The Napping House
by Audrey Wood
Welcome to the Napping House! Included in the napping house is a dozing dog a snoozing cat a slumbering mouse and a wakeful flea who ends up toppling the whole heap with one chomp!
Reading Tips for Little Learners
Read with fun in your voice
Build vocabulary by focusing on and talking about new words.
Connect the story to your child's world.
Ask your child questions about the book and encourage them to ask questions.
Make reading part of your everyday routine.
When you read the words, whenever possible, act them out too!
Hold the book so your child can see the pictures.
Make the plot come alive by discussing the illustrations.
Reading Everywhere!
Make text come alive around your home by using a sticky note, index card, or extra piece of paper to label a bed.
Hang the label near a pillow and discuss the letters and their meaning with your child. Labeling helps children learn that letters come together to make words and creates a print rich environment in your home.
Pre-Reading Building Block
Sing a good night song to the different parts of your body:
Say goodnight to your toes, to your toes, to your toes,
Say goodnight to your toes, to your toes
Repeat with different parts of your child’s body (hand, elbow, head, knee, tummy).
Let's Play
Using stuffed animals, action figures, or figurines, make a tower of “sleeping” characters. After adding each item, guess if the tower is going to stay intact or if it is going to crash down to the ground, like the family after the wakeful flea bites the mouse. Continue adding items until the pile crashes down. Repeat this activity again and again - toddlers love crashing down towers!
