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Weaving the Literacy Web: Creating Curriculum Based on Books Children Love

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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.

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.

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!