My "O" Sound Box

Jane Belk Moncure's Sound Box Books

by Jane Belk Moncure, Vera Kennedy Gohman (Other Contributor)

Book by Moncure, Jane Belk

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books

29 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1984

About the author

Jane Belk Moncure (born December 1926) is an American author of early childhood non-fiction, fiction and poetry. She has also written under the names Bruce Wannamaker and Jennie Davis.

Moncure has lived in Virginia and North Carolina. She worked in early childhood education for thirty-five years. She lives in Elon College, North Carolina.

Moncure is a creative and prolific author: there are millions of her books in circulation, and they are widely distributed in schools and libraries. Distribution has been primarily through The ChildsWorld, ChildrensPress and Scholastic. Her creations and works include My First Steps to Reading, My First Steps to Math, My First Steps to Science, Word Bird, The Soundbox Books, and The Magic Castle Series. Her works have been translated into British English, Spanish, French, Chinese, and Malay. Belk Library, Elon University holds a collection of all published books by Moncure.

Jane Belk Moncure is a recipient of the C.S. Lewis Award and over the past 20 years, her works were recognized by numerous Awards. Most recently, in 2008, Jane received the Scholastic Teacher's Choice Award for her outstanding contribution to the My First Steps to Learning Program. --from Wikipedia

Reviews

[Melinda Christensen · Rating 4 out of 5]

A little book that teaches a child how to read words that start with "o." A small boy had a box he wanted to fill, so he looked until he found animals whose names started with the same letter. He found otters, an octopus, an ostrich and an ox. He constructed a home for each of the animals to live in. Little "o" found some more words starting with "o," including his own. What do you think Little "o's" name is, and how many words can you think of that start with this letter? A beautifully illustrated book that is easy to use in teaching.

[Liv Mothershead · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book examines words with the short 0 sound. A child called "Little O" goes around and finds things to put in the "o" box. Not all of the things that end up in the "o" box could realistically fit, like wild animals. The verbs and other parts of the story also follow the short o sound. Having kids make their own conceptual and physical sound boxes would be a good follow-up activity.

[Miss Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

Little O is collecting objects that begin with an O for his O box along his day. Preschool and up

[Katie · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good overview of some objects that start with the letter "o". I believe that all of the vowels in this series are presented using their "short" sound. I would not be opposed to checking out all of the other "Sound Box" books for when I teach the other letters.

[Ame · Rating 4 out of 5]

These books are generally good, but I'm ready to give up on the series. My kids hold no interest.

[Aarvik · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice read!

[Morgan · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is about alot of words beginning with o. Like otter, octopus, ostrich, ox, october, ocean, oatmeal okra and operator. There was a omnibus in the book. the omnibus is a big bus with seats on the roof.

[Duhita Swastihayu · Rating 4 out of 5]

Yodha found new vocab in this book: otter and ox. He tried to find differences between otter vs beaver and ox vs cow

[Little Champs]

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