Oh, the THiNKS you can Think!

Thanks to my dear friend Tara Ellis, I've added another Dr. Seuss to the collection.  The Ellises are preparing to serve their first term in Paupua New Guinea as Wycliffe missionaries. They can only take so much with them, and I jumped for joy when Tara offered to donate several... well A LOT of books to my collection. And it gets even better: I've never read this Dr. Seuss before! There always seems to be one more out there, wating for me to discover.

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