Category Archives: process skills

Teaching Process Skills Through Children’s Literature: What’s That Sound?

What's that Sound by Mary Lawrence with illustrations by Lynn Adams combines science with literature to engage children's problem solving and reasoning skills.  Tim and his older sister, Amy, are on vacation in a spooky, old house that Tim believes … Continue reading

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Teaching Process Skills with Children’s Literature: Looking at Nature: How Does It Feel?

Ever wondered how we can look at an object and sense how it would feel if we touched it? When did we learn that spiky things hurt or that extreme water temperatures were uncomfortable?  The book Looking at Nature: How … Continue reading

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Teaching Process Skills with Children’s Literature: Digging Up Dinosaurs

  Did you ever wonder how we know that dinosaurs existed?  How do we know what they were like, how big they were, what they ate?  Digging Up Dinosaurs, written and illustrated by Aliki, is a very interesting and fun … Continue reading

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Teaching Process Skills with Children’s Literature: We’re Going on a Bear Hunt

    Introduction and Summary With vivid color and black and white illustrations by Helen Oxenbury, We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen, is the perfect read-aloud story for young students. Follow this adventurous family on their journey … Continue reading

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Teaching Processing Skills with Children’s Literature: Cook-A-Doodle-Doo!

  Cook-A-Doodle-Doo!, written by Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens Crummel and illustrated by Janet Stevens, is a charming picture book about a hen who decides to make a strawberry shortcake.  She finds the recipe and some of her animal friends … Continue reading

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Teaching Process Skills With Children’s Literature: The Science Book of Color

Introduction and Summary  “Imagine a world without color.  It would be like living in an old movie. Color makes our world a pleasure to look at.” The Science Book of Color by Neil Ardley  with photography by Pete Gardner is … Continue reading

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Teaching Process Skills with Children’s Literature: Galileo

  The book Galileo by Leonard Everett Fisher chronicles the life of the famous Renaissance scientist.  Background information is presented at the beginning about the theories of Aristotle and Copernicus about the center of the universe.  The author does a … Continue reading

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Teaching Process Skills with Children’s Literature: The Magic School Bus Gets All Dries Up

 The Magic School Bus Gets All Dried Upwritten by Joanna Cole and illustrated by Bruce Degen is a fun and adventurous children’s book about survival in the desert.  The book starts off in Ms. Frizzle’s class, where things are not … Continue reading

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Teaching Process Skills with Children’s Literature: Saguaro Moon

        “Planet Scouts is a club for kids who like to study nature. We always keep a nature journal. I started this new journal to record all the desert life I discover. I bring it with me whenever I go … Continue reading

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Teaching Process Skills with Children’s Literature: The Magic School Bus Plants Seeds

The Magic School Bus Plants Seeds written by Joanna Cole and illustrated by Bruce Degen tells the story of Ms. Frizzle’s class planting their own garden. All the students are working together to make their garden as beautiful as they can, … Continue reading

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