She was amazed at how easy it was to teach her, and she loved that her daughter asked to practice reading every day. She re-discovered her mother’s reading program when trying to teach her daughter to read.

Meeghan (Karle) Mousaw has a Bachelor in Business Administration from the University of Notre Dame and a Masters in Special Education from Assumption College. Crocodile Coloring Pages from Printable Colouring Pages.Printable Giraffe Craft from Learn Create Love.Paper Cup Penguin from The Seasoned Mom.If you love to put crafts together during a unit study, here are some fun ideas that would work well. Read the story of Noah and discuss what God asked Noah to do, and how Noah obeyed God. Teach the children about how the animals were cared for on Noah’s Ark. Did you know that animals speak Spanish too? Children always get a big kick out this and have fun pretending to be an animal who speaks Spanish! And, what is really fun is teaching the children the different sounds that an animal makes in Spanish. I modify this book for my third grader by reading the book in Spanish to her. I also love this book because I can use it to help teach Spanish to my children. Get your children active using these free printable From Head to Toe activity cards at Teach Them Beside Me or the printable From Head to Toe dice activity from Speech Therapy with Miss Cole.įrom Head to Toe by Eric Carle (at Amazon) The students can pick an animal to study and then draw a picture of the animal and write 3 facts about the animal. Students can then decide if each animal in the story is wild or tame. If the child is able, you can have the child add together the legs of all the animals.įor Science, you can teach the children the difference between wild and tame animals. We also count the number of legs on each animal. You can also create a printable book of things your child can do using the pages available in the printable pack.īy counting and writing out the number of animals in the book, you can insert an easy math activity. If you child loves to sing, follow along in your book with this cute sing-a-long. You can read, act out, and color this story as well! Additionally, at Sight and Sound Reading, we have our own story we created called “Monkey See, Monkey Do!” I have included this story in your packet. Children can draw their own pictures and make up their own words.

One of the many reasons I love the book is because it is so easy to modify for difficult subjects and ability levels.įor a Language Arts application, have children create their own story. The book is simple, repetitive, interactive, and fun for children as they listen and act out the different animals. Eric Carle writes, “I am a penguin and I turn my head. In the book, children read animal movements and then try them out for theselves.

One of my favorite books to read to children is From Head to Toe by Eric Carle.

From head to toe animals