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Brief Teaser: The video is a catchy song about families. It discusses different members of families and activities you can do with your family. She goes through all the pictures on her wall and talks about different people in her family and different families.
Teaching Idea: In the video the little girl is looking at different picture frames of her family. I will pass out paper picture frames and have the students draw a picture of their own family of them doing something they love to do as a family. Then I will hang up all of the pictures and make a picture wall filled with all of the picture frames to see all of the different families.

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Brief Teaser: The painting shows a family tree dating back generations and generations. With each generation they are dressed as how that decade looked. The family tree leads up to today's generation.
Teaching Idea: I will begin by having a class discussion about what the class thinks the painting is and then describing to them what a family tree is and how it work. Once they all understand how a family tree works I will have them create their own. They will bring in pictures of as many of their family members as they can and we will arrange them on a tree accordingly and hang them around the class to see everyones different families.

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Brief Teaser: Oliana and her family are no ordinary family, they are enchanted! Every family has to over come struggles and so does Oliana's. In the comics Oliana and her family work together to fight dragons and bullies and more!
Teaching Idea: Once we read the comic about Oliana and her family I will have the students create a comic about their own families and things that they go through and overcome. To keep it fun for the students I will allow them to make their family enchanted as long as they incorp

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http://www.preschooleducation.com/sfamilysong.shtml
Brief Teaser: "With my Family" is a song that goes to the rhythm of Humpty Dumpty but talks about someones family. It is a catchy song that students can use to learn about family.
Teaching Idea: I would sing the song off of the website first. Then I would change the words to make the song unique to my own family and sing that for the students as well. After I have done this I will then pass out a template where the students can change the song and make it unique to their own family and the students can then sing it in front of the class if they want to.

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Title: All Families are Special
https://www.albertwhitman.com/book/all-families-are-special/
Author: Norma Simon
Illustrator: Teresa Flavin
Published: 2003
Genre: Fiction
Approximate Interest Level: Preschool- 3rd grade
Approximate Text Level: N/A
Brief Teaser: Mrs. Mack, the teacher shares a little bit about her own family and it gets all the students thinking about their families. Everyone loves their families and immediately wants to share. Each person who shares tells a unique story that is very special to them. After everyone shared Mrs. Mack talked about how special each family is and each member of the family as well. "No families are the same. All families are definitely special!".
Teaching Idea: https://paulanv.wordpress.com/projects/all-families-are-special-grade-3-health-lesson/

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Title: Mommy, Mama, and Me
http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/197684/mommy-mama-and-me-by-by-leslea-newman-illustrations-by-carol-thompson/9781582462639/
Author: Leslea Newman
Illustrator: Carol Thompson
Published: 2009
Genre: Fiction
Approximate Interest Level: Preschool- Kindergarten
Approximate Text Level: N/A
Brief Teaser: One mom, one dad, two moms, two dads, one mom and one dad, everyone's parents are different. Mommy, Mama, and Me is a story about a child who is raised by two moms. The book illustrates all of the fun and loving things the family does together from breakfast, to playing in the park, to bed time. The family loves and enjoys every second they get to spend together.
Teaching Idea: Each student would bring a book from home that they think either describes them or their family. That day I would also invite the parents to the classroom as well. If the parents are present they can read the book to the class and the student can explain why this book means so much to them. By having the parents come and choosing a book it shows how different some families can be but then you can also find many similarities between families as well.

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Title: The Family Book
https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/books/family-book-the-by-todd-parr/
Author: Todd Parr
Illustrator: Todd Parr
Published: 2003
Genre: Fiction
Approximate Interest Level: PreK- 1st grade
Approximate Text Level: AD390L
Brief Teaser: Every family is different and unique in their own ways. Some families look differently or act differently but ALL families love each other. In Todd Parr's book he talks about how different families can be, but at the same time they are all still similar is ways in which they support each other. Read The Family Book to see how your families may be similar or different from these ones.
Teaching Idea: Students will draw a picture of their families and write who is who. After they are done they will share with the class their picture as well as telling the class about their family. When everyone is done we will have a discussion about how everyones families are different and what some similarities are.

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Title: Beezus and Ramona
https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/books/beezus-and-ramona-by-beverly-cleary/
Author: Beverly Cleary
Illustrator: Louis Darling
Published: 1955
Genre: Fiction
Approximate Interest Level: 3rd-5th grade
Approximate Text Level: 780L
Brief Teaser: At one time or another your siblings will always annoy or embarrass you.  But when it comes to Ramona it is a daily occurrence where she is embarrassing her older siblings. She does not set out to be trouble, she just has the biggest imagination a kindergartener could possibly have. This imagination may lead her to do some crazy things that her siblings may not approve of. Although they are embarrassed by her, they still love her endlessly at the end of the day.
Teaching Idea: Have a class discussion. I would ask them how they would feel if Ramona was their little sister, if they are ever embarrassed by their siblings, did Ramona do all of this stuff just to embarrass Beezus, and talk about how you can love someone unconditionally and sill get angry or annoyed with them sometimes.

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Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born

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Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born

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Title: Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born
https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/books/tell-me-again-about-the-night-i-was-born-by-jamie-lee-curtis/
Author: Jamie Lee Curtis
Illustrator: Laura Cornell
Published: January 1996
Genre: Fiction
Approximate Interest Level: Pre-K-2nd grade
Approximate Text Level: AD1080L
Brief Teaser: Not everyone is raised the same. Some are raised by their birth parents, some are raised by a family member, and some are adopted. Read about a little girl who was adopted because he birth mother was to young to take care of her. Her adopted parents love her more then anything and were so excited to finally get the little girl they always wanted but were not able to have themselves.
Teaching Idea: Have each child bring in a baby picture of themselves and tell the class about their family. This will show how diverse everyone is but at the same time bring everyone together by bonding about how much everyone's families love them.

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Teaching Idea: Print out a template of how the song is sung and have the children fill in information about their own family and create their own unique song and then the class can go around and sing different student's songs.
Brief Teaser: What is your family like? Everyone's family is different and composed of a different amount of people. This song talks about their family and how loving each member is.

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Title: More More More Said The Baby
https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/books/more-more-more-said-the-baby-by-vera-b-williams/
Author: Williams Vera
Illustrator: N/A
Published: 1990
Genre: Fiction
Approximate Interest Level: Prek-1
Approximate Text Level: AD480L
Brief Teaser: Three different babies from three very different families are portrayed through this book and are showered with love from their family members. Weather it is in "giggles", "tickles", or "snuggles" the babies are adored and loved. The affection that their family has for them may not be through words but it is shown through actions.
Teaching idea: Go around the room and have everyone share with the class how they show love through their actions or how someone shows love for them through actions.

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Title: Molly and her Dad
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2653425-molly-and-her-dad
Author:Ormerod Jan and Thompson Carol
Illustrator: N/A
Published:2008
Genre: Fiction
Approximate Interest Level: PreK-1
Approximate Text Level: N/A
Brief Teaser: Having a great imagination can sometimes trick you. Molly has never met her Dad before this year and she creates a crazy picture of him in her head. "He's and astronaut" "he's an artist" "he's amazing" Molly tells her classmates. But when her father finally comes to visit Molly it is not what she expected.
Teaching Idea: Draw a picture of you and your parent or guardian(s) doing your favorite thing together. Then the pictures will be hung up all around the room to show how different, but loving and exciting everyone's families are.

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Title: Mama Always Comes Home
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/114972.Mama_Always_Comes_Home
Author: Wilson Karma
Illustrator: Dyer Brooke
Published: March 1st, 2001
Genre: Fiction
Approximate Interest Level: PreK- 2nd
Approximate Text Level: N/A
Brief Teaser: No matter whether you are an animal or human this book shows how a mother cares for her child. Mama may have to leave her young ones but she always comes back. Before she leaves she shows her babies how much she loves them and how much she always will.
Teaching idea: Have the students draw a picture of where their parents go and how they feel when they comes home.

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Title: Mama, Do You Love Me?
https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/books/mama-do-you-love-me-by-barbara-m-joosse/
Author: Joosse Barbara
Illustrator: Lavallee Barbara
Published: 1991
Genre: Fiction
Approximate Interest Level: PreK-2nd
Approximate Text Level: AD420L
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Brief Teaser: This books shows just how unconditional and everlasting a mother's love truly is. "What if i turned into a walrus?" asks a daughter to her mother. She asks a series of questions to see if her mother will love her under any circumstances.
Teaching idea: The book is filled with many words and illustrations of things that come from the Inuit culture. The children would be given a variety of craft materials and each given a different object or animal from the book that they would make and tell the class what it is. This would be done before the book is read so the children would understand what everything is in the book.

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Title: Love You Forever http://www.teachingchildrenphilosophy.org/BookModule/LoveYouForever

Author: Munch Robert

Illustrator: McGraw Sheila

Published: October 1st 1986

Genre: Fiction

Approximate interest level: K-2nd

Approximate text level: N/A

Brief teaser: "I'll love you forever I'll like you for always, As long as I'm living my baby you'll be." This song is sung by a mother to her son every night as he grows up and goes through different phases of life. He may not have appreciated it when he was a teenager but as he becomes a father he takes on the song and passes it onto his own son.

Teaching Idea: Write down a list of all the things that your parent or guardian does for you that shows how much they love you. Send each of these lists home to their parent or guardian.