The Infant Group likes the repetition and rhyming in this classic story. They also enjoy looking at the bright pictures of the animals! Reading this book with young children, helps them to anticipate what's coming next, to associate color names with colors and to experience the fun ending that includes the children.
For Parents. Vivian Gussin Paley makes the case for the critical role of fantasy play in the psychological, intellectual, and social development of young children. This delightful book gives us a window into the world of preschool children with its vivid descriptions of children's play in a preschool classroom.
Our younger children like the repetition and rhyme in this book. They also like to sing along or listen to the teachers sing the story. The book helps to bring to life this well known children's song so that children can associate the words and pictures with the song they already know.
Age group: 3-6 (reccomendation from Toddlers who are 2-3)
Now that winter has melted away, this book speaks to what children have been experiencing outside - mucky, gooey mud. Since they all enjoy mud, they are able to bring their personal experiences to the story while learning why there is mud after winter. The illustrations capture the essence of mud which immediately attracts the children.
Age Range - Early Elementary (also reccomended by Toddlers)
Even though the language in this book is advanced for Older Toddlers, they relate to it through their personal experiences with climbing, risk taking, and experimenting with limits. The children enjoy the illustrations and conversations that emerge based on the illustrations.
The School Age children enjoy this trilogy. Anish and Lukas especially enjoy the humor in the books, including animals that talk. The children are also engaged by the main character, Elmer, who sets off to rescue a baby dragon!
This book is a series of colorful umbrellas and a CD with just music that expands with each page. The Mixed Toddlers enjoy pointing to the different colored umbrellas as well as listening to the music with the book. There are no words, so the pictures give opportunities for the children to create their own stories.
A favorite book all year long! The Mixed Toddler group loves singing the pages and waiting for the page that shows the school bus. The story has many layers that allow the toddlers to discover something new each time they read it.
The 2/3B group likes the anticipation, repetition, and humor in this story. Hattie and the Fox is about animals, which the children in this group love! This story can be a little bit scary, but the children enjoy this aspect of it as well.
Color mixing has been a huge interest of the 2/3B group this year! There is a lot of color mixing in this book, as the mice dane in paint and mix up the paint colors!
