We have been reviewing books for nearly a year now and on occasion we enjoy reviewing a different kind of book, but hopefully one that will be informative and useful to our readers. Today’s review is one of those.
Recently, Neil McNerney, M.Ed., LPC contacted us to ask whether we would be interested in [...]
Author: Robert Burleigh
Illustrator: Joanna Yardley
Age: preschool, elementary school
Description: Ben sets up an elaborate train excursion in his room that takes him up, around, through, and under trees, farmhouses, tunnels and towns. It all starts with a drawing…
Goals/Concepts: Motor planning
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Title: Moondance
Author: Frank Asch
Description: Bear has a wish to dance with the moon. Before his wish comes true, he learns a little bit about weather and a lot about friendship.
Goals/ objectives:
• Wishing vs knowing
• Inferencing/ Prediction
• Sequencing/ retelling
• Describing [...]
Title: The Missing Mitten Mystery
Author: Steven Kellogg
Description: Annie loses her 5th mitten of the season. While trying to find it her imagination goes wild. It is found in a most unexpected place.
Goals/ objectives:
Question-asking Negation Flexible thinking Sequencing/ retelling Body language/ facial expression “wondering” vs “knowing”
Why I like this story: A wonderful winter [...]
Author: Michael Hall
Age: Preschool and School Age
Description: A perfect square gets cut and ripped and crumpled and discovers the wonders of transformation.
Goals/Concepts:
Flexibility Ideation Social Skills Prediction based upon salient clues Question Formulation Verbal Description Why I like this book: Great for discussion about flexibility and salience. A great [...]
Author: Antoinette Portis
Age: Preschool and School Age
Description: A creative rabbit who turns a box into anything and everything. He makes it clear that it’s NOT a box!
Goals/Concepts:
Flexibility Ideation Social Skills Early Prediction Question Formulation Sentence structure (“not”) Why I like this book: Great for discussion about [...]
Book: Can I Play Too? Author:Mo WilliamsAge:Early ElementaryDescription: Piggie and Elephant plan to play catch when another friend (snake) wants to join in. They are struggling to figure out how include snake because he doesn’t have arms! They work together and after some failed attempts, come up with a solution!
Goals/Concepts
social language [...]
Book: Duck! Rabbit!
Author:Amy Krouse Rosenthan and Tom Lichtenheld Age:preschool, early elementary Description:A story of perspective. Is it a duck? Is a rabbit? It all depends on how you look at it!
Goals/Concepts:
Perspective Taking Flexibility Social Language Skills
Why I like this book: It’s a great model for perspective taking, [...]
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