EXTRA RESOURCES

Want to know the secret to helping your child learn? Make it fun!
Here are a few ideas to keep your child busy at home.

Books
My Little Grandmother Often Forgets
by Reeve Lindberg, Illustrated by Katheryn Brown.  2007.  Cambridge, MA: Candlewick.  If there is someone in your family suffering from memory problems, this is a book for you.  Grandson Tom narrates in well-written rhyme a description of his grandma’s memory lapses and how he comforts her.  “My little grandmother loses her way.  Once she went to buy eggs and was gone a whole day.  She got to the store, but forgot the way back. Now she takes me along and I help her keep track.”   A touching book that you might have to practice to be able to read without tears. 
 
Online
www.kennedy-center.org/multimedia Watch picture book videos.  An online story time featuring Alexander and the Terrible Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst, Harlem by Walter Dean, and Brothers of the Knight by Debbie Allen

www.starfall.com  Play games to boost phonics skills, children fill in beginning sounds and then actually hear them aloud as the solve problems. 

This Month's Theme
www.aap.org/family/carseatguide.htm   One million children worldwide die in traffic related accidents every year, make sure your child is not one of them,   Go to this website for a printable car seat information sheet and the answer to all your questions about who needs a safety restraint, installation and answers to other common questions.

www.bhsi.org/trike.htm  or http://www.partsgeek.com/brands/guide_to_bicycle_safety.html  
Riding a trike is the first step in assisted mobility. Becoming safety conscious now will help them be a safer driver when they get their first car.  A good rule is “if it has wheels – you need a helmet”.  Check out these web sites to learn about safety rules, helmets, and bike inspections.