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| frederick leo lionni activities: Teaching with Favorite Leo Lionni Books Kathleen M. Hollenbeck, 2000 Engaging teaching activities and rare, inside glimpse into Leo Lionni's creative process that will captivate your students almost as much as Swimmy and Frederick do! |
| frederick leo lionni activities: It's Mine! Leo Lionni, 1996-03-19 Three selfish frogs quarrel over who owns their pond and island, until a storm makes them value the benefits of sharing. |
| frederick leo lionni activities: The Greentail Mouse Leo Lionni, 2013-01-08 Originally published in 1973, this is the offbeat fable of a city mouse who visits his peaceful country cousins and tells them about Mardi Gras in the city. The country mice are inspired to have their own Mardi Gras. And at first, it is fun wearing their masks with sharp teeth and tusks and scaring each other, but after a while, they begin believing that they really are ferocious animals. Leo Lionni's winsome mice cavort across big double-page spreads of oil paintings and tell a story about what is real and what is not that is just right for preschoolers. Reissued in hardcover in 2003, it now makes its debut in Dragonfly paperback. |
| frederick leo lionni activities: Frederick (Leo Lionni's Friends) Leo Lionni, 2022-05-10 Leo Lionni’s Caldecott Honor–winning story about a little mouse who gathers something unusual for the long winter is celebrating its fiftieth birthday! Winter is coming, and all the mice are gathering food . . . except for Frederick. But when the days grow short and the snow begins to fall, it’s Frederick’s stories that warm the hearts and spirits of his fellow field mice. Winner of a 1967 Caldecott Honor, Frederick has been cherished by generations of readers. “A splendid achievement.” —School Library Journal, starred review “In Frederick, a mouse who is a poet from the tip of his nose to the end of his tail demonstrates that a seemingly purposeless life is indeed far from that—and that we need not live by bread alone!” —Eric Carle |
| frederick leo lionni activities: An Extraordinary Egg Leo Lionni, 1994-03-22 This egg-splosive tale of mistaken identity from Caldecott winner Leo Lionni is perfect for springtime reading and frog fans everywhere! For three frogs, an ordinary day on Pebble Island becomes extraordinary when one of them discovers a beautiful white egg. Although they've never seen a chicken egg, they're sure that's what this is. So, when the egg hatches and out crawls a long, green, scaly, four-legged creature, they naturally call it . . . a chicken! Leo Lionni's colorful animal fable—one of his simplest and funniest—features a hilarious case of mistaken identity that's an utter delight. An eggstraordinary treat from a master storyteller.—SLJ Just the thing to lighten up a picture-book hour.—Kirkus |
| frederick leo lionni activities: Little Blue and Little Yellow Leo Lionni, 2017-01-17 Beloved picture book creator and four-time Caldecott Honor-winner Leo Lionni's very first story for children, and a New York Times Best Illustrated Book of the Year. Little Blue and Little Yellow are best friends, but one day they can’t find each other. When they finally do, they give each other such a big hug that they turn green! How they find their true colors again concludes a wonderfully satisfying story told with colorful pieces of torn paper and very few words. Leo Lionni launched his children’s book career in 1959 with Little Blue and Little Yellow, and this 50th-anniversary edition, complete with Lionni’s own explanation of how the book came to be, is sure to resonate with children today. |
| frederick leo lionni activities: Pezzettino Leo Lionni, 2012-01-10 A classic fable about the search for identity, from Caldecott Honor winning picture book creator Leo Lionni. Pezzettino lives in a world in which everyone is big and does daring and wonderful things. But he is small, just a “little piece,” which is the meaning of pezzettino in Italian. “I must be a piece of somebody. I must belong to someone else,” he thinks. How Pezzettino learns that he belongs to no one but himself is the joyous and satisfying conclusion to this beautiful mosaic style picture book. |
| frederick leo lionni activities: A Color of His Own Leo Lionni, 2011-09-28 Elephants are gray. Pigs are pink. Only the chameleon has no color of his own. He is purple like the heather, yellow like a lemon, even black and orange striped like a tiger! Then one day a chameleon has an idea to remain one color forever by staying on the greenest leaf he can find. But in the autumn, the leaf changes from green to yellow to red . . . and so does the chameleon. When another chameleon suggests they travel together, he learns that companionship is more important than having a color of his own. No matter where he goes with his new friend, they will always be alike. Now available as an eBook. |
| frederick leo lionni activities: Geraldine, The Music Mouse Leo Lionni, 2016-06-07 The cheerful celebration of art, music, and cheese from beloved four-time Caldecott Honor-winner Leo Lionni. While nibbling at a huge hunk of parmesan cheese, Geraldine uncovers a cheese statue of a mouse playing what seems to be a flute but on closer inspection is really its tail. That night Geraldine is woken by silver and gold sounds. “This must be music!” she says. And every night the cheese mouse fills Geraldine’s hideaway with beautiful music. Then one day her hungry mice friends ask her to share her cheese with them. Geraldine’s new love of music infuses her with a magic of her own and provides a satisfying conclusion to this delightful tale. |
| frederick leo lionni activities: Tillie and the Wall Leo Lionni, 2014-01-07 A timeless fable about unity and breaking down barriers, from four-time Caldecott Honor-winner Leo Lionni. All her life Tillie the mouse has wondered what lies on the other side of the wall. Imagining all sorts of fantastic possibilities, she digs a tunnel to get to the other side, where she discovers . . . other mice, just like her! Together, Tillie and her friends work to bring down the wall and unite mouse-kind. Written just before the fall of the Berlin wall, this seemingly simple fable has a powerful message for all children—and all people. |
| frederick leo lionni activities: The Snowy Nap Jan Brett, 2018-10-16 In this instant winter classic, Jan Brett's Hedgie tries to stay awake so he doesn't miss out on all the snowy fun his friends are having. A chill is in the air, and as Hedgie trundles around the farm all his friends tell him of the winter-time fun he will miss as he hibernates: Icicles decorating the chicken coop! Lisa making snowmen! The pond turned to slippery ice! It sounds so amazing that Hedgie decides to stay awake instead of going to his burrow. But then, a snowstorm starts. Luckily, Lisa finds him and brings him to her home, so Hedgie gets to see the wonders of winter from inside the cozy house. From the creator of winter classics like The Mitten, The Animals' Santa, and The Three Snow Bears comes another seasonal adventure that is sure to warm the heart. |
| frederick leo lionni activities: When We Were Alone David A. Robertson, 2017-02-13 A young girl notices things about her grandmother that make her curious. Why does her grandmother have long, braided hair and beautifully coloured clothing? Why does she speak Cree and spend so much time with her family? As she asks questions, her grandmother shares her experiences in a residential school, when all of these things were taken away. Also available in a bilingual Swampy Cree/English edition. When We Were Alone won the 2017 Governor General's Literary Award in the Young People's Literature (Illustrated Books) category, and was nominated for the TD Canadian's Children's Literature Award. |
| frederick leo lionni activities: Let's Play Leo Lionni, 1993-08-01 Vibrant collage illustrations capture two mice as they enjoy some of life's greatest pleasures--from picking flowers and climbing a tree to swimming and reading. For children under three. |
| frederick leo lionni activities: Cornelius Leo Lionni, 1994-03 Unlike other crocodiles, Cornelius walks upright, sees things no crocodile has ever seen before, and does tricks no other crocodile can. His friends aren't impressed--or are they? |
| frederick leo lionni activities: Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse Leo Lionni, 2017-01-17 Everyone loves Willy the wind-up mouse, while Alexander the real mouse is chased away with brooms and mousetraps. Wouldn't it be wonderful to be loved and cuddled, thinks Alexander, and he wishes he could be a wind-up mouse too. In this gentle fable about a real mouse and a mechanical mouse, Leo Lionni explores the magic of friendship. Originally published in 1969, the Caldecott Honor-winning Alexander and the Wind-up Mouse is sure to enchant a whole new generation of readers. |
| frederick leo lionni activities: Who? Leo Lionni, 2014-01-07 From squirrels to turtles to prickly porcupines, Leo Lionni's signature illustration style and a toddler-friendly text ask a simple question: Who is the animal on each page? One of four board books that celebrates the art and imagination of Leo Lionni, this book is a perfect introduction to identifying animals for busy toddlers, as well as a wonderful stepping stone into the world of one of our best-loved children's book creators. |
| frederick leo lionni activities: Fish is Fish Leo Lionni, 2015-07-14 Leo Lionni’s spirited story about a minnow and a tadpole is now available as a Step 3 Step into Reading book—perfect for children who are ready to read on their own! |
| frederick leo lionni activities: Nicolas, Where Have You Been? Leo Lionni, 2007 Mishap turns to adventure as a young mouse learns that all birds are not the enemies he thought they were. |
| frederick leo lionni activities: A Busy Year Leo Lionni, 2004 An around-the-seasons board book to enjoy every month of the year! Now available in a board book edition, here is Leo Lionni’s joyous celebration of the rhythms of nature. A tree changes month by month, watched over by twin mice who admire her on their frequent visits. “Oh, Woody, you are beautiful!” they exclaim in May, when her leaves are full and blossoming. And at Christmas, after a full year of friendship, the mice and tree rejoice together, looking forward to the next busy year. |
| frederick leo lionni activities: Matthew's Dream Leo Lionni, 2014 Matthew the mouse lives in a dreary corner of a dusty attic. But a trip to the museum helps him to see his surroundings in a new light. With brush in paw, Matthew sets out to paint the shapes and colours of joy. |
| frederick leo lionni activities: Theodore and the Talking Mushroom Leo Lionni, 2009 Originally published: Pantheon Books, 1971. Copyright renewed 1998. |
| frederick leo lionni activities: The Stamp Collector Jennifer Lanthier, 2012 On the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) Honour List 2014 2013 Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Award Honor Book 2013 Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award nominee Forest of Reading's Golden Oak 2014 winner 2014 Silver Birch Express Award nominee OLA 2012 Best Bet - Picture Books category A city boy finds a stamp that unlocks his imagination; a country boy is captivated by stories. When they grow up, the two boys take different paths--one becomes a prison guard, the other works in a factory--but their early childhood passions remain. When the country boy's stories of hope land him in prison, the letters and stamps sent to him from faraway places intrigue the prison guard and a unique friendship begins. |
| frederick leo lionni activities: Snow Day for Mouse Judy Cox, 2012 On a snowy day, Mouse is swept outside where he plays in the snow, ice skates on a frozen puddle, and makes sure his friends the birds get something to eat. |
| frederick leo lionni activities: Activities for Building Character and Social-Emotional Learning Katia Petersen, 2012 Ready-to-use activities integrate into the daily curriculum to help teachers create a safe and caring classroom |
| frederick leo lionni activities: Big Ideas for Little Kids Thomas E. Wartenberg, 2014-04-28 Big Ideas for Little Kids includes everything a teacher, a parent, or a college student needs to teach philosophy to elementary school children from picture books. Written in a clear and accessible style, the book explains why it is important to allow young children access to philosophy during primary-school education. Wartenberg also gives advice on how to construct a learner-centered classroom, in which children discuss philosophical issues with one another as they respond to open-ended questions by saying whether they agree or disagree with what others have said. |
| frederick leo lionni activities: Easy Art Activities That Spark Super Writing Dea Paoletta Auray, Barbara Mariconda, 2000-10 Foster wonderful writing with quick and easy art activities. First, invite students to create a collage, winter mural, decorated crown, or other simple art project. Then use inspiring prompts to guide kids to use their art as a springboard to writing! The great writing activities teach elaboration, summarization, plot, character, and more. |
| frederick leo lionni activities: Reading with Leo Lionni (Author Study) Gr. 1-2 Natalie Regier, 2001-01-01 Kids love Leo Lionni's books because they entertain and deal with emotions, feelings and issues that are important to kids, all at the same time. Our author study is designed to explore the award winning books and artwork of Leo Lionni. The order in which Leo Lionni's books are shared is entirely up to the teacher, building more flexibility into the unit. There are complete lessons including reproducible pages, activities and questions for each of the following books: The Alphabet Tree, Little Blue and Yellow, A Color Of His Own. An Extraordinary Egg, Frederick, The Greentail Mouse, Mr M. Mouse, Matthew's Dream, A Busy Year, Tillie And The Wall, Alexander and The Wind-Up Mouse, Geraldine, The Music Mouse, and much more. This Author Study provides a teacher and student section with a variety of activities, author biography, self-evaluation, story sequencing, and reader's theatre to create a well-rounded lesson plan. |
| frederick leo lionni activities: Story Program Activities for Older Children Carolyn Sue Peterson, 1987 |
| frederick leo lionni activities: Exploring Feelings: Activities for Young Children Susan Neuman, Ph.D., Renee Panoff, Ph.D., 1987-10 We all want our children to grow into healthy, self-confident, secure adults. Exploring Feelings is just the resource you need to help make it happen. This truly unique and invaluable activity book is the first to focus on emotional development -- on helping young children develop self-confidence, independence and creative freedom. These delightful activities help children acknowledge and examine their feelings about their families, their friends and themselves, and encourage children to use their five senses to explore the world around them. Using everyday experiences, ideas and materials, these activities are suitable for both a group or individual home setting. Help give the children you love the precious gift of a healthy outlook and a positive self-image. You'll be helping your children be all that they can be with Exploring Feelings. |
| frederick leo lionni activities: Swimmy and Frederick by Leo Lionni Jean Jamieson, 2000 Suggests activities to be used in the classroom to accompany the stories Swimmy and Frederick by Leo Lionni. |
| frederick leo lionni activities: Hands-On Phonics Activities for Elementary Children Karen Meyers Stangl, 2000-08-10 Classroom reading teachers and specialists will find hundreds of stimulating hands-on activities for developing children's knowledge of the alphabet and letter-sound relationships, plus scores of reproducible book and word lists that can be used to tailor almost any of the activities in the book to a specific phonics skill. Hands-On Phonics activities for Elementary Children is organized into four sections: Hands-On Phonics Activities for Pre-Readers (Grades K-1) Hands-On Phonics Activities for Emerging Readers (Grades 1-2) Hands-On Phonics Activities for Developing Readers (Grades 2-5) Lists for Developing Hands-On Phonics Activities |
| frederick leo lionni activities: 50 Art Activities Scholastic Books, 1997-09 Child-centered, hands-on activities. |
| frederick leo lionni activities: Creative Activities for Young Children Mary Mayesky, 2006 In this very special book, teachers, parents and care givers will be exposed to hundreds of age-appropriate activities for young children through grade 5?all aimed at promoting creativity through art activities across the curriculum. The author presents a wealth of information about developing creativity in children and in their adult educators with such activities as art and food recipes, finger plays, and poems and through the use of such resources as book and software lists, advice for choosing children's books, hundreds of resource Web sites and much more. Readers will appreciate the sound theoretical base presented for the hundreds of practical activities designed to encourage creativity in children and their educators. ?This One's for You? and ?Think About It? sections make the text more interesting by expanding coverage to related, thought-provoking research in early childhood education. This book is a must have for those looking to bring creativity to young children in a very engaging way. |
| frederick leo lionni activities: The Picture Book Almanac Nancy J. Polette, 2015-11-10 This essential guide has exactly the right books to help you celebrate special days throughout the year—even holidays you've never heard of—and provides hundreds of fun titles and activities that could inspire your students to become life-long readers. Young students need to continually be presented with a vast variety of types of books, authors, illustrators, and subject matter in order to find the perfect concept or image that sparks their imagination, takes their comprehension to a new level, or helps them turn the corner to becoming a book lover. Nancy J. Polette's The Picture Book Almanac: Picture Books and Activities to Celebrate 365 Familiar and Unusual Holidays can be used year-round as a key to open that great literary treasure vault. The books Polette has painstakingly selected for their value as learning opportunities tie into both familiar and unusual holidays, ranging from official, nationally recognized holidays to obscure ones such as Milk Day and Thesaurus Day. The daily featured book titles cover the classics, such as books in the Paddington Bear series and Cinderella to outstanding current and just-published titles, collectively representing the best choices for collection building over time. This book is an excellent tool for collection development as well as an indispensable resource for reading teachers and classroom teachers. |
| frederick leo lionni activities: Teaching with Favorite Franklin Books Kathleen M. Hollenbeck, 2002-11 Activity-packed resource uses 12 popular Franklin books to explore topics of real importance to kids, such as starting school, making new friends and handling emotions. Includes a profile of Franklin author Paulette Bourgeois, reproducibles and related literature links. |
| frederick leo lionni activities: Easy-To-Read Folktale Plays to Teach Conflict Resolution Kathleen M. Hollenbeck, 2003-02 10 reproducible plays from around the world with engaging activities that help kids build the skills they need to prevent and resolve conflicts. |
| frederick leo lionni activities: Ready-To-Use Social Skills Lessons And Activities For Grades PreK-K (1995 Edition, Layflat Version) Ruth Weltmann Begun, 1995-05-24 Designed to help teach positive behavior skills to student of all abilities. Students learn such social skills as dealing with anger productively; setting goals; building self-confidence; dealing with prejudice; and more. |
| frederick leo lionni activities: Character Building Jeri A. Carroll, Marsha A. Gladhart, Dixie L. Petersen, 1997-03-01 Recommends stories that teach honesty, responsibility, compassion, self-discipline, and perseverance, among other values, with follow-up discussions and activities. |
| frederick leo lionni activities: Teaching with Favorite Kevin Henkes Books Immacula A. Rhodes, 2002 Lily, Chrysanthemum, Chester, and the other lovable characters in Kevin Henkes books tickle and touch the hearts of kids everywhere. This creative and engaging author study will help you explore with your students the real-life conflicts and emotions experienced by his characters in true childlike fashion. Includes a profile of the author, skill-building activities to learn about character, plot, and setting, discussion ideas, interactive mini-books, and extensions in writing, math, art, music, movement, and more! For use with Grades K-2. |
| frederick leo lionni activities: Teaching Higher-Order Thinking to Young Learners, K–3 Steffen Saifer, 2024-09-20 To be truly educated today, students need more than knowledge; they need higher-order thinking skills. Critical and creative thinking is required to recognize and counter disinformation, to overcome thinking errors, and to be successful in school and life. To effectively teach these skills, we must start early, when young minds are still forming. While K–3 students are capable of higher-order thinking, most lessons engage only their lower-order thinking. In this comprehensive book based on sound science, Dr. Saifer offers many practical and engaging ways to develop students’ logical, critical, and creative thinking skills within nearly every lesson, in all subject areas, and throughout the day. Teaching Higher-Order Thinking to Young Learners, K–3: How to Develop Sharp Minds for the Disinformation Age is key reading for any early childhood teacher, leader, or parent. |
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