Summer Reading School Visits: Books

School visits and field trips to promote summer reading are done and now summer reading is in full swing.  This is such a busy, but fun, time of year!  Here are the books I used with my visits to the K-3rd grade classes. 

  

Chu's Day by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Adam Rex
The Black and White Factory by Eric Telchin, illustrated by Diego Funck
Cat Secrets by Jef Czekaj

 

Guess Again! by Mac Barnett, illustrated by Adam Rex
Grandma's Tiny House: A Counting Story! by JaNay Brown-Wood, illustrated by Priscilla Burris

Flannel Friday: Hickety, Pickety, My Black Hen

I created this counting flannelboard set to go with a nursery rhyme I found for a chicken theme:

Hickety, Pickety, my black hen,
She lays eggs for gentlemen.
Gentlemen come every day,
To see what my black hen doth lay.
Sometimes nine and sometimes ten,
Hickety, Pickety, my black hen.

This set is made from clipart with magnets glued to the backside.  The children and I count how many eggs the hen laid that day.  This hen is a little sneaky!  She actually has 12 eggs that can go out.

Parent Tip: Nursery rhymes expose children to many words that are not used in everyday conversation. They expand a child's vocabulary. Children will also hear lots rhyming words. Research shows that children who know rhymes find it easier to learn to read.