3/22/01
Question 87
Dear
Preschool Teacher,
I have to do an activity in a preschool dealing with children's
literature. It needs to include other areas as like an art
activity, song, or even a snack that goes along with the same topic. I
was wondering if you knew of any good books or topics that stood out
or were fun.
Thank you,
Best Book Unit
Dear
Best Book Unit,
A few books that I have used are:
Cookies
Week
Elmer
If
You Give a Mouse a Cookie
The
Mitten
The
Gingerbread Man
Three Billy Goat Gruff
Hope this helps.
Lynn
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Teacher Staff"
Dear
Best Book Unit,
I have a book called Book Cooks. It's for literature-based
classroom cooking, by Creative Teaching Press. It includes 35
recipes for favorite books. I have the book for K-3. It
has some fun ideas you might like to try. It cost about $10.
Kris
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Teacher Staff"
Dear
Best Book Unit,
My favorite author to do a unit on is Eric Carle. He has so
many neat books. His books are easy to come up with extensions.
Sherri
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Dear
Best Book Unit,
One of the books I use that has a lot of
activities that go along with it is "It
looked like Spilt Milk" I do an art project where I
fold a blue construction paper in half and have the children drop
white paint on the paper then we fold the paper and rub it. When
the paper is dry I go around and take dictation and ask each child
what her "cloud" looks like. I then compile all of the
art projects in a class book and let the children take
turns taking it home. I also have one day where I let the
children play with shaving cream on the table and create their own
clouds.
Another book that lends itself to a lot of art
activities is "The
Mitten" by Jan Brett. On of my favorite things to do with
this book is to make a big mitten out of construction paper and then I
make the animals and I have the children participate in a retelling of
the story using the mitten and the animals. The children really enjoy
this.
I hope this helps you.
Julie
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Dear
Best Book Unit,
There are so many good books it is hard to choose just one.
I love books and can think of lots! Any Eric
Carle book is wonderful. The Doorbell
Rang by Pat Hutchins would relate to many of the areas for
lessons. You could make chocolate chip cookies for snack, sing one
little , two little, three little cookies ( to the tune of ten little
Indians ). For art, you could finger paint a circular shape
paper brown like a cookie (or paint with a brush.)
Jackie
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Teacher Staff"
