Building Your Bookshelf: Encyclopedia Brown
Adding Great Stories to Fuel Great Thinking!
Building a Bookshelf for your child can be a virtual or concrete task. That means that you can build a bookshelf of books that you borrow and read, read online, or books that you have and keep on the bookshelf. Putting quality books with great storylines and writing into your child’s hands is a great way to enhance vocabulary, story retelling, following more complicated plots, and character building ideas. We’ll be “adding books” to your bookshelf” as we look at new and old books.
Book: Encyclopedia Brown Series
Author and Illustrator: Donald Sobol
Recommended Age: As a read aloud, you can start some of these at grades 1-2. According to Scholastic, the interest level is Grade 3 and the reading levels are grade 3 and up. See each specific book’s level here. Those who are really interested in solving mysteries, these are for you!
Summary: Encyclopedia is much like any kid out there, but he happens to have his own detective agency. He helps neighborhood children solve mysteries and occasionally helps adults including his father, the police chief! The unique thing about these books is that each chapter ends with enough clues for you to solve the mystery yourself. The solutions are either upside down at the end of the chapter or at the end of the book. Keep in mind that some of the ideas are outdated in the books, but still solvable!
Encyclopedia Brown Resources:
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Jen Benoit, MEd, has enjoyed mysteries (especially solve it yourself ones!) for years! She read Encyclopedia when she was young and hopes to introduce him to her son at some point.
What is Project Based Learning or PBL?
Project based learning has been around for more than 20 years. The first time I observed an example of PBL was while I was in college, studying the various teaching and learning methods. It was in Brookline, Massachusetts where I observed a classroom working through designing a system of waterworks for an imaginary city. There were large pieces of paper for design on the floor with students hovered over them talking about the problem that needed to be solved. Later, when I was in my own classroom that I did a similar (albeit smaller) project that involved a guest architect and designing our own city in the classroom. Amazing!
So, what is project based learning and what skills does it encourage in students?
Basically, project based learning is instruction within the classroom that uses real-life activities to help engage and motivate students to learn. They are usually around a specific problem that you might find in an everyday work situation. A good example would be to create a new invention to make a task simpler. To do this, students would have a budget to work with, a team, and have to give each member a role. One would be the project manager. The idea is that by giving students a problem that would occur in real life, they would be more motivated to take part and enjoy it.
Reflection and Presentation: Once the project is completed, there is often a time of reflection on the individual and group roles as well as a presentation to outsiders about the project.
An example of reflection would be one that happened in my classroom. The idea was for the teams to design a bridge made of toothpicks. Then they needed to build it and present it to all of the parents on the last day of school. One team did not finish and they had to explain why certain personal issues got in the way of the bridge being built. Needless to say, they wished they had forgone the arguing and finished the bridge as the final test for the bridge was that day. We were to test the strength of all the bridges to see how much weight it would hold. A super idea for the end of school!
Common Goal: Working towards a common goal can often bring a team together or have the opportunity to problem solve. They use the inquiry process to move through the stages together in order to work on the solution.
Relevance to Real World: As stated before, helping students relate math, reading, and writing to real world scenarios not only motivates them, but can also prepare them for the working world and develop real life skills.
As we move into the world of Common Core, you may find your student is more apt to be involved in project based learning (PBL). If not, ask your child’s teacher about it. According to the Edutopia website, high-quality project based learning includes:
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A timeline (short or long) with benchmarks when items are due
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An engaging launch to “hook” students into the project
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Alignment with standards – which will now be the Common Core standards
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Inquiry – that is the question being answered or problems to be solved
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Demonstration of knowledge – students apply the math, reading, writing and other skills to the project in order to complete it. Application of knowledge is considered one of the higher levels of thinking.
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Authentic audience – this could include parents, but perhaps experts in the field as well. For example, a good audience for the above-mentioned bridge project would be an architect or construction professional.
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High Quality Products and Performance at the culmination of the project – as students continue working on the projects, they are able to know their piece (and hopefully the entire project!) from the inside out. Because of this, they should be able to present any piece fully as well as present an excellent end product.
Hiccups in the Project Based Learning?
Although I am a fan of project based learning, I do see some potential for issues.
For example, if students are expected to know and use mathematics or another skill that they are not familiar with or are not able to complete, this is difficult for students.
Also, where do children who are lagging behind or who struggle fit into this process? Sometimes it can work well, but other times, students are relegated to painting and stapling, which may not be their strengths.
One other important piece is the quality of the leadership with the projects. If you have a teacher (or team of teachers) guiding students, there should be excitement and the ability to lead a group of teams. If a teacher is not interested in the project or sees it as an opportunity to get some work done while they work, it will not be as useful or helpful for the students.
Have you or your child ever had experience with project based learning (PBL)? If so, share your thoughts and ideas below.
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Jen Benoit, MEd, has enjoyed using project based learning during her 20 years in education. She has done projects in summer camps, elementary classrooms, and even at home with her preschooler!
Preschool in a Minute
Roll and Cover
One activity you can do with your preschooler in 1-5 minutes with something you may have in your home or easily get from the dollar store! That’s it! Preschool in a Minute!
Using dice is part of any board game. Here is a great way to use a pair of dice (or one!) to work on counting and number recognition.
Activity: Roll and Cover
Materials: 1 or 2 Die/Dice, Roll and Stamp Sheet (DIY or print out some from resource section below), stamps or disks to mark numbers
Why I Love This Activity: This is a quick and easy game that doesn’t take much time, but can be made and played even in a restaurant. You can also keep adding dice as your child gets older! This also helps get
children ready to read dice quickly when playing board games. One of the best parts of this game is that you are both (or all) working together to get the numbers covered or stamped. It can also be played with several players.
Prep Time: 5 minutes - to get the items together and print/make the sheet.
Age Level: 3 and up (once your child can count the number of dots on one dice, you could be able to do this)
Attention Span: 5 minutes for younger ones; 10-15 minutes for older ones
Note: If your child is still putting things in his/her mouth, be careful of the dice or get the large fuzzy ones from the dollar store.
Directions:
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Make the playing sheet by putting numbers with circles around them. You can go from 1-6 or 2-12 depending on the number of dice you use.
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Take turns rolling the dice.
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When you roll a number, put your marker or stamp that number.
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The game is over when you have covered all the numbers.
Resources (click on the items below):
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Continue to add dice as your child gets older so he or she needs to add several together.
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Instead of adding the dice, multiply them.
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If you have a blank die, you can put letters on it (or use one from Scattergories!) and play it the same way.
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Don’t forget to put a pair of dice in a ziplock in your purse for play while waiting at the doctor or in a restaurant!
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If you want the paper to last longer, put it in a page protector for safe keeping.
Do you have a great dice game you'd like to share? Leave your idea (and URL below)!
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Building Your Bookshelf: Robert McCloskey
Adding Great Stories to Fuel Great Thinking!
Building a Bookshelf for your child can be a virtual or concrete task. That means that you can build a bookshelf of books that you borrow and read, read online, or books that you have and keep on the bookshelf. Putting quality books with great storylines and writing into your child’s hands is a great way to enhance vocabulary, story retelling, following more complicated plots, and character building ideas. We’ll be “adding books” to your bookshelf” as we look at new and old books.
Books: Make Way for Ducklings, Homer Price Books, Blueberries for Sal, One Morning in Maine, Time of Wonder
Author and Illustrator: Robert McCloskey
Recommended Age: As a read aloud, you can start the picture books at preschool. They are listed as grade 2 and up reading level. The Homer Price books are better read-alouds from Kindergarten and up. According to Scholastic, the reading levels are grade 4 and up. See each specific book’s level here. All of these books are more nostalgic in nature, but certainly are able to be understood by children today. All the picture books have won a Caldecott medal.
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Make Way for Ducklings – Mother Duck is leading her large brood of ducklings to the pond in Boston. Wonderful illustrations (and duckling names!) make this a winner for your bookshelf!
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Blueberries for Sal – Sal goes blueberry picking with her mother outside their home in Maine and has a wonderful adventure!
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One Morning in Maine – Meet Sal and her family again as they go through a day living on the shores of Maine!
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Time of Wonder – A trip through what you may see when you are in Maine. This has beautiful color illustrations and does have more poetic and lyrical writing.
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Homer Price Books – These are the most fun to read with older children as you follow Homer on his adventures (including his pet skunk!) as he helps others out and solves mysteries. My personal chapter is Homer Price and the Doughnuts!
Resources:
Make Way for Ducklings:
Blueberries for Sal:
Homer Price:
Do you have a favorite Robert McCloskey book? Let us know what you would recommend and why in the comment section below.
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Jen Benoit, MEd, has read Homer Price to every class she has ever taught (even Kindergarten!...but just the doughnut chapter!). She also has a great fondness for the Ducklings book as she lived in the Boston and the area for many years. She took her son there for the first time just recently to check out the Duck Family statues!
Building Your Bookshelf: Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
Adding Great Stories to Fuel Great Thinking!
Building a Bookshelf for your child can be a virtual or concrete task. That means that you can build a bookshelf of books that you borrow and read, read online, or books that you have and keep on the bookshelf. Putting quality books with great storylines and writing into your child’s hands is a great way to enhance vocabulary, story retelling, following more complicated plots, and character building ideas. We’ll be “adding books” to your bookshelf” as we look at new and old books.
Book: Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle and follow up books in series (Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle’s Magic, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle’s Farm, Hello, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle)
Author and Illustrator: Betty MacDonald wrote the books and illustrations are by Maurice Sendak (Where the Wild Things Are) for the earlier books and Hilary Knight (illustrator for the Eloise books) for the more recent books
Recommended Age: As a read aloud, you can start some of these at ages 4 and up. According to Scholastic, the interest level varies from grades 1-3 and the reading levels are grade 3 and up. See each specific book’s level here. My suggestion is to read aloud at younger ages and they can reread it themselves when they get older.
Summary: Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle is someone who every parent wants in his or her neighborhood. She enjoys having the children over to ride her pony, search for buried treasure in the backyard, and have tea parties in the upside down room in her house. As an added bonus, she also dispenses advice to parents on everything from a “won’t-pick-up-your-toys-cure” (a personal favorite) to tattlers.
The books focus on character development in a rather unique way and
the solutions to some common childhood ailments such as interrupting and whining are often hilarious and do-not-try-at-home. They only work in the land of Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle. However, they do provide a great jumping off point to discuss character development and issues with children.
These are more classic in nature and took place many years ago. Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle could easily live in the same town as Pippi Longstocking. Explaining different ideas from a different time period is also a good activity when reading them. The most fun, though, is to see all the unique names and concoctions she comes up with for cures. A great read for the whole family! I have also read several selections from Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle aloud to various age students!
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle Resources:
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Jen Benoit, MEd, has read Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle since she was young and loves introducing her to future generations!
Preschool in a Minute
Felt Stories
One activity you can do with your preschooler in 1-5 minutes with something you may have in your home or easily get from the dollar store! That’s it! Preschool in a Minute!
Remember when felt stories were a regular part of early childhood? We had regular story times with them when I was young and I do them with my child. Many people feel that they are “old-fashioned” or “out-of-date,” but I believe they are still wonderful for preschoolers (and even older!)
Activity: Felt Stories
Materials: Pieces of various colored felt, Sharpie Marker, different printables from here.
Why I Love This Activity: Felt stories are great ways to visually show a child a story involving sight and touch. Children can hear the story, then they can retell the story with the felt board. There is something magical to children to be able to “stick” fabric onto a board.
Prep Time: Time to gather felt and large piece of felt (if you need a felt board) and time to download and trace or make the items to go on the flannel board.
You can make your own felt board (like this post by Oopsey Daisy that I love), you can buy one at a toy or craft store OR you can just buy a large piece of flannel and put it up on the wall or door using double sided tape or tacks. I found one at a yard sale and have used that one for many of the stories.
Age Level: 1 and up
Attention Span: 1-2 minutes for little ones and 5-7 minutes for older preschool age.
The little ones will want to put them in their mouths, so be sure to keep the small pieces away from them. Let them feel the felt board and felt items for sensory experience.
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Print and cut out the characters or shapes you are using (see the Resource section below). Many are easy to cut out and may be just shapes.
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If you are cutting out paper, glue felt or sandpaper to the back to help it stick.
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Tell the story or rhyme as the child watches you
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Then guide them or let them put them up as you tell the story again. My son LOVES to help me with the different felt pieces!
Resources for some great activities/stories:
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Color Sorting - just cut out several shapes in different colors and sort them on the board.
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You can also use magnets if you would rather tell the story on a magnetic surface like a refrigerator or a cookie sheet.
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Have the child retell the story to you using the pieces after you
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Put them away if you have little ones, but for ones 3 and up, put in a basket or container for them to retell the story themselves when they would like to.
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Glue different textures onto different pieces of felt or sandpaper for child to match textures. It is also a great way to work on sensory motor issues.
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Make a felt story out of a favorite book. This is definitely more time intensive and I did this when I taught Kindergarten, but every child (including mine!) has loved it! It is a matching game with the book about clouds. I copied the pages and put them in a binder with page protectors, but you only need to do that if you have a class of children and it is used very often by little hands.
Do you have a great felt board idea? Leave your idea (and URL below)!
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10 Tips to Delivering Out of This World Presentations!
For Students of ALL Ages
No matter what grade or subject you are taking, more than likely, there will be moments where you will have to get up and present to the class. Being prepared and well-educated about the topic is key, but being able to deliver the presentation with excellence is also very important!
Here are ten great tips to delivering an awesome presentation for upper elementary grades through college (and above!)
1. Create a one page handout – Giving your audience something to take home and something to remember your tips by. Check out some tips for creating a handout here. Usually, one page is sufficient, but if you have extensive information that your peers may be tested on, you can create one using your Powerpoint slides. Learn how here.
2. Analyze your audience – Know who your audience is and what they might know or want to know. Don’t bore them by repeating what you know they have learned in class. Try giving them new and fresh information in a new and fresh way.
3. Use audience participation – Everyone enjoys a presentation more when they can take part. Build into your presentation a short verbal quiz about the topic or take a survey asking them to raise their hands in response. Make it interactive.
4. Stick to one idea for each slide – Don’t overwhelm the slides with lots of information or several key points. Keep to one key point per slide.
5. Use graphics on slides – When using Powerpoint, be sure to use the graphics and even video clips to make your point. Video clips should not be more than 3-5 minutes in length and should support your point or add to it. The video may also be used as a foundation for asking questions or support a scenario. For example, if you are talking about dinosaurs, show the video and ask the audience to look for different types dinosaurs in the video.
6. Group Participation – To really solidify a concept for an audience, have them turn to a neighbor and answer a question you pose to them. For example, if you are doing a presentation on the history of flight, ask them to discuss the major benefits flight has had on the world. Then they can share one with the class. This should only take 2-3 minutes and have a timer that goes off to end conversation.
7. Ask thinking questions – The goal of any presentation is to get the audience to think at the end. Maybe asking them to consider what the world would be like now if dinosaurs lived would be a good ending thought or quick discussion. Be sure to help your audience consider the main point of your presentation.
8. Leave them with a final thought – Sum up your presentation on one slide with 1-2 sentences (preferably 1) and then leave them with that thought.
9. Take (and ask!) questions at the end– Be sure to ask if anyone has questions at the end. Often, you can only hear crickets (not really!), but the silence can be deafening. If no one asks any, ask a few of your own! Ask them what one thing is they have learned or will take away from this conversation. Ask them if this has made them more 
interested in the topic.
10. Dress for the topic and bring props – If you are doing the presentation on dinosaurs and have a cool shirt that is appropriate, wear it! If you are doing a presentation on flight, bring in small miniature airplanes and pass them around. Anything that is visual and hands on helps a presentation. Even if the instructor has suggested you wear dress clothes, ask if you could wear the beekeeper outfit you have when doing your bee presentation. If the instructor says no, no worries, just bring in the outfit on a friend! There are always ways to make a presentation more interesting by having hands on visuals.
BONUS – This is something many students of all ages forget…READ THE DIRECTIONS. Be sure that you understand the directions, read them ALL and follow them. Also, if there is a rubric to grade from, read it CAREFULLY. You may have an awesome presentation, but if you don’t follow the directions, it doesn’t matter!
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Jen Benoit, MEd, remembers her first presentation in elementary school. She also remembers not having the great use of Powerpoint (or a computer even!) to do it!
Preschool in a Minute
Outdoor Journals and BINGO
One activity you can do with your preschooler in 1-5 minutes with something you may have in your home or easily get from the dollar store! That’s it! Preschool in a Minute!
Now that the weather is turning sunny and warm(ish), here are some great activities to use outdoors to keep children tuned into the changing spring world around them!
Activity: Outdoor Journals and BINGO
Why I Love This Activity: Often our family tries to go for a walk after dinner to get some exercise and some family time alone. After one walk made longer by our preschooler’s attempts at jokes every 10 feet, we decided to do something different! This is a way to keep the entire family occupied and talking about what is around them while having some exercise!
Prep Time: Time to download the BINGO or journals and gather sheet protectors and wipe off marker.
Age Level: 2 and up
Attention Span: 10-15 minutes depending on the age of your child. Don’t expect the little ones to be engrossed all the time and expect the first time to be a little more difficult as they get used to the idea of BINGO and spotting things.
For the little ones this is more about playing I Spy in the neighborhood than playing BINGO.
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After printing off a BINGO sheet or a sheet of items in the neighborhood from the Journal pages, slide them into the sheet protectors and grab the markers. The sheet protectors are a way to reuse the BINGO sheets over and over, but you can easily just print them out every time you walk.
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As you go through the neighborhood, circle or X the item you see on the BINGO board or Journal sheets.
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Try to find all the things if you can!
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If you are working on the Journal pages, go home and draw or cut out the picture of what you saw on the walk. As the child dictates to you what he/she saw you can write it below or if they can write well, they can do it! If they are of writing age and don’t want to write, dictate anyway! This isn’t a school project. It is more important that they get their words on paper for what they saw then work on handwriting or sentences for this family fun!
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Once you have a month of journal pages, staple them into a book to enjoy together!
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You use the same board for the whole family or separate boards for the whole family.
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Once BINGO is understood by everyone and you have done this a few times, try getting all four corners or only diagonal BINGO’s. You can also race to get the whole board!
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Take the journal pages with you to draw while walking! You might want to take a clip board, too.
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One night, take your camera and take pictures around the neighborhood to make your own BINGO or Journal sheet. That way it is specific to what your children see.
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Make a tricky BINGO board for older children. Take photos around the neighborhood while they are not with you and take pictures of tricky things like a letter in the street sign or a figurine in someone’s yard.
Do you have a great idea for outdoor journals or BINGO that you have done with your preschooler? Share your ideas (and URL!) below!
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Jen Benoit, MEd, takes walks with her family nightly to see and explore. She and her husband provide private tutoring through Tutor Doctor-Tutoring in the Triangle to Raleigh, Cary, Chapel Hill, Apex, Durham and surrounding areas.
Building Your Bookshelf: Books by Melanie Watt
Adding Great Stories to Fuel Great Thinking!
Building a Bookshelf for your child can be a virtual or concrete task. That means that you can build a bookshelf of books that you borrow and read, read online, or books that you have and keep on the bookshelf. Putting quality books with great storylines and writing into your child’s hands is a great way to enhance vocabulary, story retelling, following more complicated plots, and character building ideas. We’ll be “adding books” to your bookshelf” as we look at new and old books.
Book: Books by Author Melanie Watt
Chester, Chester's Back, Chester's Masterpiece
Scaredy Squirrel, Scaredy Squirrel Goes Camping, Scaredy Squirrel has a Birthday Party, Scaredy Squirrel Prepares for Christmas, Scaredy Squirrel at the Beach, Scaredy Squirrel Makes a Friend, Scaredy Squirrel at Night
Author and Illustrator: Melanie Watt
Recommended Age: As a read aloud, you can start some of these at ages 4 and up. According to Scholastic, the reading level is at Grade 2 or 3 and up. See each specific book’s level here. Overall these are great read alouds for younger children and good independent reading as they develop reading skills.
Summary: Watt has a few different series including Scaredy the Squirrel as well as Chester.
Chester is a cat who has various disagreements with the author. Scaredy is really the Monk character (if you ever watched the show) in squirrel form. Scaredy is afraid of many things and always creates a plan for safety should something happen that disturb his life in the tree. He has several adventures and always comes prepared.
These books do possess a little sarcasm and Chester in particular can be rather self-centered and annoyed when others get his credit. It is written with Chester interacting with the author, Ms. Watts. It is a unique way to write a book and gives you insight into Chester’s thoughts.
Melanie Watt Resources:
Do you have a favorite Melanie Watt book? Let us know the book you would recommend and why in the comment section below.
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Jen Benoit, MEd, discovered Melanie Watt by dusting off some of the books on the bookshelf given to her by a children’s librarian friend. The books came during her now-four-year-old’s baby shower and he loves them! What a discovery! It really pays to be friends with a librarian!
Spotlight on Special Needs:
Comic Strip Conversations
There are many great resources for parents and children out there who may struggle with a type of special need. Special needs can vary from struggling with telling time to struggling with reading. Special needs can be in the area of academics or non-academics. Some special needs are social, emotional, and academic. Because there is such a vast array of special needs, we like to spotlight resources we think would be helpful depending on the family’s situations. We’ve highlighted one great resource below.
Resource: Comic Strip Conversations
What Is It?
Much like the Social Stories we discussed in an earlier post, comic strip 
conversations are ways for children to talk through a situation. This could is a situation that involves others and usually a social scenario such as ordering in a restaurant or making friends. A very common use is when discussing how to deal with a bully in your school. Comic strip conversations give the child the words to use in the situation. He or she may also use them to describe what is happening in the situation right now so the adult can understand how to help him or her. You could also talk through future situations.
The use of color to express emotion in Comic Strip Conversations is essential and one that is used within the framework of the comic strips. It can be very impactful for the children.
Who Would Use It?
Comic strip conversations can be used for any level, but if the child is developing them himself, he should know how to read and write. Of course, for younger children, you can always read and write for them. Most often they are used by psychologists or teachers when working with children on social issues.
Where Can I Get Them?
Have you used Comic Strip Conversations before? Let us know how it went by leaving your experience and ideas (and URL!) below.
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Jen Benoit, MEd, has enjoyed using Comic Strip Conversations with students over the years. She has found some great new resources by doing the research for this article.