*Picture book for preschoolers through 1st graders *Little giraffe as main character *Rating: The illustrations of Stay Close to Mama are absolutely adorable, and it is a cute story, although parts confused me as an adult because the little giraffe gets in all sorts of dangerous situations because he doesn’t stay close to Mama, but [...]
November 19, 2012 in Books with Science Content, Books with Science Content, Buzzeo Toni, Elementary Educators, Making Personal Connections, Picture Book, Preschool to 1st grade teachers, Young Adult Novels
Tags: food chain, habitats, picture books about Africa, picture books about animals, teaching habitats | 3 Comments »
*Concept book, preschool to kindergarten *Forest creatures as main characters *The layout is one of the best parts of this concept book. It’s a cute idea and well executed! Short, short summary: Each pair of pages asks, “Who is in the forest, dark and deep?” and then there is a circle cut-out previewing the next [...]
April 16, 2012 in Books with Science Content, Books with Science Content, Elementary Educators, Gershator Phillis, Making Predictions, Picture Book, Prediction Skills, Preschool to 1st grade teachers, Reading Skills, Rhyming Words
Tags: concept books, KWL charts, prediction skills, teaching habitats | No Comments »
by GraceFamily www.flickr.com Teaching habitats or teaching Christmas can easily be done with this remarkably clever and cute picture book: Who Would Like a Christmas Tree? *Picture book for preschoolers through second graders *Animals on a Christmas Tree Farm as main characters *Rating: Who Would Like a Christmas Tree? is one of those children’s Christmas [...]
December 22, 2009 in Art activities, Books with Science Content, Books with Science Content, Elementary Educators, Hunter Anne, Making Predictions, Obed Ellen Bryan, Picture Book, Reading Skills, Sequence Practice, Tuesday Tales
Tags: Anne Hunter, Ellen Bryan Obed, teaching Christmas, teaching habitats, The Great Kapok Tree, Who Would Like a Christmas Tree? | 1 Comment »