Picture book month

Picture books are is an important factor in a classroom because it helps relate human experience to academic concepts and address complex issues and content. Picture books can address both heart and standards. They can serve as a celebration and call-to-action to springboard your own ideas. Picture books are valuable resources witch connect students with content that inspire their humanity. We can use picture books to come up with classroom activities, like a readers theater. Students can be cast as the characters and have the students to read the books dialogue. Picture books will always be wonderful tools for teaching story structure, key ideas, and details.

http://www.rif.org/books-activities/tips-resources/getting-most-out-of-picture-books/

http://www.thechildrensbookreview.com/weblog/2010/11/how-picture-books-play-a-role-in-a-child’s-development.html/
http://www.teachingheart.net/clickclackmoo.html