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From: Edith Sutterlin <edith_at_sutterlin.net>
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 10:26:57 -0400
Megan, I haven't seen either of these books yet. The "Which is round?" book sounds like a lot of fun, and I appreciate that, as the concept is the same, only the perspective has changed because of the changed condition/position of the original objects.
The second book, "Tomorrow's alphabet" sounds interesting for older children (and for the adult reader), but I would personally be very cautious in using it for a younger storytime or recommended list for beginning concept books while first learning the t goes with the toast an d the b with the birds. I've seen children get confused with saying other letters in the middle or the end of the word and miss the idea that "is for" has to do with the initial or First letter in the word. They think that because their name is Maddie that not only is M for Maddie but also A is for Maddie and D is for Maddie, etc. Or that G is for Dog because the y hear the g letter at the end.
When you are first learning to read, knowing the initial letter sound and identifying that is important. I have never studied dyslexia and teaching reading appropriate for that subgroup, but I'm just thinking it might be unnecessarily confusing. So, to appreciate the surprise and humor, I'd reserve that Tomorrow book for children nearing the end of first grade and early second grade readaloud, if I were to share it in a story time. I might putting it in with Kelly Bingham's "Z is for Moose," in which Moose, is eager to play his part in the alphabet book his friend Zebra is putting together, but gets impatient and upset waiting for a turn.
You wrote .... A new book that has me excited is "Which Is Round? Which Is Bigger?" by Mineko Mamada (Kids Can Press). George Shannon's "Tomorrow's Alphabet," in which each letter of the alphabet starts out as a sort of riddle, because the letter stands for the promise of things to come: "B is for eggs, tomorrow's birds" and "T is for bread, tomorrow's toast."
Received on Thu 22 Aug 2013 10:26:57 AM CDT
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 10:26:57 -0400
Megan, I haven't seen either of these books yet. The "Which is round?" book sounds like a lot of fun, and I appreciate that, as the concept is the same, only the perspective has changed because of the changed condition/position of the original objects.
The second book, "Tomorrow's alphabet" sounds interesting for older children (and for the adult reader), but I would personally be very cautious in using it for a younger storytime or recommended list for beginning concept books while first learning the t goes with the toast an d the b with the birds. I've seen children get confused with saying other letters in the middle or the end of the word and miss the idea that "is for" has to do with the initial or First letter in the word. They think that because their name is Maddie that not only is M for Maddie but also A is for Maddie and D is for Maddie, etc. Or that G is for Dog because the y hear the g letter at the end.
When you are first learning to read, knowing the initial letter sound and identifying that is important. I have never studied dyslexia and teaching reading appropriate for that subgroup, but I'm just thinking it might be unnecessarily confusing. So, to appreciate the surprise and humor, I'd reserve that Tomorrow book for children nearing the end of first grade and early second grade readaloud, if I were to share it in a story time. I might putting it in with Kelly Bingham's "Z is for Moose," in which Moose, is eager to play his part in the alphabet book his friend Zebra is putting together, but gets impatient and upset waiting for a turn.
You wrote .... A new book that has me excited is "Which Is Round? Which Is Bigger?" by Mineko Mamada (Kids Can Press). George Shannon's "Tomorrow's Alphabet," in which each letter of the alphabet starts out as a sort of riddle, because the letter stands for the promise of things to come: "B is for eggs, tomorrow's birds" and "T is for bread, tomorrow's toast."
Received on Thu 22 Aug 2013 10:26:57 AM CDT
