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Teaching Process Skills with Children's Literature: Boy, Were We Wrong About...
Boy, Were We Wrong About Dinosaurs!, written by Kathleen Kudlinski and illustrated by S. D. Schindler, aims to show children that many theories about dinosaurs have been created throughout the years...
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Teaching Physical Science with Children’s Literature: Switch On, Switch Off
Light switches are everywhere! They are in every house: in the kitchen, the bedroom, the office, the bathroom…but are they really magic? When it’s time for bed and mom yells “lights out,” is it...
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Teaching Life Science with Children’s Literature: Tell Me, Tree
Tell Me, Tree, written and illustrated by Gail Gibbons, presents a close-up look for children at many important characteristics, purposes, and behavioral traits of trees. Gibbons exposes readers to...
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Teaching Earth Science with Children’s Literature: On Earth
G. Brian Karas’ book On Earth is dedicated to explaining the Earth’s daily and yearly cycles, as well as the Earth’s orbit, rotation, and tilt that contribute to these cycles. Karas also sheds light...
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Teaching Geography with Children’s Literature: My Granny Went to Market
Rather than rely on the “traditional” map book to teach geographical concepts, why not utilize a book where characters venture to different destinations around the world, thus bringing the lesson to...
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Teaching Civics with Children’s Literature: A Very Important Day
A Very Important Day, written by Maggie Herold and illustrated by Catherine Stock serves as an exceptional introduction to the naturalization process. Two-hundred nineteen people from thirty-two...
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Teaching Ancient History with Children’s Literature: Ancient Greece and the...
Ancient Greece and the Olympics, written by Mary Pope Osborne and Natalie Pope Boyce, illustrated by Sal Murdocca, is part of the infamous Magic Tree House Series that aims to realistically take...
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Teaching Economics with Children’s Literature: The Story of Money
The Story of Money, written by Betsy Maestro and illustrated by Giulio Maestro, provides a thorough history of how simple pieces of paper eventually came to be the accepted means of payment around the...
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Teaching Kindergarten Math: Shapes
The following Instructional Resource Set focuses on the recognition and mastery of two dimensional geometric shapes at the Kindergarten level. In its entirety, this comprehensive plan places emphasis...
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