Reading Ready Time - Have a Heart!

with JumpBunch!

Children 3-6 are invited to a virtual Library visit! Join us from home to sing along, listen to a story, see new places, and meet amazing people. Let's get our bodies moving and our hearts pumping!

Reading Ready Time is a virtual library experience specifically designed to help children 3-6 years old get ready to read and connect with the Library.  We hope this program will help them make a connection, building on their path to becoming lifelong learners. In this week's episode, Coach Stacy from JumpBunch gets your heart pumping! Exercise helps increase blood flow to the brain, getting children ready to absorb new information and focus.  This and other Reading Ready Time episodes can be found on our YouTube channel. 

Additional resources:

• Thinking about things you cannot see can be difficult for children.  Have your children sit quietly and feel their heartbeat.  They can feel it in their neck or by placing a hand on their chest.  Then, have them get up and jump for a couple of minutes.  Sit back down and feel the difference.  This site has lots of ideas for how to demonstrate the workings of the heart.  
• Check out this list of books about getting heart healthy available from our collection.  Reserve a copy and come pick one up at the branch closest to you.  
• For those kids that want to learn more, this article goes into detail with simple language.  

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