Monday 15 October 2012

Words from George Littlechild's book, 'This Land is My Land.'

Doorway
Buffalo
Homeland
Headdress
Headman
Roamed
Protected
Valleys
Trees
Creator
Remember
Hearing
Columbus
Allowed
Brought
Permission
Ways
People
Reserves
Leader
Ancestors


Extinct
Magnificent
Mountains
Destination
Healing
Urban
Memory
Honors
Horses
Welcoming
Beginning
Dancing
Bird
Horse
Freedom
Elegance
Community
Celebration
Restore
Dignity
Fabric
Buttons
Reviving
Tampered
Promising

Thursday 11 October 2012

Brown cow green grass by Ellen Jackson

The book has very good visuals and is suitable for Kindergarten and Grade 1 classes. It introduces colors and vocabulary. At the back of the book ar many recipes.

Heart of a Tiger by Marsha Diane Arnold

A beautiful story about how a grey cat received her name Sher Ka Dil. The book has many sounds and makes it a good book for Storytelling by reading and the smartness of the cat saves the tiger from the hunter.

Tuesday 9 October 2012

Hannah and the Seven Dresses by Marthe Joceyln

The usual dressing up in the morning routine for a girl. This book has very good pictures and it is good to do clothes using paper piecing activities based on those pictures.

The Lonely Lioness and the Ostrich Chicks

This is a masai tale. The Lonely Lioness and the Ostrich Chicks retold by Verna Aardema. The story is about how a lioness is sad because she does not have children and she sort of had the ostrich's children following her. Then, ostrich mama was upset and the mongoose helps her get back her children. Read to learn about the courage and smartness of a mongoose.

Princess Gorilla and a new kind of water by Verna Aardema

Princess Gorilla and a new kind of water by Verna Aardema

This books shows that monkeys are smart and demonstrates team work.