READING for Bright MindsNurseryTextbook

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AuthorWilhelmina Alba-Contreras is currently taking up Early Childhood Education at the De La Salle University Graduate School. She has a bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts, major in Interior Design, from the University of Santo Tomas and a Certificate for Teaching from the St. Bernadette College of Alabang.Ms. Contreras is the Program Directress and Nursery teacher of the Kennedy International School of Business and Language in Alabang. She is also actively working for the SIBOL schools of the Gawad Kalinga villages in Muntinlupa, Paranaque, and Las Piñas. Her background in teaching preschool and elementary Reading and Language includes stints at the Blessed Scubilion Learning Center and STI Prep School.

ReviewerMona R. Alagar has a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from St. Paul College, Quezon City. Ms. Alagar is the preschool area coordinator at the Poveda Learning Center.

To the Learner

READING for Bright Minds has been written

especially for you. May the activities in this book give

you an exciting adventure as you learn the sounds of

all the letters and read words on your own. Welcome

to the world of reading!

The Author

To the Teacher

Reading is an important life skill. Young children who are exposed to reading

materials, see reading as an act, and are read to are often those who are more

equipped to acquire the other skills necessary for learning. The ability to read opens

up an individual’s horizons and makes the enjoyment of learning possible.

A good strategy for teaching reading is the whole-part-whole strategy. In

this strategy, reading instruction starts with the reading or sharing of a whole,

meaningful text. This is followed by the teaching of a reading skill or strategy within

the context of the text. Then, in the final stages of the lesson, the children apply the

skill as they go back to the text.

This book is intended for teaching reading in a whole-part-whole strategy. It is

suggested that the teacher or parent begins a lesson with a story, poem, or any type

of literature the child will understand. Whole language strategies and subskills, such

as letter identification, phonemic awareness, and decoding, are incorporated into

the theme of each lesson. Mastery of the whole language strategies and subskills is

reinforced through the activities in this book.

I hope that READING for Bright Minds will help you provide meaningful learning

experiences for the children you teach.

The Author

TABLE OF CONTENTS

UNIT 1 All About Me .................................................................................................... 1Lesson 1 The Letters of My Name ...........................................................................................................2 (Identifying letters) Lesson 2 Telling How I Feel .............................................................................................................................6 (The alphabet)Lesson 3 All about Me .......................................................................................................................................13 (The vowel A)Lesson 4 Taking Care of Myself ...................................................................................................................19 (The vowel E)Lesson 5 Mother and Father .........................................................................................................................26 (The vowel I)Lesson 6 Brothers and Sisters .....................................................................................................................30 (The vowel O)Lesson 7 My House .......................................................................................................................................34 (The vowel U)

UNIT 2 Me and My Community ........................................................................... 45Lesson 8 Kinds of Houses .................................................................................................................................46 (The letter S)Lesson 9 My Friends .......................................................................................................................................51 (The letter M)Lesson 10 My School .......................................................................................................................................60 (The letter R)Lesson 11 The Places in My Community ..............................................................................................66 (The letter T)Lesson 12 Going Around the Community ..........................................................................................72 (The letter N)Lesson 13 Peter Postman and Paul the Policeman .....................................................................77 (The letter P)Lesson 14 Fireman Fred and Val the Veterinarian .....................................................................81 (The letter F)Lesson 15 Doctor Daniel and Dentist Dina .........................................................................................90 (The letter D)Lesson 16 Benny the Barber and Bert the Baker .........................................................................95 (The letter B)Lesson 17 My Favorite Community Helper .......................................................................................102 (The letter K)

UNIT 3 My Country ...................................................................................................... 109Lesson 18 My Country, the Philippines ..................................................................................................110 (The letter G)Lesson 19 We Are Filipinos .................................................................................................................................115 (The letter L)Lesson 20 Show Me Where You Live .........................................................................................................119 (The letter C)Lesson 21 Some Live in the City ....................................................................................................................123 (The letter H)Lesson 22 Jason and His Life in the City ...............................................................................................129 (The letter J)Lesson 23 Some Live in the Province .......................................................................................................133 (The letter Q)Lesson 24 Vicente and His Life in the Province ..............................................................................139 (The letter V)Lesson 25 Some Live Near the Sea ..............................................................................................................148 (The letter X)Lesson 26 Wasliyah and Her Life by the Sea ......................................................................................153 (The letter W)Lesson 27 Some Live in the Mountains .................................................................................................159 (The letter Z)Lesson 28 Yasmin and Her Life in the Mountains .......................................................................164 (The letter Y)

UNIT 4 The World Around Me .............................................................................. 171Lesson 29 The Weather .......................................................................................................................................172 (Word family -at)Lesson 30 The Animals .......................................................................................................................................183 (Word family -et)Lesson 31 Lands Far Away ..................................................................................................................................191 (Word family -it)Lesson 32 Home in the Water .........................................................................................................................201 (Word family -ot)Lesson 33 Taking Care of Our World .........................................................................................................209 (Word family -ut)

Illustration Guide .......................................................................................................................................229

A Child’s First 100 Words .....................................................................................................................................233

READINGfor Bright Minds

I am a boy. I am a girl.

Unit1 All About Me

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Let‛s sing the Alphabet Song.

The Letters of My Name

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P QR S T U V WX Y Z

3All About Me

Circle the beginning letter of your name.

My name begins with this letter.

A B C D E F G H I J K L

M N O P Q R

S T U V W X

Y Z

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Circle the other letters you can find in your name.

My name has these letters.

a b c d e f g h i j k l

m n o p q r

s t u v w x

y z

5All About Me

These are the letters of my name.

Write your name below.

Dear Parents: Help your child become familiar with the letters of his or her name by encouraging him or her to practice writing it. Form your child’s first name with a simple broken-line pattern and have him or her trace each letter until he or she completes his or her name. Progress with your child’s second name and surname as he or she becomes more familiar with the letter forms.

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How Do I Feel?Sometimes, I am happy.Sometimes, I am sad.

Sometimes, I am angry.But most times, I am glad.

At times, I am surprised.At times, I am frightened.

At times, I am silly.And sometimes, I am excited.

How ever I feel,this is still me.I like who I am.

I like what I see.

Telling How I Feel

7All About Me

Color the different facial expressions. Follow the color guide below.

happy – yellow surprised – orangesad – blue afraid – greenangry – red

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Circle the facial expression that matches each picture.

9All About Me

Draw a in the box if the letters in the row are in the right order. Draw a in the box if the letters are not in order.

D E F

L N M

Z U X

R S T

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Circle the letter that is the same as the one in the box.

C c t

E m e

S o s

G g yDear Parents: Practice letter identification with your child by pointing out letters familiar to him or her anywhere you find them.

11All About Me

Color the coconut that is the same as the one on the left.

Ee Hh Ee

Ll Nn Ll

Rr Rr Uu

Vv Xx Vv

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Color the coconut that has a different letter pair.

Cc Cc Bb

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I am years old.

My birthday is on

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This is my right hand.

Put your right hand on this page and trace it with a crayon.

This is my left hand.

Put your left hand on this page and trace it with a crayon.

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Say the name of each picture.Color the pictures.

Dear Parents: Emphasize the beginning sound /a/ when saying the names of the pictures. You may play a game of naming things that begin with the letter A. Name as many as you can.

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