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Circles are Fun and Everywhere you Look!

Round is the Name of this weeks Children's Book and Read Aloud

Tumpsky & Mrs Small (Link)

A lovely uplifting picture book is ready for you to check out on T&MS! Circle shapes are everywhere kids, get your eye-spy glasses on and count how many you can find! Make a list to tally them up and see if your friends and family find the same ones you eye-spied!

The author, Joyce Sidman and illustrator Taeeun Yoo have put together an uplifting, curious book. After your children read it they will be further busy looking for circles everywhere. Circles are round, but 'round' is technically a three dimensional thing. Some examples would be; a ball, the moon (though it looks flat), seeds, an orange, etc.

But here is where the fun comes in...kids will start noticing other shapes around them and the eye-spy game will morph into triangles, squares, ovals, rectangles. It will go on and on. A great book for stepping into geometry! Kudos to the author/illustrator for broadening the basics in life and using our surroundings for teaching our youth.

#tumpskyandmrssmall #picturebook #shapes

Many Umbrellas will Chase those Clouds Away!

The Umbrella by, Beth Ferry and Tom Lichtenheld

Uplifting and Bright... moving away from those grey doldrums.

A cute little story that helps us thru the doldrums that rain can bring. It's about a young girl and her puppy who are determined to go out and do all the things they would do on a regular sunny day. Hurrying to town, rain pouring down, she looks in the window of a junk shop, stops and goes in...yes, of course with her puppy! They both find a straggled umbrella that is bright yellow, unusable, and frankly aghast! What was the shop keeper thinking? But no hesitation, the young girl says 'wrap it up!' Thank goodness it was free, with the free tag showing.

As the rain pours down and the young girl hurries back home the umbrella sheds what little pieces of material is left on its metal frame. The image of yellow bits scattered all over the wet ground and grass is sad. But... the next day a miracle happens. No I can't tell you...... that would spoil the story. Just know it's a good ending. Hee hee. Great for 1st Grade, K, Pre-K.

The extra story that's included in the video on Youtube is called, Mission Addition, by Loreen Leedy....that would be a great teachers name. Anyway, it is a minimally animated story about a school teacher a, "Ms. Hippo," who helps the children/animal-critters, learn math the fun way, as Gumshoes! Great for 1st Graders!

#Seasonal #readaloud #children #kids #story

Shapes, Size and Counting - Sorting Colors - Beginning Reader #readaloud

I Love the 3 S's: Shapes, Size, Sorting!

With the Extra Add-on, Counting!

As a Teacher

This is a lovely book that contains many ways of learning wrapped up into one work of art. I know it's a book, but it's also considered art in my personal opinion. Can art become math! Of course and in this jewel of an aid for learning, it is a keeper. In fact, I may try to emulate what this author has done in another book idea I want to develope.

But why, you ask, is this one so great! Three reasons come to mind... First, it is simple in style. The creatures for example are basic shapes, with basic colors, with different sizes. Numerous blends of pertinent question can be asked, for example; An owl is a square that has one primary color. A snail is a circle, with a secondary color. A whale is a blue triangle. Rudimentary shapes, colors, etc. make for simplistic form and easy likability for the young in mind. Secondly, there aren't so many words filling up the page. Beginning readers, sounding out one or two words. Thirdly, this is a book intended for beginning geometry ie; shapes, size, and how they can be sorted, small, medium, large. Fourthly, because I just thought of it... is because it is mathematical. It sings; count me, design me, color me, sort!

Mathematics - Addition Strategies Level 2

100th Shopper Wins Prizes!

Animated!

An animated, page-turning, fun Read Aloud for 1st Grader's and 2nd Grader's. The author embraces different Math Adding Strategies for kids so as to make numbers easier to add; for example, how would you total up 5+5+5+6 in your head? Count by fives and then add the 1. Right? 5+5+5+5+1= 21.

I also chose to animate this book as a Youtube picturebook read-aloud for extra fun. The words underlining's sparkle as the sentences are read..

I think the kids will enjoy this along with other math books on the Tumpsky and Mrs Small Youtube channel or @TumpskyandMrsSmall. The animation was created on Apple Keynote.

#Math #children's #book #readaloud #animated #Youtube #100th #picturebook #videostory

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Chester's Way -:- Books Read to Kids Aloud - Kevin Henkes

Great Class Curriculum!

Celebrating Personality Differences

This will take you to my Youtube Channel

Synopsis:

Chester Mouse does things a certain way, he likes the way he does them. His friend Wilson does things with Chester as if they were two peas in a pod, or two birds of a feather, you know, compadres. They are as if one. Then a new mouse, Lily, comes to the neighborhood and she does things very wild and different. She creates her own fun and does things differently in a very entertaining, unusual way. She seems peculiar even strange to Chester and Wilson as they observe her, but do not befriend her. Things change drastically when Bully's pick on Chester and Wilson when they've done nothing wrong. Lily steps into the scene and scares the boys off with her brave tactics. The three become good friends after all. But wait! There is a surprise ending! No you'll have to read the book or follow along with Mrs Small Read Aloud video.

Kevin Henkes (pronounced Hen 🐓Keys🗝s) is a prolific children's book writer. He has done several YA books as well as Picture-books for kids. See as follow;

As you can see his contributions are prolific! #KevinHenkes

Natural Science - Takin' a Bug Adventure Part 1, 2 & 3! Insect, Spiders, Bee's!

Kids Love to Explore

Let the Creepy, Crawly, Buzzy's Begin!

There are many bug books out there so it was difficult to pick one that gave an overview as well as some good details to use in retrospect toward educating kids. I tried to keep the parts short and even added some extra footage for better understanding. Part 1 Insect Overview, Part 2 Spiders, Part 3 Bee's. Enjoy! #Insects #Spiders #Bee #Science #Nature

Please Feel the Need to Share to Whom You Think Might Benefit! Thank You!

Part 1 Insect Characteristics

Part 2 Spiders

Part 3 Bee's

Little Bear Goes Camping!

Plus, McD's Goat's Got to Eat Better!

The author knows kids at this particular age want to do things on their own and/or with close friends, and having ones own private tent space, alone or with pals, does the trick. It's a special place.

1) The Little Bear story creates a desire for kids to want to go camping in their own backyard! The book is for Beginning Reader's and uses simple sentence structure. This would be a fun book for kids to read aloud, while camping themselves like the animals in the story.

2) The Goat story has a silly nature, and a message that speaks loud and clear in getting kids, (pun intended) to eat better. I noticed it took 4 adults to pull it together, probably because McDonalds has enough money making for larger collaborations. The illustrations are terrifically wonky, which kids enjoy. Love the corner bite out of the book effect for book design, it says "Goat's been here!

Please comment; as just looking at this bear yawning, is affecting me right now! Zzzzz

Valentines Book Reading in June, Because Love is Important Every Month!

I Know I Can't Get Enough!

@I need it all year long, not just in the month of February! but June, July, August,... Also!

Gail Gibbons Valentine's Expression

Gail does a nice job of explaining Valentine's Day in a sensible, child-intentional way. Her title, "Valentine's Day Is..." leads you into the numerous elements that make up the celebrated day of February 14th, congruent with today and in yesteryears.

As a child, I always enjoyed this day at school because of the recognition from other classmates, the participation in making cards for others, and the yummy goodies and treats we all got to eat. To be recognized by your classmate is just one of the many benefits social calendar events have, not to mention the uplifting, ego boosting, "you like me?!" factor. Most of us young girls knew which boy we wanted to marry in our class, well at least I did anyway. There was nothing to be ashamed of. I had eyes for Mark P. Wow was I in love, until the following year anyway, then I was in love with Andy B. Looking back it's amazing just how early we recognized our sweethearts and just how adaptable are little hearts were, leaping with joy encountering our small crushes.

Happy Valentine's Day in June

Math and Numbers Attack Classroom Students!

What? No Way!

A class is learning their times table and the teacher is calling on individual students to give the correct answer. A young girl is given the question, "what is 7 x 10?" and is so flustered the numbers explode from her person/brain and start flying all over the room chasing other kids down the hall etc. Every time the young girl tells someone else what happened, ie; the nurse, the principle, the police officer, numbers start to rumble and invade the immediate environment. The creative story is rather brilliant. I for one can relate as I was not a numbers person as a youth, being very self-conscious among friends and classmates. I could easily be flustered as my mind went blank. In this stories case, the opposite happened and the numbers went wild. Three hooray's for the illustrations! Very unique.

Spiders! Arachnid Science!

G. Gibson Picture Book w/Extra Cartoon Fun!

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I think this book is great for kids age 4-8. It's tame for those who get the hebbie-geebies from spiders. I wanted to introduce this book even if it's been out for awhile because it's good science. Since it's October 1st and 30 days until Halloween, I thought it would be well aligned with this months festivities.

AND

Mr. Spider at Your Service ready to give you a Boo!

This is the little character that I've incorporated into the storyline for more fun and excitement for the little ones. Gail Gibson is very well known as a children's book writer. I have many of her books read aloud and she has many. I believe she's been writing for a long time for kids.

Here is an extra spider story attached to the video, and yes Mrs. Small sings it for you, so you need to watch and listen for yourself on the video above.

" Little Miss Muffet,

Sat on a tuffet,

Eating her curds and whey,

When along came a Spider,

And sat down beside her,

And scared Little Miss Muffet away..."

Someone Had to Invent the First Doable Crayon!

Can You Name That Company?

Only 8 Colors in the Beginning

"Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple, Brown, and Black were the first of the starting colors. Initially some children got to name some of the colors. After a long time passing, the "Wild" and "FUN" names for each color seemed endless.

This lovely children picture book, called "The Crayon Man," was written by Natascha Biebow, and illustrated by Steven Salerno in 2019.

It's about the time period in 1903 when children had nothing to color with. Most children used a type of clay chalk on a slate board, or had clunky colors that didn't work so well. Not until Edwin Binney listened to his wife and her complaining that something needed to be done about it. He got on it right away, and didn't give up until he had the perfect eight colors of crayon any child could hold within their little hands. They were made with wax and ground up, non-toxic pigments from the earth.

Edwin and his cousin Harold Smith, worked and worked, never giving up with his team who were just as eager to find a solution to making the perfect colored sticks. After much trial and error they finally had come up with the perfect, wax crayon, using a touch of clay for strength.

Eight colors were boxed up and presented special at the St. Louis State Fair. People could purchase their own small box for the first time. The "Crayola Crayon Company" was a success and they won a Gold Medal for all their concerted efforts and fine products. They made children happy everywhere in the world they had become available!

Currently there are 120 different colors all with their own individual special names. Over time there have been up to 400 different names, but right now, they are using 120!

Click to watch the Read Aloud!

Water Dance, It Really Does Dance!

In All It's Magnificent Forms!

A Youthful Account and Approach to the Mysteries of Water

Water Dance, by Thomas Locker, Read Aloud by Mrs Small

I was very moved by this book. I think you will be too. It takes us on a journey, one that we may take initially for granted, but as it sinks in like water does, it helps you realize how precious water is in all it's form and glory. From rivers, to lakes, in waterfalls, and rainbows this wonderful element saves you and me again and again and again. A simple beauty; the delicate shower, the raging storm, its forms are many, its elegance and life restoration speaks loud in this picture book. It will have you mesmerized and feeling grateful and blessed.

The title of the book, "Water Dance," intrigued me. The pages that followed then had me absorbed. I couldn't stop reading. Such a simple concept put into prose that makes you stop and realize just how many forms one see's water in. The timing of the words so well thought out and perfectly placed. Will kids enjoy this? Will it hold their attention? I say yes! And when you read it reflecting the majesty of the words, your interaction and reaction will be placed upon the child in such a way that it will take them to the place where you are, and hold their attention.

The First Day of April is April Fools Day - Oh Yes!

Farm Filled Fun! Kids 'R Tricksters!

The Animals 'as R' into it

A catastrophe is happening on the farm according to Grandson and Granddaughter, but Grandpa won't check out the animals and the PROBLEMS presently going on because he knows it's April fools Day and thinks he's being tricked, he doesn't want to be the fool. See what happens! It's very funny. No I'm not telling you the outcome. Lol

I love the rhythm text format in this book, it works very well. The author and illustrator combine their talents divinely. The drawing is very cartoony and light, nothing spectacular but has a cuteness to it that your little ones will enjoy.

I remember as a child eating bacon for breakfast, eggs, the works, not anymore, it is oatmeal for me everyday. I won't eat the fake bacon or the non-cholesterol imitation eggs, yuck. I just miss that bacon, bacon, bacon, this book will help you want some GOOD breakfast. Not good for you breakfast, but yummy tasting, those were the days. Enjoy your breakfast little kiddo's it is one of those memories you will cherish!

Native American Poetic Science For the Youth

A Book that's Spiritually Uplifting ...

Metaphors Using Earthly Attributes

Everyone's Voice Matters!

Read Aloud

I'm glad to see a picture-book version of what happens in the news. This book explains in a light and metaphoric way the oil pipeline protests in '2020 on Native Lands. Teachers, moms, dads, can explain further, if need be, in their own words what the book represents if wanting to dig a little deeper into your Childs understanding.

I've noticed more and more children's book topics are presenting current events of what's going on in the world today and I think this particular book can be a beneficial tool when teaching the subject of Freedom of Speech and how a persons voice matters. Children are to know that people have the right to express themselves in a respectful, peaceful and lawful way.

Note to Teachers: Look for safe activism news about the pipelines for children so they get a broader understanding. Here's a link pertaining to youth activism.

RUMPELSTILTSKIN -:- Books Read to Kids Aloud-:- Caldecott Honor

Weren't Women Valued in Medieval Times?

Controversial Yet Good To Know History

I think it is important to show kids the classics, as long as you have the discussion concerning a woman's places back then. I'm sure there are many people not too thrilled about this story, unless it's to point out the history of hierarchy during these times.

I have a hard time with the father initially. To think that a father would brag about his daughter having a skill she clearly did not have, and to blatantly lie to a King, putting both his and her life in jeopardy. Did he even care about his daughters life, let alone his own. Dad must have been clearly off his head, and without a clue what the King was capable of. The King clearly tells her after showing her the straw, "if you value your life," you will have this spun to gold before morning. She didn't even have a say so in the matter. I would have told the King, my father is a drunken peasant with no scruples let alone brains. Lol It clearly shows a lack of women's rights during this era.

I love the scene where the daughter outwits the wizard or imp of magic by having the nursemaid spy on him. It shows her clever wit and determination to save her baby. You rock Queen!

Jungle Animals -:- Picture Book Read Aloud -:- Age 2-5

Great Starter Animals Are Cool 2 Share

What animals are your favorite?

Jungle animals are different from our domestic animals and this is a great introductory picture book for our youth on different types of them. It seems kids favorites are still the Tiger and in this read-aloud the cat likes to roar! Watch out he might get you!

I'm happy that DK, the producer of this particular book, is also selling books for the very young. Kids are attracted to animals at a very young age especially those in the wild. Young starters are very curious and want to witness what they don't see in their immediate environment unless, of course, you live close to a zoo. lol. The images are actual photos of the animals and are up close and personal.

Three Little Firefighters -:- Learn It Picture Book

Who's Missing a Shape?

For Kiddos Ages 2 to 5

In this fun book for children, you will find three fire fighters who are getting ready for a parade. They have their firefighting gear ready until "POP" there buttons simultaneously come off and expose their belly-buttons. This rhythmic read by Stuart Murphy get's you into the giggles fast. Their dog, Ink Spot the Dalmatian, finds them and away they must sort from Large-Medium-Small to Circle-Triangle-Square, but maybe they should go by Color? The kids will enjoy sorting for themselves and learn something doing it. I give this book 4 stars out of 5.

Hurry, hurry, hurry, the parade is about to begin!

Mother Goose Part 1 (One) and 2 (Two) Read Aloud!

Rock-A-Bye Baby, Little Tommy Tittle-Mouse...

Humpty Dumpty, Ring Around the Rosies, and More!

Silvia Long does a great job introducing us to familiar and not so familiar nursery rhymes in her creative art style of a genre gone-by. If you remember picture book art from the 60's it has that kind of feel to the characters and images she portrays and it is inimitable. It's a nostalgic feeling I get from her colorful pages. In this hard bound version there are 109 pages, at a 10"x10" size, so it's a pretty hefty book. I know a three year old could carry it, but I'm not sure about a two year old.

Part One of Mother Goose Read-aloud.

When I choose it for my read-aloud I was excited myself, looking at the delightful expressions and whimsy (I know this word is overused, but I like it). I will be breaking it up into four parts for this particular read-aloud, because it works better in segments. I will of course list the more familiar titles on the channels front description @TumpskyandMrsSmall and underline them for your convenience. Then you can remember which Part 1,2,3 or 4 is your favorite.

I looked for it on Amazon, and beings it's a from 1999, it's doing quite well holding at $14.99 for a hardcover. The paperback is about a dollar less. There is a Kindle version as well. The ISBN # 9780811820882. Check out my read versions; part one and two. Part 3 and 4 coming in the near future.

Part Two of Mother Goose Read-aloud.

Moose Is a Thirsty Moose Mostly!

Picture Book This

The Thirsty Moose

By David Orme and Mike Gordon

A short story for your Easy Reading 1 Student

This Easy Reader Picture book title is very fitting. Every moose I've ever seen was near some sort of water. Never quenched I imagine. Even though this moose is not very likable, he's just trying to fill up, not bothering anyone, or so he thinks, but in reality he's sucking up and drying up the basin. The other critters are worried and they're scolding Moose for not thinking about them and their lives being in jeopardy. "Stop it! I live in this river and you will destroy me home!" says Beaver. Fly ends up teaching Moose a lesson that solves the problem.

Spunky Monkey Math - Count by 2's, 3's, 4's!

Free Printable's for the Kids!

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Monkeys' help kids learn math and counting by 2's, 3's, 4's, in a adorable picture book story parade. @TumpskyandMrsSmall read aloud channel teach "point to the word," technique while reading as the word is being read. Kids may follow along online for free by subscribing to my Youtube channel. MathStart is a great STEM contributor. They have series of books for all math desired ages. Below are some links to other read aloud MathStart books. These are beneficial for classroom or homeschool and age appropriate.