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Lazily, Crazily, Just a Bit Nasally: More about Adverbs (Words Are Categorical)

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A brown cat had his staff in hand and was trying to see where his sheep had gone to. Some of those wiggly eyed critters were right next to him while the others were over there. Of course an adverb can "sometimes tell us where." They can also tell us when. Two jazzy cats with sunnies and visors were admiring the statue of a long gone hero cat, but they knew that "this is now and that was then." Three goofy cows watched their pal as he got his collar stuck on the edge of a waning moon. "Adverbs sometimes tell us how" and someone would have to "carefully remove this cow." Wow! They can tell you how often or modify a verb. Can you tell what is going on with the zany cats and adverbs in this rhyme?

Lazily sleeping,
nasally weeping,
a dude eating food
while he's rudely beep-beeping.

Crazily, Curtis repainted
the Chang bridge.
Adverbs add all kinds
of life to our language!

For some youngsters trying to learn about different parts of speech and their functions can be a daunting task, but because adverbs have many different functions, it is sometimes difficult for them to learn and categorize them. The cats in this book will let you know by example (and in some zany rhymes) that an "adverb is a word or phrase that describes, when, how, where, how often, and how much." The adverbs are color coded to make it easier to sort them. For example, the word "seldom" is printed in green because it tells the young student that it tells how often something was done. The illustrations are vibrant, animated and comical which add that much needed visual touch to learning. This is one in the series of "Words Are CATegorical," a series you might want to look into for homeschool or classroom use!

If you enjoy words, Brian Cleary's books are delightful to read aloud, especially with a child. We have many of his "crazily rhymes" in books that teach youngsters even when they think they're just having fun. Easy to read but sound in grammatical principles.

I Homeschool and this whole series of books is FANTASTIC in teaching parts of speech! Even older ADULTS learn from these books! If you have kids, you "GOTTA' HAVE THESE BOOKS!"