{"id":2834,"date":"2010-05-14T15:10:51","date_gmt":"2010-05-14T20:10:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/archives\/2834"},"modified":"2010-05-14T15:10:51","modified_gmt":"2010-05-14T20:10:51","slug":"teaching-process-skills-through-childrens-literature-whats-that-sound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/2010\/05\/14\/teaching-process-skills-through-childrens-literature-whats-that-sound\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Process Skills Through Children’s Literature: What’s That Sound?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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What's that Sound <\/em>by Mary Lawrence with illustrations by Lynn Adams combines science with literature to engage children's problem solving and reasoning skills.\u00a0 Tim and his older sister, Amy, are on vacation in a spooky, old house that Tim believes is haunted.\u00a0 Amy assures him that it is not by explaining every noise he believes to be a ghost.\u00a0 By the end of the book Tim becomes brave and explores the sounds on his own, only to find a man playing the tuba!<\/p>\n

The book offers fun and colorful cartoon illustrations that children enjoy, while at the same time every page explains why and how a sound occurs in a scientific manner.\u00a0 The book also includes suggestions for related sound activities, such as making a kazoo or creating a sound code.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0This is a great book that is easy to apply to the big picture of learning science, learning how to use what we know and applying that to solve problems.\u00a0 What’s that Sound can be used to get kids thinking and creating ideas (3.1a, 3.1c).\u00a0 This book can also be used with younger students (K.1a and K1.b).<\/p>\n

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