From Goodnight Moon to The Very Hungry Caterpillar, books capture the attention and imagination of young children the way few other things can. Weaving the Literacy Web provides a framework for developing engaging, developmentally appropriate curriculum in the preschool classroom through the use of books children love. Six chapters offer an introduction to book-based webbing and ideas for activity planning, as well as helpful tips for observing children’s interests and evaluating books for the classroom library.
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Hope Vestergaard is an early childhood consultant and freelance writer. She has also worked as an early childhood teacher and center director. She is the author of several picture books, including Wake Up, Momma and Hello, Snow!
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As a kid, I was a book fiend. I read anything and everything I could get my hands on, including encyclopedias, cereal boxes, and "grown-up" books. I lived at the library, checking out the maximum number of books allowed each week and blasting through the summer reading programs. When I exhausted the youth and young adult departments at the library, I walked to the flagship Borders store and read new books, cover-to-cover, in one sitting. (I was gentle, I promise. And all the books I buy now more than make up for my childhood borrowing!)
When I was eight or nine, I wrote this sentence in my journal: When I read a good book I feel like I'm hiding inside it, watching the story happen around me. This is still true today. When I read a great book, I fall right in and I'm oblivious to everything else.
When I was in college, Jane Yolen, Patricia MacLachlan and Jane Dyer visited my Children's Lit class. I distinctly remember thinking, "That's a cool job!" But it didn't occur to me that it could be my job. I was planning to be a psychologist or teacher. I taught in early childhood programs for many years before I considered writing my own stories. After reading hundreds of books to young kids, I was fascinated by their responses to different books. Why did they love books I hated? Why didn't they love books I loved? What made a good book good? Eventually I started putting my own words to paper, and later, that led me here.
It's actually a little odd writing this biography. As a writer, I'm always looking for ways to improve my craft and better understand the writing process, so I'm intrigued by the personal backgrounds of my favorite authors. But as a reader, I prefer not to be aware of the writer at all. I just want to fall into books, and I don't blame anyone else who feels the same way. I hope readers fall into mine.
When I was eight or nine, I wrote this sentence in my journal: When I read a good book I feel like I'm hiding inside it, watching the story happen around me. This is still true today. When I read a great book, I fall right in and I'm oblivious to everything else.
When I was in college, Jane Yolen, Patricia MacLachlan and Jane Dyer visited my Children's Lit class. I distinctly remember thinking, "That's a cool job!" But it didn't occur to me that it could be my job. I was planning to be a psychologist or teacher. I taught in early childhood programs for many years before I considered writing my own stories. After reading hundreds of books to young kids, I was fascinated by their responses to different books. Why did they love books I hated? Why didn't they love books I loved? What made a good book good? Eventually I started putting my own words to paper, and later, that led me here.
It's actually a little odd writing this biography. As a writer, I'm always looking for ways to improve my craft and better understand the writing process, so I'm intrigued by the personal backgrounds of my favorite authors. But as a reader, I prefer not to be aware of the writer at all. I just want to fall into books, and I don't blame anyone else who feels the same way. I hope readers fall into mine.
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A superb contribution to curriculum development resources for the preschool program and kindergarten classroom,
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This review is from: Weaving the Literacy Web: Creating Curriculum Based on Books Children Love (Paperback)
Weaving The Literacy Web: Creating Curriculum Based On The Books Children Love by early childhood education consultant and children's books author Hope Vestergaard was specifically produced to provide classroom teachers a framework for engaging preschool children in a developmentally appropriate curriculum based on books that are attractive and engaging for them. Six complete chapters guide the reader through an introduction to book-based webbing and provide ideas for activity planning (including math, science, language, and creative arts), while also offering helpful tips for observing children's interests and evaluating books already present in a classroom library. A superb contribution to curriculum development resources for the preschool program and kindergarten classroom, Weaving The Literacy Web is also very highly recommended for the homeschooler wanting to instill a love of books and the pleasures of reading within their own children.
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The book gives you a great idea of how to start your own literacy web for your own book choices. I think the concept is wonderful and I whole-heartedly support using children's books as a focal point for cross-curricular webbing. However, I was disappointed by the lack of examples in this book. As a teacher, I'm always hoping for concrete, usable ideas that I can put into play in my classroom right away. I think it's important to "share the wealth" with one another and I felt a bit gipped here. I'd love to see her produce a book with more complete samples and lesson ideas. Otherwise, a great beginning resource and advocate of early childhood literacy.
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The book was not what I expected!,
This review is from: Weaving the Literacy Web: Creating Curriculum Based on Books Children Love (Paperback)
I was disappointed in this book.I expected the author to give curriculum based ideas for specific books, for example "Chica Chica Boom Boom"! Instead it was curriculum based ideas for any book that you choose. I can do that myself without purchasing the book!
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"Emergent curriculum" describes an approach to planning in which ideas and activities are allowed to emerge as children participate. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
emergent curriculum, sensory play, big hungry bear, sensory table, curriculum web, red ripe strawberry, older preschoolers, motor play, completed webs, magic pebble, board story Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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"Emergent curriculum" describes an approach to planning in which ideas and activities are allowed to emerge as children participate. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
emergent curriculum, sensory play, big hungry bear, sensory table, curriculum web, red ripe strawberry, older preschoolers, motor play, completed webs, magic pebble, board story Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Creative Arts Make, Eric Carle, Fine Motor Pick New!
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- The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry, and The Big Hungry Bear by Audrey Wood in Front Matter, page 54, and page 115
- Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak in Front Matter, and page 114
- No, David! by David Shannon on page 114, and page 123
- The Runaway Pumpkin by Kevin Lewis on page 78, and page 79
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle on page 67, and page 74
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