Learning Through Literature - Early Readers (~K-3)

Cost: A one-time registration fee of $25 per family. A $50 supply fee per child/per class. A teaching fee of $10 per class, to be prepaid at the beginning of each month. (There will be a minimum of 4 students and a maximum of 15.)

Day: Mondays

Time: 9:30-10:30

Location:

Hanover Branch Library

7527 Library Dr.

Hanover, VA 23069

Description: Using good “living” books, this class will instill a love of learning and a desire to read. It will open the doorway that leads to personal growth and an appreciation for the wonders of the world surrounding us. Join me on an adventure that uses picture books to open the door to art, history, vocabulary, geography, science, human relationships, math and writing. Details: Each week, I will read a picture book and we will study aspects of the book and story as a springboard to learning many new things. The first week we read the book we will focus on Geography, Culture, and History The second week we will reread the same book and focus on Math and Science. The third week, we will reread the book and focus on Literature, Writing, and Art. For example, using the book, A Story About Ping, by Marjorie Flack, our mornings might look like this... First week (after reading the book out-loud)

• Study a map of the world (China specifically) and find the location on a globe. (Social Studies: Geography - China)

• Compare the Yangtze River with the Nile and Amazon Rivers. (Social Studies: Geography - China)

• Discuss the differences between oceans, lakes, rivers and ponds. (Social Studies: Geography - Bodies of Water)

• Discuss Chinese culture and how it compares to ours. (Social Studies: Geography - Culture)

• Discuss discernment and family relationships. (Social Studies: Relationships - Discernment)

Second week (after reading the book out loud)

• Count all the members of Ping's family including: mother, father, two sisters, three brothers, eleven aunts, seven uncles, and forty-two cousins. (Math: Counting Skills)

• Using a place value mat, use objects to represent each duck. Discuss grouping objects into tens. (Math: Place Value)

• Study Ducks (Science: Animal Kingdom)

• Discuss and demonstrate buoyancy (Science: Buoyancy)

• Discuss water safety (Science: Health and Safety)

• Discuss the illustrations showing reflections. Illustrate how reflection works using a mirror and water. (Science: Reflection of Light)

Third week (after reading the book out-loud)

• Discuss what makes a book a "classic." Discuss how much time has elapsed since 1933 (Literature: What is a Classic Story?)

• Explain what a fictional story is. (Literature: Fiction)

• Explain and discuss the use of repetition in literature. (Literature - Literary Device: Repetition)

• Study the illustrations in the book and discuss how the illustrator combined colors to create new tones in the sky on p. 9 (Art: Medium)

• Try to use multiple colored pencils to create various effects and create an illustration using crayons and colored pencils. (Art: Medium)

• Discuss the theme of the Yangtze River running through the book illustrations, creating unity by bringing the entire book together. (Art: Unity of Theme Through Subject)

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