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Play: A Child's
Work
Play
offers a natural way for children to learn by enabling them to
think about the how others act, think, and feel. Children
can role play an experience or feeling and contemplate it's
value.
Benefits of
Play:
- Stimulates the imagination
- Encourages creative problem
solving
- Helps develop a childs
confidence and self-esteem
- Contributes to the
development of communication skills-vocabulary development and
listening
- Develops cooperation skills
through interaction with other children
- Provides an outlet for
energy
- Creates a positive attitude
toward learning
Allowing children
ample time to play will foster many skills that are necesary for
your child to be successful in the classroom such as memory skills,
problem solving, cooperation, and sense of self. Engaging in
play with your child is one of the best ways to strengthen the bonds
between parent and child. Play, explore, and have
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Kids games, e-cards, coloring
pages, and screensavers are offered on this fun interactive
website. The games include tic-tac-toe, puzzles, word
finds, and many more.
Website
For Parents:
This
website created by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC) lists milestones for the healthy development of your
child up to the age of five.
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What do you get when you combine picture books,
easy readers and simple non-fiction with audio CDs? West
Bloomfield Library's Read-along Collection!
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Newsletter
Spotlight
This Fall you will find many of your favorite storytimes
including Calling All Kids, Saturday Morning LIVE!, Positively
Preschoolers-All By Myself, and Toddler Time, but you will also find
some new exciting additions! The Library's early childhood
specialist, Beth Krajenke, will facilitate two new programs
Babytime I and Babytime II which will include early literacy
activities, infant massage, and baby signs.
For parents this Fall the Library in partnership with
the West Bloomfield School District presents Parent
University, a series of workshops including a Every Child
Ready to Read, Make Your Home a Learning Zone, and Learning when
English is a Second Language.
Each family has a "Language of the Heart," which is the
language that your family speaks at home. Check out our new
storytimes in French, Spanish, Chaldean, and Japanese.
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