Read! Move! Learn!: Active Stories for Active Learning

Read! Move! Learn!: Active Stories for Active Learning
by Carol Totsky Hammett, Nicki Collins Geigert

Read! Move! Learn!: Active Stories for Active Learning
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Author: Carol Totsky Hammett, Nicki Collins Geigert
Brand: GRYPHON HOUSE
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-09-01
ISBN: 087659058X
Number of pages: 232
Publisher: Gryphon House

Book Reviews of Read! Move! Learn!: Active Stories for Active Learning

Book Review: "Read! Move! Learn!" is a unique guide
Summary: 5 Stars

Ably co-authored by Caroly Totsky Hammet (Elementary School Principle, Bend, Oregon) and physical education specialist Nick Collins Geigert, "Read! Move! Learn!: Active Stories For Active Learning" features more than 150 active literacy learning experiences based on more than 65 popular children's books. Each selection includes two or three activities specifically support a particular book's storyline and characters, with the accompanying physical activities are designed to enhance the development of basic motor skills as jumping and skipping, as well as dramatic play skills. Each activity also includes the lesson's objective, a vocabulary list, and a concept list. Thoroughly 'kid friendly' and classroom compatible, "Read! Move! Learn!" is a unique guide and enthusiastically recommended as a supplemental addition to elementary school physical education and classroom instruction curriculum materials.

Summary of Read! Move! Learn!: Active Stories for Active Learning

Enhance literacy skills, bring the magic of a good book to the classroom, and encourage healthy, active lifestyles in young children with Read! Move! Learn!. This new book has over 150 active learning experiences based on seventy-five popular children?s books. The authors provide complete plans that include theme connections, related books and music, lesson objectives, a vocabulary list, a concept list, and activities for each children?s book, providing hours of fun in the classroom!

A few of the children?s books included are:

  • Barn Dance
  • Harold and the Purple Crayon
  • Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes
  • I?m a Little Teapot
  • In the Tall, Tall Grass
  • Monkey See, Monkey Do
  • Quick as a Cricket
  • Snowball Fight!
  • Ten Terrible Dinosaurs
  • We?re Going on a Bear Hunt

Carol Totsky Hammett began her teaching career over twenty-five years ago and has worked as a physical education specialist, pre-kindergarten teacher, and an early childhood special education teacher. She is currently an elementary school principal in Bend, Oregon.

Nicki Collins Geigert has worked as an educator for the past thirty-six years. She has led workshops for The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), various state early childhood organizations, and the American Alliance of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (AAHPERD). She lives in Carlsbad, California.

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