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
Ideas for use:
Other resources:
Read about Johnson County’s Books to Grow kits
View Johnson County Library’s Finger Plays
