“Animal Alphabet” by Ale Lluch “Animal Alphabet” by Ale Lluch is used to teach the Alphabet both capitalized and lowercased letters, reading, spelling, pronunciation, and associating words with their meaning. It includes animals in the book to associate letters with specific animals and how these animals are pronounced. The book has thick cardboard pages which uses sliding pieces. On the top of the moving peace it displays both upper and lowercase letters of a specific letter in the alphabet. When you move the piece to the left it reveals an animal associated with that letter as well as the spelling of it.
The artist used a fun technique that allows the children to be directly involved with the book by allowing them to slide the piece back and forth. They see the letters in the alphabet and then the book shows them how letters associate with the sound of animal types. For example it has the letter B, b and then the child slides the piece and it displays a picture of a bear with how the word bear is spelled. The person reading the book to the child would pronounce the B sound and then say the word bear.
My daughter is 3 years old and she can recognize letters and associate them with things. From experience | believe the artists approach is very effective. “Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb” By Al Perkins “Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb” By Al Perkins and Illustrated by Eric Gurney is a great book that teaches the concept of what a hand is, and the difference between fingers, and a thumb. The Author uses a rhyming approach to the context of the story to grab children’s attention because the words flow so smoothly and sound very appealing.
The Artist’s approach is enjoyable. He ngages the listeners by using monkeys to do all sorts of amusing things with their hand, fingers, and thumbs and all the drawings match up with the words to the story. This approach is very useful because it helps the listeners understand the difference between the hand, fingers and thumb by using visuals of the monkeys completing tasks in the drawing. “ABC” By Dr. Seuss “A B C” By Dr. Seuss is a book that teaches the alphabet using a different type of approach. The story uses a different type of rhyming approach. The humorous thing with this book is that many of the words rhyme, however many words are also made up.
For example it states in “ABC” By Dr. Seuss, Big Z, little z what begins with C? A zizzer-zazzer-zuzz, as you can plainly see. ” The illustrator approach is odd and every picture doesn’t get the picture across in describing the main idea of the book in teaching the alphabet. The alphabet is mainly taught in the context of the book and not the art. Although the pictures in the book don’t really associate with the alphabet; they are silly and do help keep the listeners engaged with the book because of the imaginative pictures.
How Do Dinosaurs Learn Their Colors? By Jane Yolen “How Do Dinosaurs Learn Their Colors? By Jane Yolen and Mark Teague is a colorful book that helps children to learn their colors through dinosaurs completing ordinary tasks. For example in the book it states, “Dinosaurs colors start with red: a red fire truck tucked under the bed. ” The words of the colors are written in that specific color. The artist uses a very useful technique in the illustrations and really focuses on the particular color declared on the page.
In the particular above annotation there is a green dinosaur reaching under the bed grabbing a red fire truck so, the only thing colored red on the page would be the fire truck. The style used to get teach specific colors are very effective. This approach helps children associate the word red fire truck with the color red on the fire truck. “Elmo’s’ first color book” “Elmo’s’ first color book” No Author listed is a very lively book. The author describes the color multiple times on a page and rely emphasizes the color and what it looks like in the writing.
For example it states, “Elmo’s fur is the color red, just like the hat that sits on his head. What other things do you see that are red? ‘ A very useful tool used in this writing is that the word red is also colored red as well. The illustrator’s art goes hand in hand with the context of the book and really engages and involves the listener in every page throughout the entirety of the book. First the author describes red and shows the listener an example of what red is an example being Elmo’s fur and the hat. The illustration than allows readers to pick out other objects that are red on the page.
The great thing about this is that the color red is over highlighted and stands out in the pictures. So the mixture of other colors on the page is very minimal. The message of teaching colors in the art is fantastic. It not only keeps the listeners engaged it also leaves little room for confusion of different colors. The “Lion and the Mouse” The “Lion and the Mouse” and other wordless books have many uses for students. For children who don’t know how to read or write yet I would allow them to use their imaginations and have the child tell me what they think the story is telling by the descriptions of the pictures.
After the younger student describes the story I would have them make craft puppets of the charters in the illustrations and have them present their version of the story to the class. As they tell their version of the story they will use the puppets they created to act the story out for their classmates. Ideas for older students who are know how to read and write is to have them write a book report on the illustrations of the story. After their description is written they would then have to present the story to the class.
After all styles of the story is pronounce the class would then have to collaborate with each other and use everyone’s distinct versions of the story to generate a new version with all the diverse interpretations that were presented. Also, a good exercise would be for students to illustrate their own wordless book and present their illustrations and tell their story to the class. “Sick Day for Amos McGee”, “Sick Day for Amos McGee”, shares many qualities that could be used for students in a positive manner. The book describes selflessness in Amos McGee and the animals as well as it display caring relationships.
The relationships shared between Amos and the animals can teach students how to treat one another. It can show them characteristics on how healthy relationships should be. “The Man who walked Between the Towers” “The Man who walked Between the Towers”, displays many qualities that can be used in a positive manner for students. This book describes what one person can accomplish by setting a goal or that no goal is to far-fetched or non-accomplishable. It helps motivate students and positively enlightens students that with determination, perseverance, drive, and commitment they can accomplish anything.
Eric Carle Eric Carle books are fascinating to children because they are simple to understand. The illustrations also represent the story very well. The collaboration between the context and the pictures help children associate the story through the pictures; which helps them better visualize, and understand what they are reading; or what is being read to them. Another reason children are fascinated with these books is because Eric Carle builds his plots around charters that intrigue younger children such as, bears, caterpillars, lady bugs and many other creatures.
Benefit of Picture Books There is a vast majority of overall benefits for using picture books. These books really grab younger listeners and readers attention from the illustrations stored in the pages. The visual learning style for younger students is appropriate and helpful. It keeps them involved and interested with the story and keeps them interested. Also, many picture books also require students to interact with the pictures like pointing colors out.
From my personal experience with my children who are 3 and 1 and have very short attention spans rarely get distracted when I read them picture books. As I read the story they usually point out the pictures on the page; and I am able get them involved by using the pictures to explain to them the context of the story. My 3 year old will often times tell me that she wants to read to me, she than uses the pictures from the book to describe her own version of the story. These books are very educational for children of all ages and defiantly keep their imagination and knowledge growing.
