There are a lot of picture books that have a rhyming text. This makes it pretty easy to find books for a particular storytime theme if your focus is on phonological awareness. It's always nice though when you're helping a patron with a specific book request and you come across a book that not only is what the parent is looking for but also has that added skill that you can also talk to the parent a
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Adding a song or two to your storytime is a great way to encourage phonological awareness -- the ability to hear the smaller sounds that make up a word. One of the cds I LOVE is Songs for Wiggleworms, which sadly isn't available anymore except in downloadable form. Many libraries still have it though! It has great participatory songs like "Walking Walking" and "Wheels on the B
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a specific book request and you come across a book that not only is what the parent is looking for but also has that added skill that you can also talk to the parent a