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"The Foot Book" is one of Dr. Seuss's books that doesn't have much of a story line, but it does have many different meanings behind it and lessons that can be taken away from it. For one, this book would be great when teaching children about opposites. Throughout the whole book Dr. Seuss compares opposites such as big foot, small foot and his foot, her foot. The illustrations also correspond with many of the comparisons. Another lesson that could be taught from this book is all the different typ...more
For ages 3-6
One day I was having kindergarten in to the media center and they were an active group. I decided to try and have them act out the book while I read.
I have done this two ways. One is having everyone lay on their back with space around each kid so nobody gets kicked. In the art classroom where it was more crowded with tables and the carpet was dirty, I set the chairs up like bus rows with ample space between chairs front to back for leg lifting.
This is a great opportunity to work on t...more
One day I was having kindergarten in to the media center and they were an active group. I decided to try and have them act out the book while I read.
I have done this two ways. One is having everyone lay on their back with space around each kid so nobody gets kicked. In the art classroom where it was more crowded with tables and the carpet was dirty, I set the chairs up like bus rows with ample space between chairs front to back for leg lifting.
This is a great opportunity to work on t...more
If I were reviewing this book from my two year old's point of view I'd be far more liberal with the stars. From me it's only getting three. I enjoyed it the first two hundred times, but the plot's a bit lacking.
Our favorite part:
his feet,
her feet,
fuzzy fur feet
Who doesn't love fuzzy fur feet?
Our favorite part:
his feet,
her feet,
fuzzy fur feet
Who doesn't love fuzzy fur feet?
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I have always loved all of Dr. Suess’ books but this one wasn’t necessarily my favorite. He has very clever well written books that rhyme which is why I love them. I think the reason I wasn’t the biggest fan of this book was because it was so short. This book is great for very young children. If your child is maybe four years old this book would be perfect for them. This book is about all different types of feet out there, from different colors like black and red, and different sizes like small...more
Title: The Foot Book
Author and Illustrator: Dr. Seuss
Publisher: Random House
Year of Publication: 1968
Grade level: K-2
Genre: Picture Book
Topic: Feet
Social Issues Addressed: Diversity
Summary: The Foot Book is a rhyming story about the many different types of feet. The book has many opposites in it like “Well feet/Sick feet.” This is a story that children will love.
Interactions Between Text and Illustrations: The illustrations really add to the book. It doesn’t just use one person for the different...more
Author and Illustrator: Dr. Seuss
Publisher: Random House
Year of Publication: 1968
Grade level: K-2
Genre: Picture Book
Topic: Feet
Social Issues Addressed: Diversity
Summary: The Foot Book is a rhyming story about the many different types of feet. The book has many opposites in it like “Well feet/Sick feet.” This is a story that children will love.
Interactions Between Text and Illustrations: The illustrations really add to the book. It doesn’t just use one person for the different...more
This book can be used for math lessons on measurements and counting. The measurement lesson can consist of students measuring feet within the classrooms. The counting lesson can consist of students counting the number of feet within the classroom. It can also help students focus on even numbers and counting by 2's, since most people have two feet. The lesson on counting can also be used for graphing in which the students collect data on the shoe size each student wears and graph the information....more
This wacky book is all about feet, and the different kinds of feet you might meet. There are wet feet, dry feet, high feet and low feet. Kids will love the rythmic nature of the words and the funny things they learn about feet. Try having them act out the book while you read it aloud to them, it will get them actively learning.
This book is appropriate for ages 3+
I remember learning to read with this book, I think it was the first one I read aloud to my parents and from that point on, I read it...more
This book is appropriate for ages 3+
I remember learning to read with this book, I think it was the first one I read aloud to my parents and from that point on, I read it...more
The Foot Book
This is one of the many extraordinary books from Dr. Seuss. Throughout the book the pictures will keep you entertained talking about many different types of feet. It’s a fun way to teach your children about opposites. (Girl VS. Boy, Left VS Right, Etc.) You could also use this book to talk about positional words such as up, down, high, and low. The book could also cover spatial awareness. The book is also durable so it would be perfect for different age groups.
Extension:Create shak...more
The Foot Book is a story about all different kinds of feet. It uses listing and rhyming qualities to discuss all kinds of different feet such as fast feet slow feet big feet and little feet. It sends the message to the reader that there are all different kinds of people. Throughout the book the illustrations are very colorful and fun; they also connect to the words very well making it easy for children to understand. Its simple vocabulary makes it an easy and exciting read for young readers. Sin...more
I love this book! This book would be a great book for a Kindergarten class. I would use this book for a read-aloud. The Foot Book focuses on opposites, such as low foot and high foot. Parents could have an issue with the characters in this book. The characters are not real, and that could offend some parents. The pictures in this book confirm the meaning presented by the written words. I loved Dr. Seuss books when I was younger, and I bet that my students would also love his books. Dr. Seuss' bo...more
Dr. Seuss is an amazing author that will continue to have an impact on childrens reading for years to come. Dr. Seuss has the ability to rhyme his stories in a way that are fascinating to children. This story also takes one word and repeats it multiple times. This allows children to fully understand how and what that word sounds and looks like. Dr. Seuss also takes a word such as "foot" and uses anoter tense of it such as "feet". This also teaches children how to change the tense of a word and w...more
Mar 07, 2013
Christian Houseworth
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This is a very fun story that is all about feet....clown feet, upside down feet, right feet and left feet. This book is a great book to use for read alouds because the text is engaging, predictable, and easy to read. The illustrations are very colorful. This would be a great book for beginning readers as well because it is an easy read. Also, this is a great book to teach writers craft of rhyming and introduction of rhyming words. This also would be a great book to teach repetition and the impor...more
The Foot Book was a book i have read a thousand times while growing up. My mom would read it over and over again to me. I like how simple it is. It has very little words and a lot of pictures. I think young children would enjoy this because of all the stange looking animals. Most young children like pictures more than words. This book is a perfect fit. Dr. Suess has a wide variety of good books out. They all have lots of color in the pictures, and generally most of the pictures look alike. This...more
This book teaches so much more than just about feet. It introduces children to different colors, numbers, and left/right directions. I would absolutely put this book in my classroom library because it teaches so many different topics. There is no real story line to this book, it's just sort of repetitive because it repeatedly says "...foot...foot...foot...etc.". It tells of different things feet belong to such as clowns, or girls or boys. As a typical Dr. Seuss book, "The Foot Book" rhymes, and...more
I loved reading this book when i was younger!
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“The Foot Book” is a children’s book from the greatest mind of children’s books, Dr. Seuss and it is about how the main character, a fuzzy and golden looking character, introduces the various types of feet that everyone has. “The Foot Book” is one of the greatest books from Dr. Seuss ever created that children will enjoy for many years.
Dr. Seuss’ talent for writing and illustrations has been astounding children around the world for many years and this book is no exception! Dr. Seuss perfectly pu...more
Dr. Seuss’ talent for writing and illustrations has been astounding children around the world for many years and this book is no exception! Dr. Seuss perfectly pu...more
This is another Dr. Seuss book that targets children ages 3-6 who are learning how to read. This story is about how many different feet that you can see. Children are introduced to various types of feet, all of which are accompanied with a colorful illustration describing the type of feet. The simple text and descriptive illustrations allow children to conceptualize how the feet are different and are introduced to various basic sight words. As a teacher you could do a read aloud with this book a...more
This is a great book for an emergent reader! The repetition of the word foot and the rhyming nature of the book is fantastic for young readers. Repetition helps with learning words and the rhyming aspect is fun for kids to pick up on and can help with the following of the book more. This would be a good book for preschoolers to be read to and for kindergarteners to read aloud. If read in the classroom, you can point out that everyone is different and being different makes you unique and special....more
I think the book was boring. Left foot right foot, feet feet feet can only be entertaining for so long. However, the repetition might drill some of the important concepts in the children's heads. For example, which foot is right and which is left. I liked the pictures because they were accurate. They showed which were left and red, blue feet red feet, slow feet, quick feet. I think to make the book more productive it could have been more focused on the concepts of left and right rather than only...more
Dr Seuss books are timeless and exceptional reads for children. I tutor kids that attend Title 1 schools and they struggle with understanding antonyms and rhyming patterns. This book is the perfect example of how to rhyme words and perfectly explicates words rhyming with one another. Also antonyms are explained with phrases such as "Big foot, little foot. Wet foot, dry foot." Kids can learn so much from these books and I will one day have them in my home and read them to my children.
Publication: 1968
Grade/Age: PreK-1st grade
Annotation: A book of opposites using all kinds of different feet.
Themes: Opposites, feet, nonsense verses, stories in rhyme
Ways to use the book:
Use in a math lesson about measurement - How many inches are in a foot?, How long is your foot in inches? etc.
Use in a lesson about opposites for ELL students.
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Grade/Age: PreK-1st grade
Annotation: A book of opposites using all kinds of different feet.
Themes: Opposites, feet, nonsense verses, stories in rhyme
Ways to use the book:
Use in a math lesson about measurement - How many inches are in a foot?, How long is your foot in inches? etc.
Use in a lesson about opposites for ELL students.
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Apr 28, 2011
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This book is showing children how they will meet a variety of people throughout their lives and show diversity. Many children do not understand that their is different people with different cultures, backgrounds and personalities. Dr. Seuss uses feet to describe that there is many varieties of people and he uses his rhyming. This book should be read to all kids to teach them diversity in the world and show them that their is a broader world besides their house.
I love this book!! The flow of this book is great, it really is fun to read. I think this is a great book for kids learning to read. It is a very easy read and the text is somewhat predictable. All Dr. Seuss books are great but this really is one of my favorites. The pictures do a great job at showing what the words are saying. This is a great book to read to your class and then the students can write down all the opposites that they say in the book.
A classmate brought this book in as part of her Literacy History presentation on her daughters. This book is popular with my students when I ask them to bring in a book that was important or influencial for them. I had never gotten a chance to read it though until today. It is what you would expect from Suess: fun pictures, ryhmes, repetition of words and sounds. Unlike many others, this one does not have made up words that are hard to pronounce.
I think this book can be used very effectively for young readers that are just learning how to identify words. Dr. Seuss uses vividly colored pictures to catch the attention of young children and the illustrations are superb, just as those in his other books. My one critique of this book is that there really is no set story line or plot for the reader to follow which I believe is a very important aspect to a book geared towards young readers.
This is one of my favorite Dr. Seuss books! I can remember making feet after reading this book when I was young in school and it is truly endearing to know that students still do the same activities now. We had students trace their feet and write opposites on each foot. Then students were able illustarte thier foot in any way that they liked. It came out great and it is definitely an activity I would like to continue with my students.
The Foot Book is a great book for those young, just learning to read, students. It captures the ability to read in rhyme and different types of word uses. For example: her,he/she, him, foot/feet, and right and left. Though the book repeats and repeats, it helps new readers recognize words. The book is all about feet and how many people have them. This book is great for the classroom for a younger audience.
This is a very nice Seuss book presenting a number of adjectives applying to feet: left, right, big, small, slow, quick, and so on. The adjectives are delivered in easy-to-read rhyme and illustrated with Seuss’s characteristic good humor. It’s a silly, amusing episode of rhythmic reading, with just enough content that older children might sit still for it. Another good transition-to-reading book for toddlers.
My Review: Another favorite from my childhood. Suess in general is fantastic, his art is fun and his playful rhymes echo through many years of my youth. I remember fondly flipping through his books even in high school. The Foot Book in particular plays with opposites and is wonderful for kids.
My niece's review: Tasty. Literally, as the cardboard pages spent most of their time in her mouth.
My niece's review: Tasty. Literally, as the cardboard pages spent most of their time in her mouth.
This book shows some of the amazing details that Dr. Seuss puts in every book he has made. It teaches the readers the difference between left, right, his, and hers. Dr. Seuss also shows counting, colors, and rhyming. Children learn the difference and love the book while they learn! Also I love how silly it is! The funny words and illustrations continue to amuse me even if I read it multiple times.
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Theodor Seuss Geisel was born 2 March 1904 in Springfield, MA. He graduated Dartmouth College in 1925, and proceeded on to Oxford University with the intent of acquiring a doctorate in literature. At Oxford he met Helen Palmer, who he wed in 1927. He returned from Europe in 1927, and began working for a magazine called Judge, the leading humor magazine in America at the time, submitting both carto...more
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