The Michigan Reader

The Michigan Reader book cover
Preface Welcome to The Michigan Reader I hope you will enjoy this collection of short stories poems and games Historically primers or readers were created as books to teach reading skills to young children as well as a way to impart simple lessons about life In my reader I have chosen to write simple stories divided into parts for beginning readers as well as more difficult stories for the advanced young reader I also decided to include lively poems which utilize patterns repetition and rhyme as a way for young children to make predictions while they are reading As you read along you will find many stories and poems that are easy to use as short plays or acts Some poems can even be used in combination with the short story You can even use all of them together and have yourself an old-fashioned show In addition some of the riddles games and stories include questions at the end as a way for children to expand what they have just read into their own interpretation I hope this book is a building block for many heart-to-heart conversations conversations about our beautiful Michigan Thank you to all of the educators librarians and teachers who assisted me during my research and a special thank you to Mrs Beth White who teaches kindergarten in Petoskey Michigan for allowing me to use materials from her out standing Michigan collection Enjoy Your friend always Kathy-jo Wargin iii