Teaching/Parenting | Bloomfield Township Public Library

Teaching Collection

Ask a Librarian to show you this wonderful collection of materials designed just for you. Look through the books and magazines for teaching tips, lesson plans, art activities, reading guides, skill building exercises, recommended booklists, science projects, curriculum guides, and more. Check out what’s new in the teaching collection here.

Poster Collection

The Library has a terrific selection of circulating posters for use in your classroom. Topics include science, social studies, famous people and more. A collection of 40 colorful posters made available through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities in cooperation with the American Library Association, is a part of this group. These “Picturing America” posters will highlight American history lessons and many other subjects across the curriculum. There is a Teachers Resource Book full of information and activities related to the “Picturing America” posters located in the Teaching Collection for use in the library. In addition, there is a brochure listing all 40 titles in the set. Posters may be checked out for three weeks, and may be renewed.

School Visits

Bloomfield Township preschools, early intervention classrooms, and daycare centers are invited to schedule a special story time. You can make a special field trip to us or we can bring story time to you. Please call Youth Services to schedule a story time or sensory story time.

Magazines for Homeschooling

We have one magazine just for Home School families in our Teaching Collection – Practical Homeschooling. You can visit their website Homeschool World for online resources.

Homeschooling Laws and Regulations

Brief Summary of Michigan Legislation, and a legal analysis from HSLDA.

Birmingham-Bloomfield Preschool Directory

Birmingham-Bloomfield Preschool Directory 2020

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Symbolic Play!

Children learn a lot about language through play. Children think symbolically when they play, which helps them to understand that spoken and written words can stand for real objects and experiences. Play also helps children to express themselves and put thoughts into words.

Give your child plenty of playtime. Allow children to have unstructured time to use their imaginations to create stories about what they’re doing.

Encourage children to engage in dramatic play. When children use puppets, dolls, or stuffed animals to make up stories, they develop important narrative skills which help them to understand that stories have a beginning, middle, and end.

Pretend to read a book. Have your child tell you a story based on the pictures in a book. Ask your child to “read” a familiar book and tell you the story.

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From Every Child Ready to Read