Educational creativity

Zoo Animals & a few Teddy bear books A Trip to the Zoo by Carla Greene At the Zoo by Susan Canizares & Arianne Weber Bear's Dream by Janet Slingsby Birthday Zoo by Deborah Lee Rose (rhyming) Color Zoo by Lois Ehlert (shape) Curious George by H.A. Rey Curious George Bakes a Cake by Margret & H.A. Rey Curious George makes Pancakes by Margret & H.A. Rey Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed by Eileen Christelow Five Little Monkeys reading in bed by Eileen Christelow Five Little Monkeys Sitting in a Tree by Eileen Christelow Five Little Monkeys with Nothing to Do by Eileen Christelow Going Home by Ann & Reg Cartwright A Giraffe and a Half by Shel Siverstein Hiccups for Elephant by James Preller Hold Tight, Bear! by Ron Maris If You Give a Moose a Muffin I Love you, Blue Kangaroo! by Emma Chichester Clark Inside a Zoo in the City by Alyssa Satin Capucilli (Rebus) Little Bear by Else Holmelund Minarik Miss Moo Goes to the Zoo by Kelly Graves ...

This box contains books that are collections of rhymes or nursery rhymes.  They don't seem to fit into any other of my categories, so I bunched them together. Green Beans and Other Silly Poems by Nancy Leber and Lolli Leber A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstien Miss Mary Mack adapted by Mary Ann Hoberman Play Rhymes collected and ill. by Marc Brown (cute animal movement rhymes) Questions selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins Take me out of the Bathtub and other silly dilly songs by Alan Katz Why the Banana Split by Rick Walton (a  play on words book) You Read to Me, I'll Read to You by Mary Ann Hoberman (Short stories that rhyme)

My Back to School Box of books includes books about family and friends.  We have always done those themes at the same time. When I Was Little A four-year-old's Memoir of Her Youth by Jamie Lee Curtis If you have four year olds this one is perfect.  It creates so much language and background information about your children.  We always did a self portrait after reading this one. This is a funny rhyming book that you could easily use to teach children when it is appropriate to paint. Are There Any Questions? by Denys Cazet (Children ask lots of questions while on a field trip) Chester's Way by Kevin Henkes (making new Friends) Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes (great self esteem) Clifford Runs to Story Time by Norman Bridwell Countdown to the First Day of School by AnnMarie Harris Dinosaur Starts School by Pamela Duncan Edwards First Day, Hooray! by Nancy Poydar First Day of Kindergarten by Kim Jackson Go To School by Stan and Jan Berenstain (Berenstain Bears stor...

I love books that copy other common books or poems.  It makes it easy to compare and contrast.  This book rhymes and counts while naming and showing what common leaves look like. Apple Picking by Janet Craig Apples by Melvin and Gilda Berger (good life cycle book) Apples, Apples, Apples by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace Autumn's First Leaf`by Steve Metzger (how leaves are friends even if one changes color) Big Red Apple by Tony Johnston (Hello Reader level 1) Clifford Loves Autumn by Norman Bridwell A Day at the Apple Orchard by Megan Faulkner & Adam Krawesky (real photos) Fall Colors by Rita Walsh I am A Leaf by Jean Marzollo (It is great to hear a 3 year old say "Chlorophyll") Leaf Season by Quinlan B. Lee (Clifford Puppy Days) Leaves by Melvin & Gilda Berger The Tiniest Pumpkin by Janet Craig Under the Apple Tree by Steve Metzger Up, Up, Up! It's Apple Picking Time by Jody Fickes Shapiro What are Seasons? by Chris Arvetis and Carole Palmer When t...

Circus by Rand McNally ills by Betti Ferrero Clifford At the Circus by Norman Bridwell A Color Clown Comes to Town by Jane Belk Moncure Little Black Goes to the Circus by Walter Farley

At the beginning of the year, our center did a small unit on pets. We would invite pets into the classroom.  Children who didn't have a pet could make their own pretend pet.  It was fun.  I have a large collection of pet books.  There are way too many books to read in the short time we worked on pets, but a lot of the books were just part of the library.  Children can easily make up a story about  a pet. Pet Books Always in trouble by Corinne Demas (days of week) Annie & Moon by Miriam Smith ( a girl and her cat move a lot till they find a good home) Benji, Fastest dog in the West by Gina Ingoglia The Birthday Present by Mavis Smith (wordless) The Cat & the Hat by Dr. Suess The Cat in the Hat Comes Back by Dr. Suess The Cat in the Hat the Movie by Jesse Leon McCann Cat Traps by Molly Coxe ( Early step into reading) Clifford the Big Red Dog by Norman Bridwell Clifford Saves the Birds by Norman Bridwell Cookie's W...

Farm Animal Books (62) A Cowboy Can by Beth Clure & Helen Rumsey (easy reader "can") Animals on the Farm by Vicki Coghill (easy reader) Baby Animals on the Farm by Liza Alexander ( Sesame street characters) Baby Calf by Catherine McCafferty Baby Piggy's Shapes by Emily Paul  (Muppet Babies Book) Beep, Beep by Barbara Gregorich (start to read level 1) BINGO ill. by Hans Wilhelm (sing and read) Chicken Licken -Scott, Foresman talking storybook box (Chicken Little story) Click, Clack, Moo Cows that Type by Doreen Cronin (silly repetitive story) Cuddly Piglet ill. Penny Johnson (board book) Don't Be Late by Akimi Gibson (rhyming) Daffy Takes a Dip by Jean Davis Callaghan (A duck afraid to swim) Down on the Farm by Vicki Coghill (easy reader) A Duck so Small by A.H. Benjamin (an ugly duckling type story, duck tries to act like other birds         until he finds being small was good) Farm Animals (one word board book) Farm An...