We all know how much children love their birthday, so this will be an instant hit for some of your younger patrons. The book is also a fun way to teach kids how to count the days and months. We have created a "How Many Sleeps 'Til My Birthday" counting sheet for you to use with this story, which also includes a fun coloring page. All of your students will love talking about how many sleeps 'til their birthday while perfecting their counting skills! From Sarah Fandel, Penworthy Sales Coordinator
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They soon realize they are interfering with his rest, so they come up with ways to help him sleep and in doing so, accidentally make even more noise! Rabbit can't stop worrying about Bear and works all night to make him a patchwork quilt out of various materials he accumulates from all the forest animals. In the end, they end up napping together! This is a delightful story of sharing, helping others and being considerate; a great read-aloud and bedtime book by Marni McGee and beautifully illustrated by Sean Julian.
Each page features a different bird, giving quick facts and mimicking the sounds they make. There are countless ways to engage students, whether you encourage them to mimic the sounds as you read, learn more about their favorite bird or test their reading comprehension with a fun matching sheet. Penworthy's own matching game is attached here for you to use.
For more advanced projects, you can have students "become the author." Challenge them to write their own additional page to the story with a picture of a bird they know about, a description of the sound it makes, and two fun facts. This is a perfect way for kids to make connections with other things they have learned, practice their nonfiction writing, and get creative with their artwork. Happy learning! From Sarah Fandel, Penworthy Sales Coordinator It’s interesting to hear the word "Pokémon" used in so many every day conversations lately. If this were 1999, it would be a different story. The Pokémon franchise made its debut in 1998 when it first developed popular games for Nintendo's Game Boy. In the original game, the player, a “Pokémon trainer,” attempted to catch and train creatures called “Pokémon.” The game became an instant hit and today the franchise has expanded to include trading cards, TV shows, movies, comic books and toys based on popular Pokémon creatures. After the early 2000’s, Pokémon slipped into the cracks when the video game era reached its peak and new games were emerging left and right. Now Pokémon’s popularity is surging with its hit new game for smartphones called Pokémon Go. Pokémon Go is taking the world by storm by revamping the original game to fit the structure of today’s advanced technology. The game uses your phone’s GPS, clock and the in-game map to detect where Pokémon creatures are in real time. Similar to the original game, the player searches for Pokémon creatures to catch and train – but in an exciting new twist, players explore the real world to “find” them. The concept is proving incredibly popular, with the mobile game poised to surpass Twitter in daily active users on Android as of July 10, 2016. In order to get the most out of Pokémon Go, users need to be moving around to different locations. This provides a great opportunity to incorporate it into the classroom or library, either by building a Pokémon library display to draw young fans, or allowing students to capture Pokémon when they accomplish a reading goal. However you choose to add Pokémon into your library, kids will be sure to love it just as much as they love playing Pokémon Go. Although the game is a great way to get kids moving and generate plenty of fun in your classroom in library, it's important to remember that there are always privacy or safety risks that come with any online game. This article from School Library Journal outlines everything you need to know about the risks and rewards of Pokémon Go. Photo from: http://bit.ly/29uPb35
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