Games with Books : Twenty-Eight of the Best Children's Books and How to Use Them to Help Your Child Learn - from Preschool to Third Grade

by Peggy Kaye

• ISBN13: 9780374234553
• ISBN10: 0374234558
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2002-03-21
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Summary

Everyone knows how important it is to read with children. But how can you continue your child's learning experience and enjoyment of a story once you close the book? In her engaging new book, Peggy Kaye shows parents and teachers how to play learning games based on classic children's books. Games with Books features 14 picture books, from Harold and the Purple Crayon to Bluesberries for Sal and 14 chapter books, from Winnie the Pooh to Charlotte's Web. For each book, Kaye provides a summary and then offers three to four games that will keep kids entertained while they are practicing valuable reading, writing and math skills. The games require few materials and can easily be played both in home and at school. They cover a wide skill and age range. In addition to her creative and fun approach to learning, Kaye offers a wonderful bonus in her new book: a selective list of great children's books that no reader -- young or old -- will want to miss.

Author Biography

Peggy Kaye, a tutor and eductional consultant, is the author of Games for Math, Games for Writing and Games for Learning. She has a master's degree in early-childhood education from Columbia University's Teachers College and has taught in both public and private elementary schools. She lives in New York City.

Table of Contents

Introduction: How to Play with Books	xi
PART ONE: HOW TO PLAY WITH PICTURE BOOKS
The Carrot Seed	3	(8)
(Preschool and Kindergarten)
How Many Carrots?	4	(2)
Painting with Carrots	6	(3)
Pet Plant	9	(2)
Harold and the Purple Crayon	11	(12)
(Preschool and Kindergarten)
With My Purple Crayon	12	(4)
Purple Maze	16	(5)
Pass the Purple Crayon	21	(2)
Ten Black Dots	23	(11)
(Preschool and Kindergarten)
Dot Book	24	(6)
Dots Galore	30	(3)
Fingerprint Dots	33	(1)
The Something	34	(9)
(Preschool and Kindergarten)
The Face of a Something	35	(4)
Something Speak	39	(2)
All About My Something	41	(2)
Caps for Sale	43	(8)
(Preschool and Kindergarten)
Getting In on the Act	44	(2)
Patterns	46	(3)
Monkey See, Monkey Do	49	(2)
Chrysanthemum	51	(8)
(Preschool and Kindergarten)
The Name Game	52	(4)
Chry-san-the-mum	56	(2)
So That's Chrysanthemum	58	(1)
Blueberries for Sal	59	(9)
(Preschool, Kindergarten, and First Grade)
Kuplink, Kuplank, Kuplunk	60	(3)
Blueberry Treats	63	(4)
Blueberry Count	67	(1)
Katy No-Pocket	68	(9)
(Preschool, Kindergarten, and the First Grade)
Who Is Hiding in Katy's Pocket?	69	(4)
Be an Official Master Pocket Counter	73	(1)
Eat Them If You Can	74	(2)
Kangaroo Hop	76	(1)
Frederick	77	(10)
(Kindergarten and First Grade)
Word Collection	78	(3)
Using Your Collection	81	(2)
Secret Friends	83	(2)
I Dream of Frederick	85	(2)
Martha Blah Blah	87	(10)
(Kindergarten and First Grade)
Missing Letters	88	(3)
Feel Those Letters	91	(2)
What Did I Say?	93	(2)
Alphabet Soup	95	(2)
Crow Boy	97	(10)
(Kindergarten and First and Second Grades)
I See It	98	(2)
Copy My Sounds	100	(2)
Did You Hear My Sound?	102	(4)
In Search of Japan	106	(1)
And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street	107	(6)
(Kindergarten and First Grade)
Your Own Mulberry Street	108	(2)
That's Mulberry Street!	110	(3)
The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins	113	(12)
(Kindergarten and First and Second Grades)
Make a Hat	115	(5)
How Much is 500, Anyway?	120	(3)
Yeoman of the Bowmen	123	(2)
Many Moons	125	(18)
(First and Second Grades)
Moon Gazing	127	(2)
Full Moon Book	129	(5)
Moon Facts	134	(3)
An Almost Golden Moon Necklace	137	(6)
PART TWO: HOW TO PLAY WITH CHAPTER BOOKS
A Bear Called Paddington	143	(11)
(Kindergarten and First and Second Grades)
Shaving-Cream Writing	144	(5)
A Simple Card Trick	149	(3)
Anything and Everything Can Go Wrong	152	(2)
My Father's Dragon	154	(14)
(Kindergarten and First, Second, and Third Grades)
Spice Ball	155	(2)
Mapmaking	157	(6)
Find the Dragon	163	(5)
Winnie-the-Pooh	168	(20)
(Kindergarten and First and Second Grades)
The Hum Game	169	(4)
Make a Bear	173	(9)
Wobbly Letters	182	(4)
Pooh Picnic Party	186	(2)
Pippi Longstocking	188	(15)
(First, Second, and Third Grades)
How Long Can You Be Strong?	189	(7)
Sound Tag	196	(3)
Don't Touch the Floor Game	199	(3)
Thing-Finders	202	(1)
Mr. Popper's Penguins	203	(15)
(First, Second, and Third Grades)
Mr. Astor's Ants	204	(3)
Penguin Book	207	(8)
Your Solution	215	(3)
Stuart Little	218	(13)
(First, Second, and Third Grades)
Making a Boat	219	(7)
Chairman of the House	226	(3)
Just Stuart's Size	229	(2)
Charlotte's Web	231	(13)
(First, Second, and Third Grades)
Friendship Medallion	232	(6)
Single-Line Web Game	238	(3)
Blend the Friends	241	(3)
The Enormous Egg	244	(12)
(First, Second, and Third Grades)
How Big Is Uncle Beazley?	245	(5)
How Big Am I? How Big Will I Be?	250	(4)
Egg Latin	254	(2)
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Magic	256	(17)
(Second and Third Grades)
My Mom (or Dad) Needs a Cure	257	(8)
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Board Game	265	(5)
Treasure Hunt	270	(3)
The Borrowers	273	(10)
(First, Second, and Third Grades)
A Borrower's House	275	(5)
Beat the Sound Borrower	280	(3)
Beezus and Ramona	283	(13)
(First, Second, and Third Grades)
Mu Torere	284	(7)
A Rainy-Day Project	291	(3)
Applesauce	294	(2)
The Hundred Dresses	296	(13)
(Second and Third Grades)
Dresses, Dresses, Dresses	297	(6)
Scrapbook of Dresses	303	(4)
Closet Estimation	307	(2)
The Half-A-Moon Inn	309	(17)
(Second and Third Grades)
Poetry Dream Book	311	(11)
Almost Charades	322	(2)
Talkless Time	324	(2)
The Search for Delicious	326
(Second and Third Grades)
Definition Poll	327
Paper Doll	330
The Dictionary, Please	340
APPENDIXES
Why the Moon Changes Shape	345
A Note to Teachers	347