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Make-Believe Play 1. Imagine you can be anything! A mermaid, doctor, princess,

fireman, knight, or dragon! 2. Look around your house for things you can use to create a

costume and a place (i.e. a sheet can be the sea, a stuffed animal can be a patient, a box can be a fire truck, imagine the possibilities!)

3. Pretend and play, letting your imagination take you to another

Curious  George  by  Margaret  &  H.A.  Rey  

Not  a  Box  By  Antoinette  Portis  Skippyjon  Jones  By  Judy  Schachner  

 

Talk  about  the  difference  between  a    

Make-Believe story

REAL story

Imagine  a  New  Word.    Encourage  your  child  to  make  up  a  new  word  for  a  favorite  game  or  toy  they  imagined.    Help  them  sound  out  the  new  word  and  help  them  spell  it  out.    Make  up  the  definition.  Then  encourage  them  to  teach  it  to  their  friends  and  family.    Who  knows,  it  may  be  added  to  the  dictionary  some  day!    

Itsy Bitsy Spider (use  your  hands  to  make  the  spider  climb  up  and  down  the  spout,  rain  &  shine)  

The itsy bitsy spider went up the water spout. Down came the rain and washed the spider out.

Out came the sun and dried up all the rain. And the itsy bitsy spider went up the spout again.

New Orleans Public Library Storytime  Anytime

Imagination

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