STORYBOOK PLANNING

Storybook: From Head to Toe by Eric Carle Summary of storybook: A series of animals are introduced who name themselves and then tell a variety of actions they can do. The reader is then asked “can you do it” to which the pictured children state, “I can do it!”. At the end the child turns the tables and asks a parrot if he can do the same action and him.

Potential Goals Cognitive  being systematic and working top to bottom: going from head to neck to shoulders to arms to hands to chest to back to hips to knees to legs to feet to toes like the book  play development: pretending to be different animals Social-Behavioral  behavioral self-regulation: can do (and control) individual actions with specific body parts; varying intensity (hard/soft, high/low) and speed (fast, slow) of action  self-identity: things I can do Language &  vocabulary: animal names, action words, body part labels communication  sentence frame: I can ___, Can you ___? Academic  concepts of top and bottom: relationship in 3-D and 2-D space  patterned reading: I am a ___ and I ___ Can you do it? I can do it. Sensory Motor  sensory modulation: tolerance for different textures (e.g. when applying gluey pieces of tissue paper to drawings like Carle’s work)  body awareness: different body parts and specific actions with specific body parts Self-Help  independence: I can do it! Vocabulary (uncommon/secondary words are shown in brackets) Animals Toys Food and drink Clothing buffalo giraffe camel gorilla cat monkey crocodile penguin donkey seal elephant Body parts Small household Furniture and rooms Outside things items arms hips back knees chest legs foot neck hands shoulders head toe People Location/Buildings Location words Social

Action words Colors Shapes Size/Distance arch stomp bend thump bend turn clap wave do wiggle kick wriggle raise Number/Quantity Texture/ Time/Speed Pronouns Quality I you my it School items Question words Other(s) am can and Phrases and sentences I am a _____ Can you do it? I can ____ I can do it. Unit-specific materials needed personal make-your-own books: things I can do outline of child body on life-size piece of paper Classroom displays and posters posters of key characters for children to paint: buffalo, camel, cat, crocodile, donkey, elephant, giraffe, gorilla, monkey, penguin, seal Suggested supplemental books “Slowly, slowly, slowly”, said the sloth by Eric Carle Here are my hands by Bill Martin and John Archambault The Hokey Pokey by Larry L Prise A Yoga Parade of Animals by Pauline Mainland Additional activities

Suggested resources http://123child.com/UBB/forumdisplay.php?f=19 – lots of animal-related activities http://www.gameskidsplay.net/frame_alphabetical_listing.htm - great site for children’s games Copyright 2009 Heather MacKenzie. All rights reserved.