Karen GoatKeeper's Blog - Posts Tagged "puzzles"
Promoting Literacy
Literacy is basic for life and country. It lets you find out about things yourself instead of relying on what someone else tells you.
Being literate is no better than being illiterate if a person never reads.
"The Pumpkin Project" is about science. I think science is important. I also think literacy is important.
The puzzles let me combine the two a little. I'm finding sentences in books mentioning pumpkins and turning them into puzzles for "The Pumpkin Project" with credit for the book in the hopes someone doing the Project will read those books.
My problem has been finding pumpkins mentioned in various books. It's not something I can Google as the books aren't about pumpkins per say.
Picture books abound. Older age group books are harder to find. But I am finding them, usually by accident such as in "O! Pioneers" and "Song of the Giraffe." Both are interesting books. Both are books I would recommend to other readers.
Now to create those puzzles and get permission from the publishers to use them.
Being literate is no better than being illiterate if a person never reads.
"The Pumpkin Project" is about science. I think science is important. I also think literacy is important.
The puzzles let me combine the two a little. I'm finding sentences in books mentioning pumpkins and turning them into puzzles for "The Pumpkin Project" with credit for the book in the hopes someone doing the Project will read those books.
My problem has been finding pumpkins mentioned in various books. It's not something I can Google as the books aren't about pumpkins per say.
Picture books abound. Older age group books are harder to find. But I am finding them, usually by accident such as in "O! Pioneers" and "Song of the Giraffe." Both are interesting books. Both are books I would recommend to other readers.
Now to create those puzzles and get permission from the publishers to use them.
"It Looked Like Spilt Milk", "Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late!" and "Escargot"
This week was another eclectic collection.
"It Looked Like Spilt Milk
3 stars
Author/Illustrator: Charles G. Shaw
Every illustration is a white silhouette against a dark blue. Each figure resembles something, but isn't that something. What are they?
This is an interesting book to entice a child to guess at what the silhouette really is. The dark blue would be better in a lighter shade.
Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late!
4 stars
Author/Illustrator: Mo Willems
This is one of a series about the Pigeon and is aimed for younger children. In the story it is time for bed, but the Pigeon wants to stay up late. One excuse after another is made. After all, the Pigeon isn't tired - or is it?
The illustrations are just the Pigeon doing various things against some shade of blue. The text is in bubbles as it is from the excuses the Pigeon is making.
Escargot
5 stars
Author: Dashka Slater
Illustrator: Sydney Hanson
Escargot is a very French snail on his way to a picnic salad. This snail has a lot to say dropping little facts about snails as he goes.
The illustrations are colorful and very nice. The snail is done to make it look cute and personable.
"It Looked Like Spilt Milk
3 stars
Author/Illustrator: Charles G. Shaw
Every illustration is a white silhouette against a dark blue. Each figure resembles something, but isn't that something. What are they?
This is an interesting book to entice a child to guess at what the silhouette really is. The dark blue would be better in a lighter shade.
Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late!
4 stars
Author/Illustrator: Mo Willems
This is one of a series about the Pigeon and is aimed for younger children. In the story it is time for bed, but the Pigeon wants to stay up late. One excuse after another is made. After all, the Pigeon isn't tired - or is it?
The illustrations are just the Pigeon doing various things against some shade of blue. The text is in bubbles as it is from the excuses the Pigeon is making.
Escargot
5 stars
Author: Dashka Slater
Illustrator: Sydney Hanson
Escargot is a very French snail on his way to a picnic salad. This snail has a lot to say dropping little facts about snails as he goes.
The illustrations are colorful and very nice. The snail is done to make it look cute and personable.
