I linked to a wordless book post on Friday. Since then I’ve had the topic of wordless books on my mind.
Wordless books can be used for a ton of different activities.
- For the very littles, it’s a great language builder. Have them tell you the story.
- Your kiddo can practice using sequencing words such as first, then, next, after and finally.
- For the bigger kids, they write down the words to the story. It’s great for the hesitant writer or one who claims she “can’t think of anything to write about.”
- You can “read” the story, making up the words as you go along.
- Photocopy the pages of the book and mix the pages up. Let your kiddo put them back in a logical order while telling the story.
There are tons of wordless books out there. One that I’ve used in the classroom is Pancakes for Breakfast by Tomie De Paola. I also found a list of wordless books here. Happy reading!
3 comments:
We're in the weensie camp here, so our 2 year old is only telling us little bits about the book at this point, but we all love the wordless book Wave by Suzy Lee. It's a story about a girl who goes to the beach, makes seagull friends and learns about how waves work, and the special surprises they sometimes bring. The illustrations are lovely.
http://www.amazon.com/Wave-Suzy-Lee/dp/081185924X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1257475185&sr=1-1
Sarah, I'm glad you brought this book up. Rebecca enjoyed it so much, she wrote a post about it back in March.
http://www.eensies.com/2009/03/read-this.html
Thanks for sharing!
I wrote a blog post about books with out words last year, we find they are great to use in reading partnerships. I really recommend Flotsam by David Wiesner.
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