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You Oddly may seem, Some readers will arrive to convert almost friends. With some of you I regularly exchange emails. You tell me your concerns as parents and teachers, You ask me draw your inspiration and resources many of the articles, week after week, I write.

Today's post, It is one of those items. One of my readers told me this week seeking books to teach English in the classroom child.

Books that leave you between this post and the next week (I decided to do two because otherwise they would be very long ...), They are not only useful for working in early childhood education, You can serve almost any stage, it all depends on how Plantées use.

To make it easier to find the book you are looking for, I've organized the thematic, so if you want to work a book about emotions, go directly to that section.

Before you leave the books I selected, I think it's important that we take a brief look at how we work these books to be effective. Y, above all, how to bring the stories to capture children's attention.

1. What we want to work? The first thing to think about is what we want to work, according to this choosing the right book. It is also important to have in mind the age of the small and, as far as possible, their interests.

2. Prepare the environment and ourselves for history. Obviously we not always have the resources for this, but as far as possible, It is fantastic if you can dress up and prepare the environment for the story that you tell. This will make the kids feel more involved. Further, remember that, when sin refers, any small detail worth us as "disguise".

3. Surprise your students. Telling a story is to get into the story, creérnosla and act. You have to put voices, changing the pitch, gesticulate a lot. You get to surprise your students. Only in this way you get to be aware of history. Further, to being English, you must, through tone, get them to understand what is happening. I do a lot with my students the “Pysete”, They love to see me make a fool, They laugh a lot and are super attentive to what I tell them.

4. Make involved. It is very important to involve them in the story. ask things, ask them to say something, to say hello to the characters. Make forgot a name or fact of history that remind you. If they feel they are part of history as well as being more attentive, They will remember much better.

But the most, more important, It is that you enjoy. If you enjoy telling the story they notice, they receive and, besides being more attentive, will remember better.

I hope these tips will help you raise the stories much better. I let the stories I selected. Remember that next week will be more 😉

• Hello/Goodbye.

Although two concepts are fairly simple to work without a book, others never find reinforcement in a story for children to understand when we say either.

“Hello, Goodbye” from David Lloyd, You Louise

This book works these concepts easily through a friendly bear that will greet other animals in the forest. It is very good for the kids.

“The Hello, Goodbye Window” Norton Adjust

With this book, In addition to these concepts, you can work many other things as parts of the house or kitchen vocabulary. Is a book a little more "complex" than the previous, but surely the kids will love.

• Colors.

To work the colors you have many books as you can imagine. I leave you two that I like a lot. In any case, in this link you'll find 100 books colors to work with the kids.

“Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?" Bill Martin Jr.

This is a book that works the colors through animals is. Further, It is great to work with the structure “What do you see?", you can work with the kids in class at the same time you see the book. The link that I leave, clicking on the name of the book, You have a version song that you love them.

“The Day the Crayons Quit” Drew Daywalt

I leave this book so that you have an alternative for slightly older children. Further, I love the story and I think super funny.

• Numbers.

“Ten Little Ladybugs” Melanie Gerth, Laura Huliska-Beith

This book is great because it's also very sensory. The kids can play Ladybugs, which are usually embossed, and go watching disappear. I'm sure you will love.

“Russell the Sheep” Rob Scott

When we can not sleep but we ovejitas, What happens when sheep can not sleep? This book tells the story of Russell, a sheep that makes every effort to sleep. What I like about this book: his illustrations.

• The alphabeth.

If you want to work it is the alphabet, you have to think if want to use a book that works the entire alphabet or each separate letters. This will depend, above all, of the time you have. I here I leave two books working to complete the alphabet.

“Apple Pie ABC” Alison Murray

What happens when a little dog wants to eat a cake? This book looks at the whole alphabet of the hand of a friendly dog ​​who wants to eat a piece of the pie that its owner has made. In addition to reviewing the alphabet it is great to expand the vocabulary of children.

“LMNO Peas” Keith Baker

This book is an overview of the whole alphabet, hand a friendly peas doing all kinds of activities. Surely the kids will be super fun to them.

• Forms.

Forms are one of the basics that we usually work in early childhood education. I leave two books so you can work with the kids in class or at home.

“Shapes That Roll” Karen Berman Nagel

This book forms not only works. He also works as opening and closing concepts, up and down and some action verbs.

“Captain Invincible and the Space Shapes” Stuart J. Murphy and Rémy Simard

This is a book that I work with slightly older children is, perhaps even primary. Among other things because it works geometric shapes like cone, the cube, etc. Difficult to understand for kids Children.

• Moods.

I wrote a few months ago un post books dedicated to work moods. In this post I talked about books you, above all, in Spanish, but also he mentioned some that you could work in English. Here you have two that personally I like.

“The Colour Monster” Anna Llenas

I love this book!! I think it's fantastic, not only to teach children emotions, but also to understand them, and learn to control them.

Further, when there are monsters by, ¡The love!

“The Dot” Peter H. Reynolds

Undoubtedly, another of my favorites. This is a book that not only limited to expose the children's emotions, It goes far beyond. Sure you will like more to you than your kids 😉

• Weekdays.

“Today is Monday” Eric Carl

What I like about this book is that you like this song versions that let you. You can combine both, sure the kids will love and learn the book superfast.

“The very hungry carterpillar” Eric Darle

This is another of my favorite books. With it, your kids will not only learn the weekdays. Also you will make a review of food and some elements of nature. A whole jewel!

• The months and seasons.

“Caps, Hats, Socks, and Mittens: A Book About the Four Seasons” Louise W. Borden

This book takes us through each of the seasons of the year and the main concepts related to them. In addition to learning stations the kids expand their vocabulary.

“A Busy Year” Leo Lina

En “A busy year”, twin mice befriend a talking tree. They will visit each of the months of the year and the corresponding station visiting his friend the tree.

• The school.

The first days of cole are never easy, and when we talk about young children. These insurance books that will help you out a little better adaptation.

“Chu’s First Day of School” Neil Gaiman y Adam Rex

Chu is a cute panda is very nervous because it starts the cole. This book shows us the feelings and sensations that he faces on his first day.

“On My Way To School” Sarah Bread.

The School, bath and bed are, many times, almost a mission impossible for parents. This writer has written a book to try to convince the kids to go to the cole, to sleep and bathroom. Do you think that will get your goal?

• Family.

“And Tango Makes Three” Justin Richardson

In the zoo in which you live Tango, the protagonist of this story, there are all kinds of families, but theirs is special. Let your kids discover why.

“Who’s in My Family?: All about Our Families” Robie H. Harris y Nadine Bernard Westcott

Sometimes, when we have to explain to us certain children is complicated family structures ... This book talks about all types of families, from those who have no children, to which are formed by many or just a mom or dad. I think it will be very useful.

• Body.

Personally, When I teach the body parts of my students I prefer to use songs and games in which we point out the part of the body we are learning.

I think there is no better resource to learn that ourselves and, in this case, we have it easy. In any case, If you want complete using a book, I leave you two come great.

“Parts” Make Arnold

I am sure that this book will make your kids laugh splitting. Explore parts of the body of the hand of a sympathetic character. Further, If you want to expand, There is a second part entitled "More parts".

“Inside Your Outside!: All About the Human Body” Tish Rabe, Aristides Ruiz

This book is part of the collection Cat in the Hat's, where you will find many other titles whose protagonist this cat.

In this, our hero takes a journey through the human body showing it to Sally and Dick.

I hope these books will be useful both at home and at school. Remember that next week will continue with many more books about food, the animals, home, time, transport ... Do not miss it!!

Thanks for being there.

A hug,

Cris

 

“Books are friends who never disappoints.”

Thomas Carlyle.

Tags: alphabet, Learn, colors, weekdays, seasons, family, shapes, english, Read, books, months of the year, numbers, feelings

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