had fun with all kinds of songs and games to welcome in the spring season! Below are two songs we sang and several books we shared.   These introduce concepts
 such as weather and seasons  through repetition and rhythmic language.  The 
actions and movements used help children develop motorskills as they 
clap and jump, as well as, make connections with </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/gbplyreadysetread/~3/bB3G9X4ExCg/1-2-3-go-april-showers-bring-may.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ready Set Read)</author><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?a=bB3G9X4ExCg:LNE0Yh3nQdw:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?a=bB3G9X4ExCg:LNE0Yh3nQdw:qj6IDK7rITs"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?a=bB3G9X4ExCg:LNE0Yh3nQdw:-BTjWOF_DHI"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?i=bB3G9X4ExCg:LNE0Yh3nQdw:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/gbplyreadysetread/~4/bB3G9X4ExCg" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://gbplyreadysetread.blogspot.com/2012/04/1-2-3-go-april-showers-bring-may.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653534145873396329.post-3456157143243502258</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-04-17T14:27:44.553-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">story mix</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">leaves</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">zoo</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">activity</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">talking</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">zany zoo animals</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">counting</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">giraffes</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">animals</category><title>Story Mix for Three to Six:  ZANY ZOO ANIMALS: Graceful Giraffes</title><atom:summary>We are continuing our theme of ZANY ZOO ANIMALS and this 
week is all about tall giraffes with long necks!  We've 
also added a new animal onto our "All Through the Zoo" song!

Children

 will learn important 
concepts through repetition and 
singing, and making animal motions and movements. Using arms and legs to make the motions of a tall-necked giraffe will keep children active and help them </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/gbplyreadysetread/~3/VVrPXk3TYTI/story-mix-for-three-to-six-zany-zoo_11.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ready Set Read)</author><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?a=VVrPXk3TYTI:ONSlh_KJ-WM:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?a=VVrPXk3TYTI:ONSlh_KJ-WM:qj6IDK7rITs"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?a=VVrPXk3TYTI:ONSlh_KJ-WM:-BTjWOF_DHI"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?i=VVrPXk3TYTI:ONSlh_KJ-WM:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/gbplyreadysetread/~4/VVrPXk3TYTI" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://gbplyreadysetread.blogspot.com/2012/04/story-mix-for-three-to-six-zany-zoo_11.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653534145873396329.post-4334536367621972256</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-04-10T12:12:35.200-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">clapping</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">playing</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">wonderful ones</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">movement</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">up and down</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">feet</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">critical thinking</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">activity</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">babies</category><title>Wonderful Ones:  Tippy Tippy Toes</title><atom:summary>This week at Wonderful Ones, we 
bring together several interactive rhymes that will
 help your little one learn eye-hand 
coordination, flexibility and even critical thinking skills.  Games such
 as these also help baby learn to associate sounds and words with 
objects. By stamping your feet, stretching your arms, tip toeing, and moving up and down like a merry-go-round, you are also helping </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/gbplyreadysetread/~3/AEaJncgj1x4/wonderful-ones-tippy-tippy-toes.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ready Set Read)</author><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?a=AEaJncgj1x4:ytyG7n0oopY:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?a=AEaJncgj1x4:ytyG7n0oopY:qj6IDK7rITs"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?a=AEaJncgj1x4:ytyG7n0oopY:-BTjWOF_DHI"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?i=AEaJncgj1x4:ytyG7n0oopY:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/gbplyreadysetread/~4/AEaJncgj1x4" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://gbplyreadysetread.blogspot.com/2012/04/wonderful-ones-tippy-tippy-toes.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653534145873396329.post-4771641225359480396</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 16:46:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-04-17T14:48:22.326-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">sounds</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">repetition</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">rhyming</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">story mix</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">zoo</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">word knowledge</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">zany zoo animals</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Easter</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">holidays</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">counting</category><title>Story Mix for Three to Six:  ZANY ZOO ANIMALS:  Big, Brown Bears!</title><atom:summary>We are continuing our theme of ZANY ZOO ANIMALS and this 
week is all about those big, brown bears!  We've 
also added a new animal onto our "All Through the Zoo" song!

Children
 will learn important 
concepts through repetition and 
singing, and making animal motions and movements. Making "growling" sounds like a bear will help children hear different syllables and learn new 
words and letters.</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/gbplyreadysetread/~3/NYQwdd_WQTQ/story-mix-for-three-to-six-zany-zoo.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ready Set Read)</author><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?a=NYQwdd_WQTQ:_W4gqMMVrvk:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?a=NYQwdd_WQTQ:_W4gqMMVrvk:qj6IDK7rITs"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?a=NYQwdd_WQTQ:_W4gqMMVrvk:-BTjWOF_DHI"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?i=NYQwdd_WQTQ:_W4gqMMVrvk:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/gbplyreadysetread/~4/NYQwdd_WQTQ" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://gbplyreadysetread.blogspot.com/2012/04/story-mix-for-three-to-six-zany-zoo.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653534145873396329.post-3006528860883219067</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-04-02T09:00:07.123-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">repetition</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">bunnies</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">rabbits</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">wonderful ones</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">rhyming</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">spring</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">singing</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">seasons</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Easter</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">holidays</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">counting</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">animals</category><title>Wonderful Ones: Little Peter Rabbit</title><atom:summary>This week at Wonderful Ones we are continuing our celebration of the spring season with rhymes and books about bunnies, ducks, and also several Easter-themed selections!  Singing and rhyming
 not only allows baby to hear and learn new words, it also assists in 
developing listening skills. By listening to the different sounds 
animals make, babies will be able to decipher syllables in spoken 
</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/gbplyreadysetread/~3/25PeG2hZoBU/wonderful-ones-little-peter-rabbit.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ready Set Read)</author><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?a=25PeG2hZoBU:v7I4NHHSraY:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?a=25PeG2hZoBU:v7I4NHHSraY:qj6IDK7rITs"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?a=25PeG2hZoBU:v7I4NHHSraY:-BTjWOF_DHI"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?i=25PeG2hZoBU:v7I4NHHSraY:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/gbplyreadysetread/~4/25PeG2hZoBU" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://gbplyreadysetread.blogspot.com/2012/04/wonderful-ones-little-peter-rabbit.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653534145873396329.post-4849122057665103566</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-03-29T09:00:01.769-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">sounds</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">rhyming</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">colors</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">spring</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">rain</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">activity</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">weather</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">seasons</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">1 2 3 Go</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">flowers</category><title>1, 2, 3 Go!  Rain, Rain, Go Away!</title><atom:summary>At 1, 2, 3 Go!  this week, we are discovering all the wonderful aspects of rain!  The rhymes and books below are great to share with your child on a rainy day when you stay indoors.    The motions made while singing the Rain in Spring below helps kids learn the sounds 
of rain and wind, and how rain makes things such as flowers grow. The Five Umbrellas rhyme helps children learn colors and </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/gbplyreadysetread/~3/621sU8MxlmY/1-2-3-go-rain-rain-go-away.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ready Set Read)</author><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?a=621sU8MxlmY:WPXZqTxn7pE:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?a=621sU8MxlmY:WPXZqTxn7pE:qj6IDK7rITs"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?a=621sU8MxlmY:WPXZqTxn7pE:-BTjWOF_DHI"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?i=621sU8MxlmY:WPXZqTxn7pE:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/gbplyreadysetread/~4/621sU8MxlmY" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://gbplyreadysetread.blogspot.com/2012/03/1-2-3-go-rain-rain-go-away.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653534145873396329.post-969157512696453135</guid><pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-03-28T09:00:01.791-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">sounds</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">birds</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">story mix</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">zoo</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">singing</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">zany zoo animals</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">flying</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">animals</category><title>Story Mix for Three to Six:  ZANY ZOO ANIMALS:  Peppy Parrots!</title><atom:summary>We are continuing our theme of ZANY ZOO ANIMALS and this 
week is all about those fun and colorful birds called Parrots!  We've also added a new animal onto our "All Through the Zoo" song!

Children will learn important 
concepts through repetition and 
singing, and making animal motions and movements. Making sounds such as "squawk" will help children hear different syllables and learn new 
words</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/gbplyreadysetread/~3/bXWrYUXh7dw/story-mix-for-three-to-six-zany-zoo_28.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ready Set Read)</author><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?a=bXWrYUXh7dw:iV1VElyN8zE:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?a=bXWrYUXh7dw:iV1VElyN8zE:qj6IDK7rITs"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?a=bXWrYUXh7dw:iV1VElyN8zE:-BTjWOF_DHI"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?i=bXWrYUXh7dw:iV1VElyN8zE:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/gbplyreadysetread/~4/bXWrYUXh7dw" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://gbplyreadysetread.blogspot.com/2012/03/story-mix-for-three-to-six-zany-zoo_28.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653534145873396329.post-8725976715917610692</guid><pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-03-26T09:00:01.510-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">repetition</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">wonderful ones</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">movement</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">spring</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">rain</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">activity</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">weather</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">seasons</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">environment</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">flowers</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">counting</category><title>Wonderful Ones:  Spring Showers and Flowers</title><atom:summary>This week at Wonderful Ones we are exploring more about springtime with showers and flowers!  You'll use active 
movements to help babies learn about the space around them, such as, clapping hands 
to the rhythm, bouncing baby on your lap like a bunny, and using your fingers to show falling raindrops.  Through simple counting rhymes, you are also helping your baby learn numbers.  Gentle upward </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/gbplyreadysetread/~3/diy9tuphYkg/wonderful-ones-spring-showers-and.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ready Set Read)</author><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?a=diy9tuphYkg:pOi-faUQo2M:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?a=diy9tuphYkg:pOi-faUQo2M:qj6IDK7rITs"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?a=diy9tuphYkg:pOi-faUQo2M:-BTjWOF_DHI"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?i=diy9tuphYkg:pOi-faUQo2M:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/gbplyreadysetread/~4/diy9tuphYkg" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://gbplyreadysetread.blogspot.com/2012/03/wonderful-ones-spring-showers-and.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653534145873396329.post-1774004296812259823</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-03-21T12:00:00.257-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">sounds</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">imagination</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">playing</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">movement</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">story mix</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">zoo</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">singing</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">activity</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">tigers</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">listening</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">zany zoo animals</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">animals</category><title>Story Mix for Three to Six: ZANY ZOO ANIMALS:  Terrific Tigers</title><atom:summary>We start a new theme this week at our Spring Story Mix classes!  Our theme for the next several weeks is called ZANY ZOO ANIMALS and this week is all about those striped tigers!  Children will learn important concepts through repetition and 
singing, and making animal motions and movements. Sounds such as "roar" and "growl" will help children hear different syllables and learn new words and </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/gbplyreadysetread/~3/YDYd9QfWmeE/story-mix-for-three-to-six-zany-zoo.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ready Set Read)</author><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?a=YDYd9QfWmeE:Mw6woY2E9Ww:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?a=YDYd9QfWmeE:Mw6woY2E9Ww:qj6IDK7rITs"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?a=YDYd9QfWmeE:Mw6woY2E9Ww:-BTjWOF_DHI"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?i=YDYd9QfWmeE:Mw6woY2E9Ww:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/gbplyreadysetread/~4/YDYd9QfWmeE" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://gbplyreadysetread.blogspot.com/2012/03/story-mix-for-three-to-six-zany-zoo.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653534145873396329.post-8348140423920735538</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-03-20T13:02:27.929-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">repetition</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">sounds</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">imagination</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">rhyming</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">singing</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">zoo</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">tigers</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">elephants</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">animals</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">movement</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">1 2 3 Go</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">listening</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">lions</category><title>1, 2, 3 Go!  Elephants are Marching!</title><atom:summary>This week at 1, 2, 3 Go! we have rhymes and stories about zoo animals and elephants!  Children 
will 
learn important concepts through repetition and 
singing.  Learning new words as 'flopping' or about such animals as a tiger and lion, challenge 
children, as well as learn the motions and movements.  Singing
 about making animal sounds and motions like a swinging elephant trunk helps children </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/gbplyreadysetread/~3/rePTugHtWNc/1-2-3-go-elephants-are-marching.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ready Set Read)</author><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?a=rePTugHtWNc:bvSAu-ng-0Q:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?a=rePTugHtWNc:bvSAu-ng-0Q:qj6IDK7rITs"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?a=rePTugHtWNc:bvSAu-ng-0Q:-BTjWOF_DHI"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?i=rePTugHtWNc:bvSAu-ng-0Q:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/gbplyreadysetread/~4/rePTugHtWNc" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://gbplyreadysetread.blogspot.com/2012/03/1-2-3-go-elephants-are-marching.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653534145873396329.post-6425685892104238708</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-03-20T12:47:44.533-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">repetition</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">wonderful ones</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">rhyming</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">feet</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">spring</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">babies</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">toes</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">hands</category><title>Wonderful Ones:  Spring Into Storytime!</title><atom:summary>It's Springtime!  It's also a new set of classes of Wonderful Ones at the library! This very popular program is specifically 
designed for babies 9 - 23 months and offers 15 minutes of stories, 
singing, and fingerplays along with an additional 15 minutes of 
playtime.  From the time they are infants, children learn language and 
other important skills that will help them learn to read.

Since </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/gbplyreadysetread/~3/ATguUs4bVcc/wonderful-ones-spring-into-storytime.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ready Set Read)</author><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?a=ATguUs4bVcc:CYakwxed9bM:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?a=ATguUs4bVcc:CYakwxed9bM:qj6IDK7rITs"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?a=ATguUs4bVcc:CYakwxed9bM:-BTjWOF_DHI"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?i=ATguUs4bVcc:CYakwxed9bM:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/gbplyreadysetread/~4/ATguUs4bVcc" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://gbplyreadysetread.blogspot.com/2012/03/wonderful-ones-spring-into-storytime.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653534145873396329.post-5169599959987583061</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 18:30:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-03-13T13:30:00.172-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">early literacy programs</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">at the library</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">speech</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">critical thinking</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">word knowledge</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">stories</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">listening</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">language</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">vocabulary</category><title>Ready to Listen at the Library</title><atom:summary>



Look for the Ready to Listen section in the Early Learning Center.

Have you seen our special section in the Early Learning Center called "Ready to Listen"?  We've created this special area to designate books that are easy to read and share, with only one or two simple lines per page.  These books are also important because they help early learners get ready to listen to a book being read and</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/gbplyreadysetread/~3/wwekBal29Pg/ready-to-listen-at-library.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ready Set Read)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-I2nDEba7wPo/T1-Eo0yXRPI/AAAAAAAAAD4/q0J0ZUqEo9Q/s72-c/2012-03-13_11-45-28_314.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?a=wwekBal29Pg:cenoL_o3-nc:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?a=wwekBal29Pg:cenoL_o3-nc:qj6IDK7rITs"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?a=wwekBal29Pg:cenoL_o3-nc:-BTjWOF_DHI"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?i=wwekBal29Pg:cenoL_o3-nc:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/gbplyreadysetread/~4/wwekBal29Pg" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://gbplyreadysetread.blogspot.com/2012/03/ready-to-listen-at-library.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653534145873396329.post-2738442344769237569</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 20:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-03-06T14:00:04.211-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">imagination</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">booklist</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">at the library</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">story mix</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">favorite characters</category><title>Story Mix for Three to Six Mini-Stories</title><atom:summary>At our Story Mix for Three to Six classes, our participants were often given questions or activities to complete or take home and bring back for the next week.  These delightful mini-stories were then shared with everyone in attendance.  We wanted to take this posting to share these colorful and cheerful responses with you!


David was asked to draw a picture of a creepy, crawly bug.  His bug was</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/gbplyreadysetread/~3/qlVzFrnIHbE/story-mix-for-three-to-six-mini-stories.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ready Set Read)</author><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?a=qlVzFrnIHbE:TJWicMRfopg:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?a=qlVzFrnIHbE:TJWicMRfopg:qj6IDK7rITs"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?a=qlVzFrnIHbE:TJWicMRfopg:-BTjWOF_DHI"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gbplyreadysetread?i=qlVzFrnIHbE:TJWicMRfopg:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/gbplyreadysetread/~4/qlVzFrnIHbE" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://gbplyreadysetread.blogspot.com/2012/03/story-mix-for-three-to-six-mini-stories.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653534145873396329.post-5095867880940806663</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-03-06T11:50:50.131-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">rhyming</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">singing</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">weather</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">seasons</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">1 2 3 Go</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">writing</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">animals</category><title>1, 2, 3 Go!  Spring is Coming Soon!</title><atom:summary>The spring season is starting to appear as we welcome the month of March at the Gail Borden Public Library!  Our rhymes and stories below combine movement, rhyming, critical thinking and most of all fun! 

Stories and songs in rhyme encourage 
new vocabulary, listening and oral language skills.  Sharing
 songs and stories together also encourages talking and conversation 
between you and your </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/gbplyreadysetread/~3/iFlQT-Ce13Y/1-2-3-go-spring-is-coming-soon.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ready Set Read)</author><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/gbplyreadysetread/~4/iFlQT-Ce13Y" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://gbplyreadysetread.blogspot.com/2012/03/1-2-3-go-spring-is-coming-soon.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653534145873396329.post-5344464038970471277</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-03-06T12:25:39.431-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">laughing</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">movement</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">story mix</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">singing</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">stories</category><title>Story Mix for Three to Six:  Silly Songs and Stories</title><atom:summary>Our silly song about "ants in your pants" will definitely put a smile and a laugh on everyone's' faces!  Children love
 to move their feet and arms by dancing, jumping and marching.  Clapping, 
tapping and bouncing to rhythms allows children to also hear syllables 
and improves motor skills, as well as connect words with movements.  

Reading together is an important activity to do too because as</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/gbplyreadysetread/~3/hrcqCMAJfnQ/story-mix-silly-songs-and-stories.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ready Set Read)</author><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/gbplyreadysetread/~4/hrcqCMAJfnQ" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://gbplyreadysetread.blogspot.com/2012/02/story-mix-silly-songs-and-stories.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653534145873396329.post-6585631871051872321</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-02-28T12:05:08.952-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">sounds</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">imagination</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">playing</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">wagon</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">rhyming</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">activity</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">bicycle</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">things that go</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">terrific twos</category><title>Terrific Twos:  Bicycles Go ROUND AND ROUND!</title><atom:summary>It's Terrific Two Year Old time!  We are concluding our winter theme of 'things that go' with BICYCLES!  The topic of wheels, things that go, motion and sound is one every child can enjoy.  As we approach the spring season in the coming months, encourage your child to get outside and ride a bicycle or pull a wagon.  This week's selection of rhymes and stories engage your child to use their hands </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/gbplyreadysetread/~3/3kr_j5igsvM/terrific-twos-things-that-go-round-and.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ready Set Read)</author><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/gbplyreadysetread/~4/3kr_j5igsvM" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://gbplyreadysetread.blogspot.com/2012/02/terrific-twos-things-that-go-round-and.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653534145873396329.post-1117903227940803052</guid><pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-02-27T09:00:05.470-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">sounds</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">repetition</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">wonderful ones</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">rhyming</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">rhythm</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">nose</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">toes</category><title>Wonderful Ones: Rhyming With Baby</title><atom:summary>This week at Wonderful Ones, we 
bring together several interactive rhymes that will
 help your little one learn eye-hand 
coordination, flexibility and even critical thinking skills.  Games such
 as these also help baby learn to associate sounds and words with 
objects.  Communication tools used by babies such as, sounds, hand 
motions and movements are essential to babies learning speech and </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/gbplyreadysetread/~3/qfqXH475mEg/wonderful-ones-rhyming-with-baby.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ready Set Read)</author><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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