[CALIBK12] Reading to Children

[pamanddoug]

Sarah,

I think that it would be fun to read different types of books to the group.
Like Blanche, I would suggest short picture books.  Some of my favorites
are:

Baby Brains (the world's smartest baby...very amusing)
Little Pea (about eating your veggies...or not; it is short & funny)
The Night I Followed the Dog  (wonder what your dog does when you're gone?)
My Monster Mama Loves Me So   (unconditional mother love ...great art)
I Love You Like Crazy Cakes (single parent adoption story; lovely art)
Bubba the Cowboy Prince (fractured Cinder-fella, fairy tale story)
Princess Pigsty  (one of Cornelia Funke's funny picture books)
Dr. White (a dog story about pet-assisted therapy by Jane Goodall)
Rickie and Henri (also by Jane Goodall - based on a true story about a chimp
  and a dog)
Animals Nobody Loves (this Seymour Simon book seems to catch kids' interest
--   it is a factual book with beautiful photos of scary or ugly animals)
A Job For Wittilda (by Buehner, Caralyn & Mark -- jobless witch cares for
cats -- very funny & great illustrations)

I, too, like the idea of selecting volunteers from the group to read to the
group.  You wouldn't have to cover all the books that you set out...just get
to as many as the time allowed after your introduction.  Then allow a wee
bit of time for them to say whether they enjoyed it.  It is always fun to be
read to.

Pam Carrie
Chapman Hills Elementary
Orange Unified School District.



On 1/6/09 12:56 PM, "bwoolls at slis.sjsu.edu" <bwoolls at slis.sjsu.edu> wrote:

> Take a stack of the really great picture books that are absolutely fun to
> read and let them spend 10 minutes choosing one (which means short ones)
> and then let as many as you can read their book to the group.
> 
>  Blanche
> 
>> Every year I do a short presentation to a Teen Living class on the
>> importance to reading to children (esp the very young) and I'm looking to
>> update it a bit.
>> 
>> I have a hour hour this time and would like to make it fun and memorable.
>> Any activites you might suggest for teens to do in learning about
>> children's
>> books in such a short time?
>> 
>> --
>> Sarah Bosler, Teacher Librarian
>> Montclair High School
>> Chaffey Joint Union High School District
>> http://mohigh.com
>> 
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