Recipe Cards

Add a dash of 6 by 6 to your activities for children. These cards are recipes for success! Here's a list of book titles for which there is a recipe card, grouped by age. Below the book title in this list, you will see the SKILL that the card addresses. Click the book's title for a PDF version of the recipe card, which you can download and use. To review the skills and the stages, see the Skill Cards page.

Cards:

For Early Talkers (Birth to two years)
Goodnight Moon Skill: Notice Print All Around
Hug Skill: Tell Stories About Everything
I Kissed the Baby Skill: Talk, Talk, Talk
Kitten's First Full Moon Skill: Have Fun with Books
Moo Baa La La La Skill: Have Fun with Books
Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear Skill: Take Time to Rhyme
We're Going on a Bear Hunt Skill: Notice Print All Around
White on Black Skill: Look for Letters Everywhere For Talkers (Two to three years)
Edward the Emu Skill: Tell Stories About Everything
Five Little Pumpkins Skill: Talk, Talk, Talk
The Great Fuzz Frenzy Skill: Notice Print All Around
I'm a Little Teapot Skill: Have Fun with Books
Llama Llama Misses Mama Skill: Take Time to Rhyme
The Rainbow Fish Skill: Look for Letters Everywhere
Shape by Shape Skill: Talk, Talk, Talk
Sheep in a Jeep Skill: Tell Stories About Everything
The Turn-Around Upside-Down Alphabet Book Skill: Look for Letters Everywhere

For Pre-Readers (Four to five years)
Bad Kitty Skill: Look for Letters Everywhere
Bear Snores On Skill: Talk, Talk, Talk
The Giving Tree Skill: Tell Stories About Everything
I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie Skill: Take Time to Rhyme
The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything Skill: Notice Print All Around
Olivia Skill: Have Fun with Books
The Pout-Pout Fish Skill: Notice Print All Around
Stellaluna Skill: Tell Stories About Everything  

Other resources:
Read about Johnson County's Books to Grow kits
View Johnson County Library's Finger Plays

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