One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish

The two adorable girls in my kindergarten tutoring group selected this title for read aloud. Dr. Seuss dos a wonderful job of building phonemic awareness, alphabetic principle, and capturing children's imaginations through those uniquely-Seuss illustrations. The picture of the "thing" with 11 fingers led to a  rather enlightening discussion:

Me: "Count the fingers..."

Girls: "Eww! He has eleven fingers!"

Me: "Do you have eleven fingers?"

Girl 1: "No, five."

Me: "Count your fingers."

*Girls Counting*

Girl 1 "Woah! *shared looks of wonder and awe* I have 10 fingers!"

 

You learn something new everyday you read. 

Reading Level from Lexile: 180L