Children learn at their own pace. It is not unusual for a child to pick a theme for a day and to follow through on that thought for an entire day. Janet Wong illustrates this thought process in her picture book, "Buzz". In this story, a little boy sees a busy, buzzing bee zipping from flower to flower, and this occurrence becomes his theme for the day. His parents' alarm clock buzzes when it goes off. His father's razor buzzes as he shaves. His mother's blow dryer buzzes while she styles her hair. The clothes dryer buzzes when its drying cycle is finished. The doorbell buzzes when his babysitter arrives. Eventually, the story ends with his "busy bee" mother zipping off to work.
Wong, Janet S. Buzz. Illus. Margaret Chodos-Irvine. Orlando FL: Voyager Books/Harcourt, Inc., 2000.
This web site was created for my Children's literacy course at Texas Tech University during the spring semester of 2008. This site shows my perspectives and opinions for the many literary works and assignments that were covered during this semester.
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"Those who do not educate themselves, stand the chance of becoming a slave to something else: such as poverty or ignorance or crime."
Michael E. Crutcher, Sr.
Michael E. Crutcher, Sr.
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Simplicity in Poetry
A zebra is "in a cage of its own making." (Mado Michio)
5 comments:
Micheal: like I said in class, this is a fantastic blogposting. It's clear, to the point, and says exactly what it needs to say in your particular way. I'd throw in the bibliographic references to serve as models to our own students. But it seems you have a very smooth style of writing. Keep it up.
Michael: I see you've gone back and made a few corrections (parent's to parents', for example), so thanks for that. Also, I meant to tell you, you've got an awesome grasp of the story summary. I like how concise and clear you are in telling what a story is. Consider a strong suit, and I'd recommend you begin to think of how to use your "book-talking" skills in front of your students. A book-talk involves part summary (without giving away the ending) and part commercial for the book.
I agree with you that children learn at their own pace. We should look for a window of opportunity in which to teach the something new from whatever "theme" or idea they are interested in.
Michael: I agree with you that children learn form their surroundings. This book takes a simple word and noise that we may take for granted and opens the eyes of children on a new word and sound.
I like how you made the connection with the book starting and ending with a "busy bee". I think this also helps children to begin creating relationships and similarities with other people and things.
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