Starting with Stories

Engaging Multiple Intelligences Through Children's Books

Featuring 100 well-loved children's books, Starting with Stories has more than 1500 activities to actively engage every learning style. First, choose one of the 100 popular children's books to read together. Then enhance the experience with ideas for learning centers, activities, and literacy experiences. Connect with children's eight multiple intelligences through creative and engaging math, art, dramatic play, fine motor, writing, blocks, science, and discovery activities. It's all here--everything you need to bring the magic of good books to all areas of your busy classroom!

Here are just a few of the children's books included:
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
The Doorbell Rang
Freight Train
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
It Looked Like Spilt Milk
In the Tall, Tall Grass
The Itsy, Bitsy Spider
The Little Engine That Could
Make Way for Ducklings
The Napping House
Owl Babies
Silly Sally
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears

Reviews

"What a treasure trove of teaching ideas for preschool classrooms...Starting with Stories is an excellent manual for both the novice and experienced teachers because of the wealth of ideas that are developed by the authors...Commendations go to Schiller and Phipps for their careful and diligent efforts to prepare a book that teachers will use time and again throughout their teaching years.
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"Teach to every child's learning style with the ideas in this book. It connects 100 popular children's stories to learning centers, dramatic play, art, math, writing, science, discovery activities, and more. Includes more than 1,500 activities.
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"...the over 1,500 varied activities are a treasure trove of time savers for busy educators. Starting with Stories would make an excellent gift for a new teacher or a good inclusion in a professional library.-Professionally Speaking Over 100 books for ages 3 to 5 are presented with activities and more. Books are springboards to learning and practicing literacy skills and this book shows you exactly how. Reproducible aids for the classroom and an ample index are included in the back."