Kindergarten, Science, Week 33

Here are the books we read this week:

• Amazing Snakes by Alexandra Parsons
• Photographs; we just looked at the pictures in this book
• Creepy, Crawly Caterpillars by Margery Facklam
• Realistic drawings; we just looked at the pictures in this book, too
• A Ladybug's Life by John Himmelman
• Realistic drawings; each page has a picture with one line of text, showing the ladybug's life cycle. Does not go into detail regarding mating.
• What Do You Do When Something Wants to Eat You? by Steve Jenkins
• Illustrations are made from cut paper; covers a variety of animals methods of escaping danger
• From Caterpillar to Butterfly by Deborah Heiligman
• Drawings of caterpillar/butterfly are realistic; story of children in a classroom watching a caterpillar grow and change into a butterfly. Two to four lines of text per page.
• Thinking About Ants by Barbara Brenner
• Realistic paintings, but the ants are larger than life so you can see them in detail; very interesting book showing ant's lives. K. kept adding information because she enjoys watching the video: Magic School Bus Get Ants in its Pants
• Animals in Winter by Henrietta Bandroft & Richard G. Van Gelder
• Realistic paintings; shows how a variety of animals spend the winter; two or three lines of text per page
• Where are the Night Animals? by Mary Ann Fraser
• Realistic paintings; takes you through the night with a coyote, skunk, owl, opossum, raccoon, frog, bat; two or three lines of text per page
• Snail in the Woods by Joanne Ryder
• Simple, realistic drawings; takes you through the life cycle of a snail; one to three sentences of text per page. This is an "I can read" book.
• How Animal Babies Stay Safe by Mary Ann Fraser
• Realistic paintings; shows how a variety of animals are kept from danger by their parents; two to three lines of text per page
• A Year in the Forest by Bill Hall
• Great color and black/white drawings; starts with Spring and goes through the year following certain animals and their lives.

Just for fun books we read:

• If You Were Born a Kitten by Marion Dane Bauer
• Lovely, realistic, paintings; tells about a variety of baby animals, ending with "Of course, you're not a tadpole. . . . And yet you were born, too. You rode curled beneath your mother's heart, growing and growing. You floated in a salty sea, waiting and waiting. Waiting for us who were waiting for you. "We're ready," we said. And you were ready, too. So you squeezed out, wailing. Naked as a bear cub. Soft as a porcupette. Wrinkled as a deer mouse. Free as a kitten. You."
• Imagine You Are a Tiger by Karen Wallace
• Realistic paintings; takes you from birth to being a full-grown tiger
• A Fawn in the Grass by Joanne Ryder
• Realistic paintings; takes a child on a walk through the woods and all the things they see
• Each Living Thing by Joanne Ryder
• Realistic paintings; talks about watching out for animals and letting them be
• The Very Clumsy Click Beetle by Eric Carle
• Story of a click beetle learning to turn over. About 3 pages from the end you get to hear the "click" of the beetle, which, of course, makes this a very fun book!
• Mr. Carey's Garden by Jane Cutler
• Story of a man who allows the snails to eat his garden so he can see how pretty it is in the moonlight.
• My Father's Hands by Joanne Ryder
• As a father works in the garden, he shows his daughter insects and bugs he discovers.