Jump, Frog, Jump!
Kalan, R. (1981) Jump, Frog, Jump!. New York, NY: Greenwillow Books
ISBN: 0-688-13954-X
Summary:This is a book is a cumulative about a frog who tries to catch the fly with the dangers of getting caught himself. The children can wonder which animal is going to try to put the frog in danger and there is also a repetitive line, “Jump, frog, jump!” which invites the children to follow with the reader. The illustrations are simple yet alive in colour and each page also shows who is going to show up next so the children can start to guess which character is going to come up. This is a great book for 3 to 5 year olds because it has a simple story line to follow and it makes the listener wonder what will happen next, which can help them focus.
Provocation:
- Around the classroom, pictures of the frog jumping can be displayed which can provoke the children into thinking where and why the frog is jumping.
- Around the third time the frog has jumped, you can wonder with the children who will appear next to put the frog in danger. And by asking the question “How did the frog get away?”, which is a line that always comes before the line “Jump, frog, jump!”, the children can yell it out even without the page being turned.
- One child can be the frog and the other children can be the other characters in the story and present an audience participant story. To do this, there needs to be an open space for the frog to jump and possibly a basket or a blanket to catch the frog (which happens near the end of the story).
- Present the story as a felt board story; you need to prepare a frog, a fly, a fish, a snake, a turtle, a net and few children. Invite the children to yell “jump, frog, jump!” with you when you are presenting the story.
- Explore the concept of predator and prey. The class can research together which animals are the predators and which animals are the prey.
- Visit the aquarium or the zoo to see an actual frog and to explore how animals move.
- Have frogs as a class pet and examine with the children. If it is possible, it is great to start off with a tadpole and examine as the tadpole transform into a frog.
What Goes Around Comes Around
McGuire, R. (1995) What goes around comes around. New York, New York: Penguin Books
ISBN: 0-670-86396-4
When a doll flies out the window, it bounces off to the road, to the sea, to China, and other places around the world. This is a circular story suitable for 3 to 5 year olds because it is a silly story which can bring up giggles. The illustrations are funny and it shows the face expressions of the characters when they see the doll bounce by them. The story does not happen just in one place, but all over the world so there are pictures of the famous architecture or culture of other countries.
Provocation:
- First, you need a doll. Then for over a few days or with every transition, the doll can be placed in a different place and come back to the place it originally started off. If the children do no notice, you can say out loud “Hmm…I wonder what happened to this doll?” which then can spark the children’s imaginations.
- Even before reading the book, you could wonder with the children what the phrase “what goes around comes around” means and if they have heard it before. And then when you are reading the book, you could wonder with the children what places the doll would bounce to.
- Glue a picture of a doll to one of the hands of a broken clock and glue pictures of where the doll has been on the numbers and spin around the doll around the clock until it comes back home. If you do not have a broken clock, it is also possible to make it out of a big cardboard and but it into a circle or however you want it to look like.
- Another way is to present it as a stage story that Susan Munzer-Briner suggested in the video that we watched in class. For the places the doll goes to, you can use old calendars and you can tie a picture of a doll or an actual little doll in a string and bounce it across the stage as you change the scenes in the back.
- The children can make a doll or a robot for boys. For this, it could just be a simple paper doll or a felt doll. Then the children can roam around the room with the doll.
- The clock for presenting the book can be place in the classroom as an activity for the children to enjoy by themselves.
- The class can discuss about their favourite place or a place they would like to visit. And once you get a few ideas, set up a dramatic play centre for the children to explore the places’ culture.
The Napping House
ISBN: 978-0-15-256708-8
Summary:
This book is a cumulative story about what happens in the napping house. The napping house is where everyone sleeps, however everyone wakes up due to a small bite from a flea. The illustrations are warm and pleasing. The illustrations tell who will go on top of the bed next, which the listener can try to figure out who will be next. This book is great for 3 to 5 year olds because it has detailed illustrations and rich adjectives to describe the characters.
Provocation:
- Present a felt board story with the pieces of the story where all the characters are awake. Without telling anything about the book, listen to what the children have to say and wonder with them.
- A felt board story is great for this book. The pieces that you need are the bed, granny, a child, a dog, a cat, a mouse and a flea. And as you read the story, you can stack them on top of each other and in the end you could throw all the pieces off to represent how they woke up.
- Prepare a granny, a child, a dog, a cat, a mouse, and a flea props. This could be stuffed animals, puppets or you could even glue the pictures of the characters on wooden blocks. And present the story as a prop story. As you present the story, stack the blocks on top of each other.
- For an audience participation story, you could gather all the characters from the book, but also you could tell the children to bring in one of their favourite stuffed animals to class. Then on the day when you are presenting the story, a child, possibly the one that did not bring in a stuffed animal can be the granny (or grandpa) and as you tell the story, you can go around saying the children’s name and their animals to be stacked on top of the granny. And when it is time to wake everyone up, you could pass back the animals to the children.
- The class can have a pajama day and bring their favourite stuffed animals and replay “The napping house” with their own stuffed animals.
- Glue the character’s pictures on blocks first and the children can recite the book the way they want to to their friends or just simply stack the blocks to see how high it can go until it tumbles down.
- Present the felt board story or the prop story as a centre for the children to enjoy.
All for pie, Pie for All
ISBN: 076362393-8
Summary:
This is a circular story about an apple pie that Grandma Cat bakes. When Grandma cat bakes an apple pie, not only her family enjoys the pie, but also the Mouse family and Ant family enjoy it. Each family, one family after another, eats the pie and takes naps. When everybody is awake, they all help baking a blueberry pie.
This book is great for three to five-years olds because
-the story is written in repetitive pattern with simple structures: "Little Brother Cat ate a piece. Big sister Cat ate a piece..." and "Little Brother Ant walked away with a crumb. Big sister Ant walked away with a crumb."
-this story also shows the concept of sharing and cooperating. Each family (Cat, Mouse, and Ant) shares the pie until the whole pie was gone and everyone helps baking a new blueberry pie.
This picture book's illustration is very appealing- cozy, warm and friendly atmosphere is created. Pen (ink-pen) is used and different species (types of animals) are illustrated in cute ways. They all look happy and friendly.
Provocation:
- In the book, there is a picture of all families gathered in a kitchen, making a pie. In the pic, it shows all different food ingredients. This picture pages can be enlarged and presented to the children before reading. Wonder with the children about what all animals are trying to do together: let's be curious about why they are all together in the kitchen and about what they are making.
- Felt story Pieces need for this felt story:
-5 Cats: Little Brother Cat, Big Sister Cat, Momma Cat, Poppa Cat, Grandma Cat-5 Mouse: Little Brother Mouse, Big Sister Mouse, Momma Mouse, Poppa Mouse, Grandma Mouse-6 Ant: Little Brother Ant, Big Sister Ant, Momma Ant, Poppa Ant, Grandma Cat, Baby Ant (wearing a diaper)-One big blanket to cover 5 cats. One for 5 Mouses. One for 6 Ants.-One big Apple pie, One piece of pie, Six crumbs, One big Blueberry pie.-Any ingredients that can be used for blueberry pie: Big bowl, Box of flour, Sugar, Blueberry-When reading "they took naps," simply cover the animal pieces with blanket felt. - Magnetic sheet
Pieces needed for this story will be the same as Felt story.Blankets still needed to show children that animals are taking naps.Instead of painting the cooking sheet, use different Calendar paper or background paper (with magnetic attached) for Cat, Mouse and Ant.Then we can also show children that the scenes are changing as different each group's living style is different. (Background Suggestions: House pics for Cat, Tree holes for Mouse, View of the table for Ant) - Reading the story
Use different loudness for each animal- loud voices for Cats, less loud for Mouse, and very quiet voice for Ant. Since the sentences are repetitive, read sentences rhythmically.
- Using Felt board, talk about how to make a blueberry pie (or an apple pie). On Felt board, start with putting big bowl piece and putting a pieces of flour, sugar, milk.
- Talk about where each animal live, what they see from where they are, and talk about their sizes and talk about how one pie becomes pieces and crumbs.
- On Kididdles, there is a song called the pumpkin pies that Grandma bakes. Simply change pumpkin to Apple! (http://www.kididdles.com/lyrics/p055.html)
Too Much Noise
McGovern, A. (1967). Too Much Noise (1St Edition ed.). Cookery: Houghton Mifflin Books For Children.
ISBN: 0-395-18110-0
Summary:
This is a cumulative story about an old man, Peter, who complains about the noise he hears in the house. "The bed creaked./ The floor Squeaked." He thinks it's "Too noisy" and decides to to see the wise man of the village. Listening to the Wise man's advice, he begins to bring different kinds of animals one by one: starting with cow, there come a donkey, a sheep, a hen, a cat, a dog. The house got too noisy and Peter begins to let go each animal. Then "the bed creaked./The floor squeaked." But he said, "What a quiet noise."
This book is great for three to five-years olds because
-many different sounds are illustrated in the book: "creaked, squeaked, Swish, Hiss."
-different animals’ sounds are also explained.
-it is fun to repeat the sounds.
The story is about valuing what Peter has in the beginning. In the end of the book, the story comes to the beginning. In the beginning, the old man was not thankful for what he had, but when the story comes back to the start, he begins to appreciate it.
The story is drawn basically using ink and pen. The colors are interesting: everything seems a bit bluish. Different animals are illustrated using main characteristics. Great image of a wise man in that he looks smart while Peter, the old man, looks a bit grumpy.
Provocation:
- Present a cut out piece of a grumpy old man with a background of his house. Talk to the children about why he looks so grumpy.
- Felt Story
Pieces needed for the story:-Make the felt board look like a house: One window, Bed, Table.-One old man, One wise man, and different animals: a donkey, a sheep, a hen, a cat, a dog. - Puppet Story
Use a big box (stage) and make it look like a old man's house.One suggestion: Draw pictures and cut them, laminate them and glue them on a stick to make paper puppets. Need the same pieces as in Felt story.Focus on the sound you are making as this book is about different kinds of noise. - Read the book. Ask the children what sounds will be made if the leaves fall on the roof. what kinds of sounds different animals make.
- Discuss about the sound illustrated in the book. Ask questions like "where would you hear a sound like "swish, swish", "hiss, hiss".
- Use music prop box. Use a straw from Tim Hortons or Starbucks to make a small whistle to make "hiss" sound. Examine what kinds of sound a rainstick makes, a drum makes, when rubbing a paper sounds like.
- Discuss about the outcome of the story. Talk about children's experience when they have had a similar situation. If it's hard for them to think, talk about the sound that they hear at home when going to sleep. Ask them to describe and observe the sound that they have heard and will hear.
Bearsie Bear and the Surprise Sleepover Party
ISBN: 0-395-86450-X
Summary:
This is a cumulative story about a cold winter night when Bearsie Bear has surprise visits from all different kinds of animal friends and has an unexpected sleepover party. In Cold snowy winter night, when Bearsie Bear is in bed, falling asleep, there comes an unexpected knocking at the door. "Who is it?" "It's me, Moosie Moose," "May I sleep over?" Starting with Moosie Moose, the surprising, unexpected visits from animal friends begin: Moosie Moose, Cowsie Cow, Piggie Pig, Foxie Fox, Goosie Goose, Porkie Porcupine enters into the bed. As Porcupine peeks at other animals who were already in bed, they all went away. As a way to sleep together, they put porcupine under the bed, but finally they finds a way to sleep all together in one bed without hurting others.
This book is great for three to five-years olds because
-the story is very repetivie using simple sentences such as "It's me, Moosie Moose." "It's me, Cowsie Cow." At the door, when there is a knock, different animals show up, but they have the same repetitive conversation. Children can get used to what is expected to be talked about.
-Even if the book is a bit long, teachers can always shorten the story. It's easy to read.
-Interesting character names appear in the book. e.g. Foxie Fox, Porkie Porcupine.
-the story is about problem solving and about friendship too. Everyone is welcome in Bearsie Bear's house for sleepover, even the porcupine who has hurt other animals. He is not welcome in the beginning, but friends come up with a solution to have porcupine back to bed.
This picture book used watercolor. Animals are drawn in a simple way with soft colors.
Provocation:
- Show children a picture of a house standing in the snowy forest and one animal approaching to the house. (the first page of the book) Ask children questions like "Who do you think lives in that house?" "Who is the shadowy animal walking towards the house? What is the animal going to do?"
- Felt story Pieces needed for the story:
Animals: Bear, Moose, Cow, Pig, Fox, Goose, Porcupine,one piece of Big Bed, One long blanket, A house covered with snow, A door. - Audience Participation
Draw a picture of each animal's face. Make two masks for porcupine (1 mask with picky fur, 1 mask with softer fur) Laminate the masks. Prepare one big blanket.Let children be the animals in the story. Call each other and make them go under the blanket. When porcupine (picky mask) comes, everyone runs away. When porcupine comes again with soft one, everyone is back under the blanket. - Prop basket
Bring a basket with different animal puppets. Tell the story using these puppets. Children can participate if they want to.
- Ask children about the ending of the story. Ask them whether they have any other suggestions if they want to sleep with a porkie porcupine. In play time, when children face some challenges or they are not cooperating, remind them of the story how animals came up with a solution to welcome their friend in bed.
- Draw animals. Try to let them draw a distinctive feature found in each animal. For example, porcupine with prickly fur.
- Have a Pajama Day at school! Ask all children to bring pajamas and build a tent for them and let them play in the tent house.
Inside a Zoo in the City
Capucilli, S. A. (2000) Inside a zoo in the city. New York, NY: SCHOLASTIC, CARTWHEEL BOOKS
ISBN: 0-590-99715-7
Summary:
This is a cumulative story that starts from a closed zoo and gathers animals from outside a zoo in the city. The rhyme begins ‘Parrot stretched and squawked outside a zoo in the city…. Here is the parrot that stretched and squawked that woke up the tiger that growled and stalked outside a zoo in the city.…’ It is repetitive and is added to each sentence one by one, the story is about the animals that are sleeping in their areas in the city. First, the parrot starts by waking up the tiger, the tiger wakes up the lion and so on, they begin to wake up one another and ride on the bus. Finally all the animals are inside a zoo in the city. The illustration shows that the entire story has taken place during night time. This book is good for 2-5 year-old children, there is appropriate vocabulary for the aged children and the sentences are repeated.
Provocation:
- The pictures of the animals that appeared in the story can be displayed around the classroom, and then children can find and attach them on the board.
- Felt Board
Prepare the felt board and all the characters’ pictures that are laminated and storytelling with the board. - Prop
Storytelling with the animals’ props and children can play with them. - Audience participation (Role play)
Children wear the animals’ masks and play the story.
- Puzzle (Animals in the zoo)
- ‘Whose foot is it?’ – Prepare the pictures of the animals’ foot and children can find out whose foot it is.
- My favorite animal in the zoo- Children can think and talk about what my favorite animal is.
I Know an Old Lady who Swallowed a Fly
Westcott, N. B. (2004) I know an old lady who swallowed a fly: Little, Brown and Company
ISBN: 0-316-73409-8
Summary:
This book is a cumulative story about an old lady swallowed a fly, a spider, a bird, a cat, a dog, a goat, a cow, and a horse. The interesting thing is that repetition of the rhyme ‘She swallowed the cat to catch the spider….that wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her…I don’t know why she swallowed the fly, perhaps she’ll die.’ When she eats each one, children might wonder what is going to be happened to her if she will really die or not, also the illustration is realistic and funny. This book is great for 3-6 year-old children because the story line is simple and the characters are familiar.
Provocation:
- Lay out a huge cloth which can represent an old lady’s apron in the middle of classroom, and cover all the props inside the apron so children can have curiosity.
- Audience participation Prepare a huge cloth which can represent an old lady’s apron, children wear the each character’s headbands one child play as an old lady so need to hold the cloth and other children can go under the apron of the old lady as insects and animals.
- Singing Sing the song
‘I know an old lady who swallowed a fly’ which includes the same content as the book together with music instruments. - Felt Board
Prepare the felt board and all the characters’ pictures that are laminated and storytelling with the board.
- Origami – old lady
- Baking cookies and decorating them as the characters of the story book.
- Learning the words of insects and animals that appeared in the book.
If You Give a Pig a Pancake
Numeroff, L. (1988) If you give a pig a pancake. U.S.A.: Harper Collins Publishers
ISBN: 0-06-026686-4
Summary:
This book is a circular story about a little pig, starts with ‘If you give a pig a pancake, she will want some syrup to go with it.’ The story starts off with the pig that gets a pancake, she will want some syrup, she will get sticky…. She will ask for wallpaper and glue, she will get all sticky again which remind her of syrup which leads to the pig asking for another pancake like in the beginning of the story. This is great for children aged 3-5 because the actions of the little pig is appealing through the illustration and story plot is simple and interesting.
Provocation:
- Prepare 10 pieces of pancake pictures, 10 pieces of pig pictures. Hide them in the classroom, children can find them and match them together.
- Felt Board
Prepare the felt board and all the characters’ pictures that are laminated and storytelling with the board. - Overhead Projection story telling
Draw or copy the pictures from the storybook on overhead papers, show children through a screen. - Audience participation (Role play)
One child can be the girl and another child can be the pig, they experience the story as each character.
- Cooking class- pancakes
- Making a story using circular pattern. For example, teacher asks “if you give a mokey a banana,” then students finish the sentence. “Mokey will ask to come into the house.”
- Activities that a pig did in the book: going outside play with bubbles, writing letter, making a house made out of tree branches or box using sticky glues, dancing, taking pictures.
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