What I can say, I can write
What I can write, I can read
I can read what I write and what other people can write for me to read.
This terrific big work text for kids begins with a Read-Aloud Animals Everywhere Rhymes. Easy to recite, echo, memorize, dance to, sing or copy as a handwriting practice.
Hickory Dickory Dock
The mouse ran up the clock
The clock struck one
The mouse ran down
Hickory Dickory Dock
An Animal Story page allows plenty of room for a student to draw a picture of a favorite animal and then write a story. From there we go to Farm Animals, Zoo Animals, Animal Riddles, Animals In The Clouds, Animal Tracks and Crazy Creature Animals.
On The Top Of The Crumpetty Tree
The Quangle Wangle Sat
But his face you could not see
On account of his Beaver Hat
(Edward Lear Nonsense Poetry)
The literary concept of Riddles as Puzzles is introduced.
Who lives in a straw house in a tree and hides her babies from you and me? Who lives in a hollow tree in the wood that he fills with nuts for his winter food? Ethel M. Wegert
A series of Critical Thinking Skill Exercises Featuring The Use Of COMPARISON: I Can Run As Fast As… I Can Eat As Much As… I Can Play Like…
There is a page dedicated to good old-fashioned pasting Cut-Out Animal Pictures.
Animals In Clouds Activity offers a lovely Read/Recite Aloud poem entitled CLOUDS.
White sheep, white sheep on a blue hill
When the wind stops you stand still
When the wind blows you walk away slow
White sheep, white sheep where do you go?
These work texts are meant for work. They spread out nicely on a flat surface. They are made of sturdy paper strong enough to withstand the pressure of primary pencils, glue pots, thick crayons or watercolor painting. Each page is perforated and can be torn out for display at school or at home.
Book II blends Literacy + Science + Child as Weather Observer. A 9 year old boy named William contributes a poem he authored.
THE WIND
The Wind! Wishing, Swishing, Howling, Pushing.
That’s the wind. The wind is cold. The wind is chilly. Wind! Screeching, wheezing, Breathing, freezing. That’s the wind! Dash!
Tumbleweeds roll, trash cans crash, SMASH!
The dirt flies high, dust gets in your eye. That’s the wind!
How about a page for recording Figures Of Speech Similes?
It is cold as ice. As hot as an oven. As scorching as the desert. As sweltering as a sauna. As fresh as a daisy. As silent as a snowflake.
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