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Teaching Process Skills with Children’s Literature: Millions to Measure
Have you ever wondered how many human feet it takes to measure one foot? Or even pondered how many stones it would take to weigh a hog? From the literal sense of measuring one object one foot at a … Continue reading
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Teaching Process Skills with Children’s Literature: Look! Look! Look!
Look! Look! Look! written and illustrated by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace with Linda K. Friedlaender, is a fun, potentially interactive book that highlights creative methods of observation.. A simple picture viewed from the various perspectives of each mouse (Kiki, Kat, and … Continue reading
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Teaching Process Skills with Children’s Literature: A Hunt For Clues
A Hunt for Clues written by Anne Miranda and illustrated by Michele Noiset chronicles a young girl’s search for her her pet cat Puff. The young girl, Mary Sue, solicits help from a boy named Burt and his dog … Continue reading
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Teaching Process Skills with Children’s Literature: Seven Blind Mice
Students learning about their five senses for the first time will love Seven Blind Mice, written and illustrated by Ed Young. This colorful picture book employs a simple storyline to show readers how important our senses are to our everyday lives. … Continue reading
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Teaching Process Skills with Children’s Literature: The Great Graph Contest
The Great Graph Contest written and illustrated by Loreen Leedy is a colorful children’s book that tells the story of a graph contest between two friends. During the contest a salamander, Beezy, and a frog, Gonk, create different graphs using … Continue reading
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Teaching Process Skills with Children’s Literature: The Magic School Bus and the Science Fair Expedition
The Magic School Bus series, written by Joanna Cole and illustrated by Bruce Degen’s, has been helping children learn about different spheres of education curriculum for years. This specific book, focusing on a science fair expedition, gives the students … Continue reading
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Teaching Process Skills with Children’s Literature: Hands Can
Introduction Hands Can written by Cheryl Willis Hudson and photographs taken by John-Francis Bourke is a rhyming children’s book that teaches children to learn with a hands-on approach. This book uses bright and colorful photos of children using their own hands … Continue reading
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Teaching Process Skills with Children’s Literature: Rare Treasure
Rare Treasure Mary Anning and Her Remarkable Discoveries written and illustrated by Don Brown is a brief biography of her life and a small window into the field of paleontology. The story begins by letting the reader know that Mary was … Continue reading
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Teaching Process Skills with Children’s Literature: How Tall How Short How Faraway
How Tall, How Short, How Faraway by David A. Adler is a children’s story designed to inform it’s readers about the different types of measurement and how they originated. How Tall, How Short, How Faraway displays units of measure by … Continue reading
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Teaching Process Skills with Children’s Literature: Starry Messenger
Starry Messenger, written by Peter SÃs is an extremely child friendly biography of the famous philosopher and astronomist Galileo Galilee. This book could be used with a wide variety of children of different ages and reading levels. The main story … Continue reading
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