As the sun lights the horizon, and the mist begins to clear, what shapes do you begin to see; what noises do you hear? Perhaps you'll see a swishing tail, huge footprints, or a beak. I think I heard a distant roar...and did you hear something shriek?
This book takes you on an adventure through the time of the dinosaurs. It tells children the names of the different dinosaurs and names several different chracteristics of each. It has a fun rhyme and lyrical tone. The illustrations are vivd and fun for kids.
This book could be used for a science lesson or even to tell the history of dinosaurs.
Read this book to my nephews for Halloween and they loved it! It is a great book filled with awesome Halloween chracterstics that are fun, not scary for kids.
Goodnight monsters everywhere, in this parody romp with its own special
twist!
Goodnight tomb. Goodnight goon. Goodnight Martians taking over the
moon. Its bedtime in the cold gray tomb with a black lagoon, and two slimy claws,
and a couple of jaws, and a skull and a shoe and a pot full of goo. But as a
little werewolf settles down, in comes the Goon determined at all costs to run
amok and not let any monster have his rest.
This book would be great to use in the classroom for the holidays. It can activate schema and you can have kids guessing what might appear on the next pages. The illustrations are great and this book is bound to make kids laugh.
It is perfect to add to your holiday collection.
As the leaves on the trees go from green to red and gold, two curious squirrels embrace the change of seasons. When he wakes up one morning to find that his home tree is changing, the little squirrel is scared! Why are all the leaves falling off? Quickly he corrals his sister and they gather up the leaves in colorful pawfuls. But try as they may to stick them back on the branches, it's hopeless: Yellow, orange, red, and brown, all the leaves keep falling down. It's only when their wise mama explains what happens in autumn that the two little squirrels understand the seasons are changing. Green leaves will sprout anew in spring.
This book is great for kids beacause it teaches the theme not to be afraid of change. It also teaches kids a lot about the seasons, especially fall and what happens during this time. It could be used for a science lesson to show how the leaves change colors. Fall is a great time to do activities with children because there is so much fun artwork that can be done with leaves! This is a wonderful book foe a primary grade classroom! Chekc out this great site: http://www.silkysteps.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10375
When Duck discovers an ad in the paper announcing a talent
show at the county fair (first prize, a slightly used trampoline), Farmer
Brown's animals are unstoppable. The cows and sheep concentrate on their singing
while the pigs work on interpretive dance. How the suspicious farmer could ever
confuse all this noise with routine snoring is a bit of a stretch, but the
hilarious late-night practice scenes inside the barn will help readers make the
leap. At the talent show, the cows and sheep impress some of the judges, but
lack of sleep has the pigs truly snoring when it is time to perform.
Fortunately, Duck steps in to save the day with a winning version of Born to Be
Wild. After the talent show, Farmer Brown suspects nothing until he hears boings
coming from the barn. Comical watercolor illustrations provide the punch lines
to many jokes within the well-paced text. Some of the sophisticated humor will
go over the heads of most children, especially the witty footnotes that pepper
the story.
This is such a fun story that the younger kids would absolutely love along with the other books taht this author writes. She has a great collection for the classroom!
Five little monkeys and their Mama walk down to the river for a picnic supper.
While Mama takes a snooze, the five little monkeys climb a tree. Why? To tease
Mr. Crocodile! "Can't catch me!" they shout, and Mr. Crocodile opens his big
mouth: SNAP! Oh no! Now there are only four little monkeys! A second little
monkey teases Mr. Crocodile, he snaps his jaws, and that little monkey also
disappears-or seems to. The mischievous monkeys are up to their usual tricks in
this second rhythmic counting book about their disappearances-and surprise
reappearances.
This book is great for children to teach them the numbers 1-5 and also to teach them rhyme. I like it so much more than Five Little Monkeys Jumping on a Bed because it is filled with awesome illustrations and it is something different for the kids to listen to.
This is a cute link that shows what you can have your students do while singing this song. It gets them to use their fine motor skills and have a great time learning! http://www.dltk-teach.com/rhymes/crocodile/words.htm
If a big hungry moose comes to visit, you might give him a muffin to make him
feel at home. If you give him a muffin, he'll want some jam to go with it. When
he's eaten all your muffins, he'll want to go to the store to get some more
muffin mix. And so on and so foth, the Mooose begins to want more of the items you have in your home and you gain a freindship with this moose and have an enjoyable adventure with him
This book is absolutley adorable just as all the "If you give..." books are. They are a great collection for readers in the primary grades because they can teach these children the value of sharing and the importance of freindship. It is a great book for story time because the students can really get involved if you ask them questions like "what do you think the moose will want next?" or "what do you think the moose and his freind are going to do next?' Asking questions while reading a story is the best way to engage readers.
Here is an awesome activity I came up with that cone be done with the class:
You
could have a classroom stuffed moose, a journal and a disposable camera. Send
the moose with the students throughout the day to their different classes,
lunch, the playground, etc. Have a students take turns to record their
experiences in the journal through writing and a picture. When the day is over,
another day can be planned out for the class to create their own moose book
with the pictures and places the moose went.
For this book talk I found a great book that I pulled from my nephews bookshelf. I tried to think of a summary in my own words but found that nothing I thought of sounded as great as this summary that I found on the book off of Google Books:
"Story hour alert! Here's a book with a clever premise, a bouncy text, and sunny, funny pictures. . . . Supremely satisfying." -- BOOKLIST (starred review)
Mama Duck has a good hunch that the big brown creature waddling behind her babies is no duck! As the foxy impostor sneaks closer and closer to Mama Duck's trailing brood, little ones will delight in shouting out his identity. Infectious rhythms and fresh, expressive watercolors liven up the pursuit, which ends when Mama Duck confronts the villain, beak to snout, and beats him at his own game."
This describes perfectly the fun and humor that this book has to offer. I loved this book and think it awesome for the children in the primary grades. I found a cute site that has informational facts that are young learner freindly in order to create activites around for the classroom. It gives facts about ducks that can be applied to a science lesson. http://www.kiddyhouse.com/Farm/ducks.html
Or the book can just be simply read during story time! The kids would love it!
