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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Rick, the Froggy clapping game you sent out is absolutely priceless. Definitely one to add to my repertoire, as well!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Another one that’s great for cumulative participation is Rattlin’ Bog. I don’t follow the traditional words, but ask the kids to tell me what is in the tree. I do have to guide the younger ones away from the
usual nest with a bird with an egg, etc. So I give them examples of outrageous objects and animals, and off we go. Sometimes I tell them everything has to begin with a certain letter, or only be animals of the night (for this summer), or words that rhyme
with cat, or things that are yellow, or whatever you need for the event. It’s great fun….especially with a wee bit of the Irish brogue on your tongue!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnv9GB8xvrw">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnv9GB8xvrw</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> kids-lib-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us [mailto:kids-lib-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Rick Samuelson<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 23, 2012 4:15 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Korie Jones Buerkle; Katie Anderson; (kids-lib@listsmart.osl.state.or.us)<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [kids-lib] In the News: Simon Says Don’t Use Flashcards (games you can play with kids to increase executive functioning)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy">I absolutely love cumulative songs for building memory power!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy">Favorites:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy">I Had Me a Rooster:
<a href="http://www.songsforteaching.com/folk/ihadarooster.php">http://www.songsforteaching.com/folk/ihadarooster.php</a> (I let the kids pick the animals that come after the rooster)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy">There’s a Hole in the Bottom of the Sea:
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnwTuDAQwN0">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnwTuDAQwN0</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy">The Green Grass Grew All Around:
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiYbUfW8Mhk">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiYbUfW8Mhk</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy">I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly:
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qC_xO2aN_IA">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qC_xO2aN_IA</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy">And this is my new all-time favorite clapping game (even though I haven’t had a chance to try it in storytime yet):</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy">Froggy! -
<a href="http://www.greenghoulie.com/games/songs/froggy.htm">http://www.greenghoulie.com/games/songs/froggy.htm</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy">Honestly, why would you waste your time with flashcards when there are so many funner (yes, I said “funner”) things to do?!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy">Rick Samuelson, Youth Services Librarian<br>
Washington County Cooperative Library Services<br>
(503) 648-9785 x5#</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">
<a href="mailto:kids-lib-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us">kids-lib-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a> [<a href="mailto:kids-lib-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us">mailto:kids-lib-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Korie Jones Buerkle<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 23, 2012 3:03 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Katie Anderson; (<a href="mailto:kids-lib@listsmart.osl.state.or.us">kids-lib@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a>)<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [kids-lib] In the News: Simon Says Don’t Use Flashcards (games you can play with kids to increase executive functioning)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue">I know I learned this one from some children's librarian out there-sorry I can't remember who- it's a favorite at storytime:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue">Librarian: Say "pup." Now stand up.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue">Librarian: Say "tree." Now touch your knee!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue">Librarian: Say "bear." Now touch your...(add a pause and the kids will scramble to figure it out and say it first).</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue">Korie Buerkle</span></i></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue">
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Children's Librarian </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue">Newberg Public Library
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503 554 7734 <br>
<a href="http://www.newberglibrary.org">www.newberglibrary.org</a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">
<a href="mailto:kids-lib-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us">kids-lib-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a> [<a href="mailto:kids-lib-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us">mailto:kids-lib-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Katie Anderson<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 23, 2012 8:34 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> (<a href="mailto:kids-lib@listsmart.osl.state.or.us">kids-lib@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a>)<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [kids-lib] In the News: Simon Says Don’t Use Flashcards (games you can play with kids to increase executive functioning)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Simon Says Don’t Use Flashcards by Tara Parker-Pope, <i>New York Times</i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/23/simon-says-dont-use-flashcards/">http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/23/simon-says-dont-use-flashcards/</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We’ve been reading the research that indicates play is how kids learn and is important for their future success. This short article provides more explicit guidance around what types of games and how you can alter games to increase a child’s
ability to pay attention, remember rules, and exhibit self-control—all strong predictors of academic success!
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<p class="MsoNormal">Here are a few things I took away from the article that you may be able to try during storytimes!<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>Play games like Simon Says, Red Light/Green Light, and clapping and signing games which require kids to pay attention and focus, follow instructions/rules/the leader, and exhibit self-control.<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>Change rules or add new components to games develops mental flexibility and requires increased concentration and memory skills—examples include having kids touch the opposite body part than what is being sung during Head and Shoulders
(touch your nose when you sing the word ‘toes’), switching green to stop and red to go in Red Light/Green Light.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">?<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]>Do more singing and clapping games! Make up a new verse to an old favorite action rhyme that kids have memorized and try singing in the round (Row, Row, Row your boat is a good one to start with).
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<p class="MsoNormal">Have a favorite games that requires kids to pay attention, remember rules/actions, be mentally flexible, and exhibit self-control? Please share with the group!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Enjoy,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Katie <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Katie Anderson, Library Development Services</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">* Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator *</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:katie.anderson@state.or.us">katie.anderson@state.or.us</a>, 503-378-2528</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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