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.
Recipe 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
The recipe cards above were compiled and created by Mary Boller,
NorthWest Kansas Library System.
Other resources:
Read about Johnson County’s Books to Grow kits
View Johnson County Library’s Finger Plays
Anna, is there any Spanish versions of the 6×6 information? Either in the pamphlets or cards?
Hi–The original print run included Spanish brochures, but we’ve run out of those. We’re hoping to get them and the card sets reprinted soon and will let everyone know when they are available.