I don't always like to read for myself, but I do love to read to children. This chapter is so practical. When I taught preschool, my kids loved I'm Going on a Bear Hunt. Before class I would rearrange the classroom and make the bear hunt. At the end I would put a huge teddy bear in a dark closet. The kids loved it.
I never thought about all the aspects that go into teaching reading or helping to continue literacy. I only wanted to make a fun reading lesson for my four year olds. I did not know about the six language arts. Reading, writing, listening, speaking, viewing, and visual representation (Tompkins, 2005) are stated in our textbook. I know it won't always be time sufficient, but to be able to develop a pattern of acting out literature, should help to keep children interested. I would think with all the high tech gadgets out there, the best way to keep kids thirsting for more literature is to bring the literature to life.
Here is the link to Rosen's site...
http://www.michaelrosen.co.uk/bearhunt.html
Another author that I have found is Steven Kroll. His books are a mix of fact and fiction. They are a faction. The field based teacher that I observed under read The Biggest Pumpkin Ever. It is a story about two mice that both end up taking care of a pumpkin and as a result the pumpkin becomes huge. Well, I went to his site and he has a variety of books that mix children's topics and natural resources or U.S. History. One book I want to get is Stuff. Reduce. Reuse. Recycle. I am not an extreme environmentalist, but I do feel we need to be responsible for our environment. I think this book could be incorporated into a lesson to show children how important it is to take care of where we live and what we own.
His site is...
http://www.stevenkrollauthor.com/
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