Preschool Library Area (Book Nook & Quiet Corner)

Books are meant for reading! Make sure your library area has plenty of books that children can have access to.

Goals/Skills:

• To teach children a love and appreciation for books and literature
• Books are sources of information and can answer our questions
• Pre-reading concepts - the written word is talk written down, made with symbols; stories are read from right to left; sequencing; letter recognition; language patterns and development; new concepts and vocabulary; etc.)

Supervision and Tips:

• Children need to be taught how to handle and respect books
• Avoid interrupting a child concentrating on a book
• Sit with children and read, or listen to them re-tell or reenact a story
• Other toys and materials should not be brought into the library area.
• Ask open-ended questions to encourage thinking and predicting skills.

Suggested Toys and Materials:

• Pillows
• Comfy Chairs
• Felt Board and Pieces
• Puppets and Stage
• Soft Reading Light
• Make Believe Reading Glasses
• Music - Background
• Books - Large Variety and Theme Related
• Tape Recorder/Player with Earphones
• Class Made Books
• Class Made Recorded Stories
• Stuffed Animals
• Environmental Print Pictures And Posters
• Alphabet Posters
• Poetry and Rebus Posters