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On a camping trip, the first and second little pigs help their brother, the third little pig, to have fun without having to plan every detail.
Description and analysis of a folk tradition that long has been a rite of passage for children and adolescents. In depth discussion of 19 songs, brief mention of 1,400 others. 65 historic photographs.
Let's have an adventure following “The 3 Little Pigs” as they learn how to deal with a “Wolf Bully”! This story is a modern version set in the land of Just Imagine inside the Fairytale Forest. We are following “The 3 Little Pigs” as they leave home and seek their dream lives while learning how to overcome jealous bullies. We have all had to deal with bullies in our lives as children or even as adults. The best way to live your life “bully free” is to outsmart and overcome the bullies, not allowing them to steal your dreams and plans. The 3 Little Pigs soon learn that as a team, they can share their skills to achieve their highest aspirations. We all know that life is not smooth all the time and that there will be a roller coaster ride of good things and NOT–so-good things. The best way of dealing with the turmoil of living, is to not hold grudges and to live your life with expectancy that something good is about to happen. All not-so-good times will pass. They never stay for long. Just think of those times as a test that you passed! Now, all you have to do is wait for your reward after the grueling test of your endurance. ABOUT THE AUTHORS Pamela and Dallas Haynie are a married couple who are both the authors and illustrators of this book. They enjoy working together and have drawn closer through the collaboration of being a team that counts on each other for emotional support during the good times and not so good times. They are grandparents that live in Houston, Texas.
Throughout this volume, which is an extension of the 33rd Annual Meeting of the Jean Piaget Society, the editors and contributors explore assumptions about children's play and its status as a unique and universal activity in humans. As a whole,
Asking questions is one of the most essential functions of teaching. In this book, the authors Nancy Lee Cecil and Jeanne Pfeifer show teachers how to develop both their own questioning skills and those of their students. The authors explain how to model provocative, open-ended questions, and provides many useful teacher- and student-directed questioning strategies. From these strategies, children learn how to ask questions that enable them to construct their own meaning from what they read and experience. This revised edition includes several new questioning strategies. In addition, many of the strategies found in the original edition have been updated and/or expanded to reflect today's best practices in educaiton. The Art of Inquiry is divided into two sections. Part I identifies the many types of questions and the thinking skills they promote (such as knowledge, comprehesion, analysis, and evaluation), and discusses how to foster the free flow of questions and anwers. Part II provides practical questioning strategies and activities (for example, Polar Opposite, Think Aloud, and Self-Instruction) that stimulate the highest critical and creative thinking skills. The authors also show how asking the right questions can help children to understand content, learn to ask effective questions of themselves, and make clear connections between diverse thoughts.
This book is based on the belief that deep subject knowledge of language and literature provides a foundation for effective teaching and learning. It provides a comprehensive guide to the range of genres and characteristic features of English language fiction written for children. It will help readers to: o develop their understanding of literature within social, cultural and political reading practices o extend their knowledge of language features and conventions of different genres o develop skills in analytical and critical reading. The scope of the first edition has been expanded from solely fiction to cover a range of contemporary literature, including poetry, plays and picture books. The case study material, investigative activities and practical exercises promote an active approach to learning. The second edition focuses on a range of fiction relevant to the National Curriculum for England and the National Literacy Strategy. It provides examples from a range of world literature written in English. Examples from work in translation are also included. It also addresses the requirements of the primary curriculum for ITT English. This book is essential reading for student teachers on PGCE, and undergraduate teacher education courses, and for teachers undertaking CPD in English, literacy or children's literature. It provides useful support material for language coordinators, SCITT coordinators and literacy consultants.
