Central Kansas Library System

This training tool is designed to help the presenter become comfortable doing Every Child Ready to Read @ the Library workshops for parents and child care providers in the library and as part of outreach efforts.

Humpty Dumpty: Pig has climbed to the top of his brand new slide and he's afraid to come down. The Super Readers fly into the Humpty Dumpty book to figure out how he can safely get down from that wall. Goldilocks & the three bears: Whyatt accidentally messes up Jack's room and is in BIG trouble with his big brother! The Super Readers pay a storybook visit to Goldilocks & the Three Bears! Tom Thumb: Pig is ready for an adventure, but his brothers...

Provides simple methods for teaching prekindergarten and kindergarten students sight words.

"Many words don't follow basic decoding rules and are taught in pre-k and kindergarten classrooms as "sight words", "instant words", "high frequency words" or "star words." ... [This DVD features sight words] are, as, but, go, had, here, his, like, my, on, see, she, they, was, we & with"--Container.

Teaches vowels and consonants, word building, rhyming and vocabulary. Leap, Lily, and Tad journey to the Word Factory, where Word Whammer, Sticky-Ick-O-Rama and more amazing machines take letters and make them into words. Humorous songs and an out-of-control word machine add to the fun.

It's the night before Christmas and Frog needs a Star to hang on his Christmas Tree. Duck tries to lasso one out of the sky for him. Then, it's Christmas morning and the WordFriends are excited by the presents Santa has brought for them! But not all of the letters for Dog's present came down his chimney--all he has is a B-A-L. Can the WordFriends find a way to build Dog a Ball?

Leap, Lily and Tad go on a wild adventure to the letter factory. Led by wacky Professor Quigley, Tad joins Js jumping on the trampolines and Ks practicing karate kicks. Meanwhile, new letters learn how to make their sounds. Fun songs will have kids singing letter sounds in no time. Teaches young children letters, letter sounds and listening skills.

Storytime stories and activities about medieval times, the Old West, oceans and ocean life, beaches, crops, cattle, farmers, farm animals, tractors, circus, rain forests, jungle plants and animals, sports, the Olympics, shopping, travel, multicultural festivals, pets, body awareness, the five senses, opposites, humorous stories, imagination, astronomy, stars, planets, space travel, astronauts, family life, kitchens, bath time, bedtime, outdoor life,...