I did not realize that I had so many favorite children's books until I was trying to pick my favorite. Despite my difficulty in narrowing it down, I think that Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin, Jr and Eric Carle is definitely one of my favorites. This book is one that stands out for me because of the activities that follow after it is read. For the past couple years, this has been the first book that we turned into a classroom book at the beginning of the school year. Every child has their own page to create with their family. For example, a child will take home a page that says "Daniella, Daniella, What do you see?" The child draws a picture of what they see and an adult either writes or helps them write what it is that they see. All the pages are put together and a title page of "Preschool, Preschool, What Do We See? is added. We read it as a class and then everyday a new child will take it home to look at and discuss with their family. The conversations that are created from the classroom book are amazing and professionally fulfilling. Children relate very easily to one another right away by acknowledging what the other children saw.
Jill, I too found that I had a lot of books, stored in the memory of my childhood. I enjoyed your post.
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