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The reason I chose this informational text is because it explains the life of the butterfly, and the stages in goes through before becoming a beautiful butterfly. The students will also learn vocabulary words as they read along and see pictures of the butterfly's life cycle.

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I like the book because it is funny and entertaining with silly crayon characters but encouraging. The story helps the kids who are struggling with powerful emotions and insecurity. It makes them feel that God is making a beautiful masterpiece out of something they thought was broken.

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Help your kids process big feelings, build a social-emotional tool kit, and find beauty in life's challenges with this creative story that expresses the hope of the gospel from podcast host, speaker, and mom Toni Collier.

Avery has big emotions and bubbling anxieties about changes in her life. When her crayons break as she scribbles furiously, she discovers that they have personalities and feelings too! And they can show her how to use her love of coloring to manage scary, overwhelming feelings and embrace curiosity and joy. As Avery follows the crayons' advice, gets creative, and chooses bravery and positive thinking, she discovers that God can use her to make beautiful things, even with broken crayons.

In Broken Crayons Still Color , children 4 to 8 will

see that everyone feels frustrated and overwhelmed at times

learn to express emotions and explore creativity

practice coping skills, such as drawing worries, affirmations, and breathing

understand that God loves them just as they are and He can turn their mistakes and weaknesses into beautiful new things

This illustrated picture book includes

an inventive illustration style that models to children how to draw their own feelings

an emotion color chart to guide children in identifying how they feel

With a fun story, silly crayon characters, and practical guidance for kids struggling with powerful emotions, insecurity, and perfectionism, Broken Crayons Still Color will entertain children as it assures them that God is making a beautiful masterpiece out of things they thought were broken. The presentation page and deluxe dust jacket make this encouraging book a beautiful gift for back-to-school, kids facing new experiences and tough situations, and any child with big feelings.

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Amazon.com: Broken Crayons Still Color: 9781400242900: Collier, Toni, Bak, Whitney, Vasilica, Natalie: Books

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My favorite unit to do in read alouds is definitely the seeds unit! We start off with seeds in general, then apples and then pumpkins! I love this informational read aloud because it still has colorful illustrations along with the information. It includes real life uses for pumpkin, the life cycle of the pumpkin, pumpkin parts, even explains photosynthesis quickly. A great read!

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I love this short book because it was intended as a math book, but can be used as an interdisciplinary text. I was first introduced to it in our literacy curriculum for informational text. It allows students to take a closer look at the world around them. For example, my students love learning about specific patterns in nature they never noticed like the order of the colors of the rainbow never change. The book lends itself to art and science subjects as well, this year the students created art projects using what they learned from the text. You can do so much with this book, that is why it is one of my favorites.

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I choose the book "A Weekend With Wendell" because it helps teach the importance of communication and friendship. By showing the students through illistrations how sad his friend is when they aren't taking turns and talking through their problems. Then in the end they are best friends and playing together because they were able to share, take turns, and listen to one another.

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I like Our Earth as an informational text because it uses rich descriptive vocabulary and also makes interdisciplinary connections to science. The illustrations can help engage children and build connections to other landforms or animals they are familiar with.

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From frozen polar ice caps to steamy tropical rain forests, the earth is home to all kinds of plants and animals. Earth has steep mountains, green valleys, rushing rivers, and deep canyons. It has dark caves, sandy deserts, and brilliant coral reefs. Gentle, rhythmic text introduces earth science concepts, while bright illustrations transport readers to exotic natural habitats.

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From frozen polar ice caps to steamy tropical rain forests, the earth is home to all kinds of plants and animals. Earth has steep mountains, green valleys, rushing rivers, and deep canyons. It has dark caves, sandy deserts, and brilliant coral reefs. Gentle, rhythmic text introduces earth science concepts, while bright illustrations transport readers to exotic natural habitats.

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White Rabbit's Color Book by Deena Sloan

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I love this book because it makes learning about secondary colors lots of fun! In the story, the white rabbit finds three tubs of colors and he jumps into them at different times and he changes his fur color when two of the colors mix and make a new color.

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White Rabbit hops from one paint pot to another, changing colors as he goes, until he ends up brown

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I would read this book to my students because currently in ELA we are learning about plants. This book is both informative and age appropriate. It is a book that is picture rich which helps gives visuals and supports the text. It also includes a word bank in the beginning of the book of words I can go over (and the words are clickable and provide definitions) before reading. The book is non-fiction and informative as well.

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Apples for everyone is a picture book with beautiful real life photographs. This book is a staple in my science/discovery area. It begins with a picture of an apple orchard and then a closeup of some bees pollinating the flowers , then a bud and then apples on an apple tree, it also has pictures of the different varieties of apples, and several of the things that can be done with apples such as apple pies, apple cider, apple sauce and it closes with a picture of a child biting into a delicious apple. It's a short picture book which is great to use with three year olds.

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I enjoy using Peter Rabbit to help students determine the meaning of unknown words. This book includes words students may not know the meaning to, but with the correct reading strategies students can use context clues, pictures, surrounding words and their prior knowledge to figure out the meaning!

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The Three Billy Goats Gruff

I like to read this book because I can give the characters different voices, making my students laugh. This helps to create a happy and relaxing learning environment.

Reading this book allowed me to work on mathematical concepts like big, medium, small. The students can relate the concepts just by looking around the classroom and comparing and contrasting with other books like "Goldilocks and the Three Bears," where they found the concept of big, medium, and small while listening about the plates.

I can also model the "the 5Ws" guideline by investigating the Who, What, Where, When, and Why of the story to encourage them to make their own questions about the size of the goats on this story. At the same time, the students can learn about problems and solutions. This opens the opportunity to ask open-ended questions about how the goat found a solution to their problem to get to the other side to eat the green grass.

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From parks to pools, from supermarkets to schools, the places in our communities

play crucial roles in our lives. Also in this text, children discover many such places,

helping to deepen their understanding of the concept of community. They also meet

some key community players, like firefighters and veterinarians. This text I can use for ELA and Social Studies lesson.

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This year, my school has provided us with new curriculum for our ELA block. With this new curriculum, each student received a work book to read and complete their work. This is one of the stories we have completed two weeks ago. This text was really helpful to my third graders when identifying and working with non-fiction text features. My students were able to use their reference sheet and this text aligned with their work perfectly. Living in Deserts also aligned with learning about new environments, different parts of the world, and how it is different from where we live currently. This text also helped my students make connections to places they've read about, seen, or have been to before. I think this text is perfect for third graders learning about different environments as people actually live in places such as this, being that it ties into them being exposed to non-fiction text features and learning how these features can help them with their reading.

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Having a very behavioral classroom, I love having this in my library or available for our calm down corner! It explains how it is ok to have feelings, and be upset but explains some ways to deal with them. Children can be tired, over-stimulated, or angry. Showing different ways to calm down can keep unwanted behaviors like hitting, pushing, or biting away. It is a great way to teach a calming space!

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Every parent, caregiver-and toddler-knows the misery that comes with meltdowns and temper tantrums. Through rhythmic text and warm illustrations, this gentle, reassuring book offers toddlers simple tools to release strong feelings, express them, and calm themselves down. Children learn to use their calm-down place-a quiet space where they can cry, ask for a hug, sing to themselves, be rocked in a grown-up's arms, talk about feelings, and breathe: "One, two, three . . . I'm calm as can be. I'm taking care of me." After a break, toddlers will feel like new-and adults will, too. Books include tips for parents and caregivers.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:

9781575423166

Publisher:

Free Spirit Publishing, Inc.

Publication date:

05/01/2010

Series:

Toddler Tools®

Edition description:

Board Book

Pages:

24

Sales rank:

26,257

Product dimensions:

6.90(w) x 6.90(h) x 0.60(d)

Age Range:

1 - 3 Years

About the Author

Elizabeth Verdick is the author of more than 30 highly acclaimed books for children and teenagers, including books in the Toddler Tools board book series, the Best Behavior series for young children, and the Laugh & Learn™ series for preteens. Her most recent titles include Manners Time and Siblings (with James J. Crist, Ph.D.).

Editorial Reviews

2011 Preferred Choice Award Winner - Creative Child Magazine

From the Publisher

PreS-These brightly colored board books are meant to help caregivers and small children manage the daily routines as well as the ups and downs of toddler life. One or two simple sentences explain each idea in a toddler-friendly manner, often describing why these actions can help them. For example, Bedtime explains that children take a bath before bed because "warm water helps me relax" and get ready for sleep. The first-person narrative is an ideal technique for communicating with small children who are developing a sense of themselves. The illustrations also are perfectly attuned to the smallest readers. Bold, black outlines and bright colors capture youngsters' attention. Heinlen also uses patterned fabrics to give the pictures rich textures that will engage children. The illustrations depict children and families from a variety of ethnic and racial backgrounds. The last two pages of each book provide helpful tips for caregivers. For example, Calm-Down Time advises adults to stay calm themselves while helping a frustrated toddler. Adults are also encouraged to seek help from pediatricians, parenting books, and child-development Web sites. Highly useful titles for preschool collections, especially where there is a demand for parenting materials.-Mary Landrum, Lexington Public Library, KY

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Every parent, caregiver-and toddler-knows the misery that comes with meltdowns and temper tantrums. Through rhythmic text and warm illustrations, this gentle, reassuring book offers toddlers simple tools to release strong feelings, express them, and calm themselves down.

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This is my go to book especially if it a week of respect or I feel as the children need to learn to value something. The Day the Crayons Quit teaches the children that that you have to show respect and treat objects (hidden message people as well) fairly and good. The overwork crayons or the barely used crayons express their feelings through letters. I feel like it is very understandable and relatable for the children. I add activities like writing our crayons back apologizing and trying to make it right. This book to me helps children that respect is very important.

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This is the 1st year I have taught this book to my 3rd grade students, and I have to admit it's been very successful. This book shows students how people not only live in the desert but how they survive in it through the floods, and sand storms, how they farm and their method of transportation. It shows them where people live on deserts and what creative solutions do people come up with in order to survive their environments. I enjoyed reading and teaching this book because my students are primarily from an urban community and most of them have never been in this type of environment, I feel like everyone should be exposed to the way other people live and strive everyday to survive in their type of environment.

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I introduced this book to my students for the first time last school year while we were doing an author's study on Gail Gibbons. This was the first book we began our study with and I didn't expect my students to like it as much as they did. In this story Gail Gibbons writes about how a house is built all while she observed her husband building their house in Vermont. My students absolutely loved the process and everyone is takes to build it. My students were able to relate to the construction workers as they see their fathers off to work doing the same thing. It was so fun to see how engaged they were.

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This book is about Sunflowers. It goes through the life cycle of the plant and describes each stage the flower. I choose this text to help students get familiar with how plants grow and know what plants need. This book is very detailed in its explanations and even has a glossary in the back to add to the children's vocabulary. Also, I think it would be a great project to grow their own sunflowers in the spring.

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From Seed to Sunflower (Start to Finish, Second Series)

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I choose this story because I feel like the author does an amazing job explaining all about the five senses. Most of my students are visual learners and the author had great illustrations that the students can demonstrate themselves. The author was able introduce each of the senses with great examples. At the preschool level it is important for students to become aware of all their senses and how to use them.

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This book has been a staple in my classroom through my years of teaching. It teaches the children many things aside from the order of foods that the caterpillar ate. When I read my pre-K3 class this book, it catches their attention from the vibrant color of the pictures, to the sequence of the story and up to social-emotional which are how to slow down and how to not waste any food. It also taught us Math, Science and Health. When I first taught this book, I thought that it will only teach the children the order of the food that the caterpillar ate. It also taught us how to slow down or calm down because doing everything all at once will make you sick. It helps the children count how many of each fruit the caterpillar ate, and it taught us what kinds of food we can eat to stay healthy. The children get so excited when we do activities related to this book because they know the story by heart and I always get so motivated to do activities related to the book and send home piggy back activities for the children to do with their parents.

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In 2017, Malala Yousafzai was our guest author at our school. Her presence alone was inspiring. Malala's narrative is told in this beautifully illustrated picture book, which depicts the worldview that allowed her to hold on to hope and make her voice known even under the most challenging of circumstances. Malala's message is powerful and empowering: your own magic pencil — your voice, your thoughts, your art – can make a genuine difference in the world we live in. Malala's encouragement that tiny efforts may achieve huge change will motivate any change-makers searching for a place to start. This is a wonderful book to introduce to students during Women's History Month.

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Hello! This is Maura ElMegeed. Two of my very best friends wrote this book during the pandemic and it is amazing! The pandemic can be difficult to talk to young children about, so this book has been very helpful! It tells the story of a young boy named Pete and his family during the beginning of the pandemic. While it is difficult to talk about it with children, it is important that they are aware of what is happening in the world. This books makes it easy to explain the pandemic through the perspective of another child. I highly suggest adding it to your libraries!

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The short story Up, Down and Around introduces students to different types of vegetables found on a farm. Katherine Ayers does a great job introducing which vegetables grow up, down or around. This book follows vegetables growing from the seeds dropping into soil, to vegetation growing in different directions. I enjoy this book for students who are visual learners as the illustrator does a great job incorporating fun, quirky illustrations.

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Life in the Ocean: The Story of Oceanographer Sylvia Earle

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Life in the Ocean: The Story of Oceanographer Sylvia Earle

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I love the images and the story of Sylvia Earle. This has always been a class favorite. I enjoy reading the story out loud and letting them focus on the illustrations. It shows how intriguing the ocean is and how she was wanted to explore from a young age. This is a great story and gets students interested in a not so typical career/life.

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Life in the Ocean: The Story of Oceanographer Sylvia Earle

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This is a great informational text about recycling and taking care of the environment. Young children will be able to learn how to reduce, reuse, and recycle within their own school and at home. They will become heroes and make the world a better place to live in!

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I chose the story, "Why Should I Recycle?" as it teaches children the responsibilities of having a responsibility/job. This story demonstrates to children the importance of why we do not litter or just throw away our bottles and cans in just any trash bin. As well, more than ever, it is so important we start teaching children about the importance of not littering and properly disposing of our trash to ensure we can keep our community and environment safe. A lot of students questions they have tend to have been interconnected with our natural environment. Aside from the important lesson that can is taught in this story, I also chose this informational text because the author does a great job having students interested in the text. The text involves an elementary classroom and their teacher taking them on a field trip. The story demonstrates the recycling process and provides students with first hand knowledge of how it works. This information is some that adults may not even know. The pictures, information, and topic were all aligned with important issues going on in our environment (as well we were able to incorporate it into our Science lesson). I absolutely love this book and recommend it to all early childhood teachers! Even as young as Kindergarten.

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Why Should I Recycle? (Why Should I? Books)

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Amazon.com: Why Should I Recycle? (Why Should I? Books): 9780764131554: Green, Jen, Gordon, Mike: Books

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I chose this book because it is a great text for my class. I have 2nd and 3rd grade self contained. Most of my students perform at a pre school/kinder level. We take turns showing the different things we can do with our hands. I use a lot of modeling and have my students copy me. I also pair this with a worksheet that says " I can use my hands for" and the students draw a picture or write what they can use their hands for.