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MATH & SCIENCE LITERACY CONNECTIONS BIG IDEA WEBINARS WORKBOOKS

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$144.00

FOR PARENTS
Beginning With Mother Goose
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Growing With Mother Goose

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What's the BIG Idea?™ Making Math and Science Come Alive for Children and Families
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Beyond Difference

Why use picture books to talk about diversity?

And why use picture books in an upper elementary classroom, when children usually "graduate" to chapter books?

Educators and children have found that using picture books reopens an incredible world of story and art that provides a powerful means of connection to key curriculum ideas and meeting multiple curriculum standards.

Picture books:

can be read and discussed in the same day and can be revisited many times
can be used to engage children in discussions about similarities, differences, prejudices, inclusion, exclusion and social justice
level the playing field for less advanced readers, at the same time encouraging new levels of book experience for more advanced readers
lend themselves to explorations or conversations that address multiple learning styles
inspire extended cross-curriculum projects
provide opportunities for the development of visual and social literacy
introduce complex vocabulary, concepts and stories

The illustrations show new and often exciting places and characters who act and feel just as we do but who look different, have different abilities and live in different parts of our country. Picture books spark innumerable conversations tying the story to children's lives, to the world, to the curriculum.

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