Clothing+-+narrative+skills


 * Clothing Narrative Skills 1/14/2010 **


 * Opening Song: The more we get together/Read together **

Today our theme is CLOTHING—what we wear on our heads, bodies, hands and feet


 * __Theme Talk: __** I’d like each of us to think of something we like to wear. How does it make you feel ? Everyone think of something. Now I want you to find a partner. The partner can be another child or a grownup. Now the first person tells their partner what they like to wear. Then the other person gets to have a turn talking. Go ahead.

__Book: //**Holly’s Red Boots **////by Francesca Chessa // __ //Vividly illustrated, Holly’s Red Boots gives you plenty of opportunities to identify colors and objects as you help Holly hunt for her raingear. You can heighten the drama by turning the page very S-L-O-W-L-Y each time Holly finds something red. When it’s the red car or hat, you can ask, Are those the red boots? What is it? You can also ask questions about pictures that are not discussed in the text, such as What animals are in the tree? Let’s count them. What’s the kitty doing? Do you remember his name? You can also review left and right and sing Hokey Pokey or play I Spy emphasizing colors. Asking your listeners about times they couldn’t find things will help them apply the story to their lives, heightening narrative skills. You may have to prompt them to start, but then you can retell the story, together, of their personal searches, practicing narration. //

Sing **Rain, Rain Go Away ** It's raining, it's pouring; The old man is snoring. Bumped his head And he went to bed And he couldn't get up in the morning. Rain, rain, go away. Come again another day. Little Johnny wants to play. Rain, rain, go away!

__Book: //**Joseph Had a Little Overcoat **////by Simms Taback // __

//__Tell the story with the doll. __// Children anticipate what can be made with increasingly smaller pieces of fabric in this Caldecott winning cumulative tale. Some vocabulary, such as overcoat, vest, or handkerchief, may be unfamiliar, but the pictures will help them learn new words. Be sure to hold the pages with the holes so the children can see through them, and guess what Joseph may make next.

__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Book: //**<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The Jacket I Wear in the Snow **////<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">by Shirley Neitzel // __<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 7.5pt; line-height: 115%;">This books helps children learn the connection between words, pictures and sounds through the use of rebuses for each item of clothing mentioned. The repetition and pictures helps them say the story along with the storyteller. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> __<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Encourage children to point out the boar's different clothing. __


 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Closing Song: Razzama Tazzama **