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This study presents the first broad analysis of Maghrebian women's dramatic literature undertaken in English. The book considers sixty-five plays and works of performance art by they twenty-eight women dramatists from the Maghreb. ... Read more

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Provides a structured environment to help 2-4 year olds learn important basic skills. Learning by association and repetition, children are rewarded by sounds and flashing lights. Litle Q is simple enough for them to use by themselves. ... Read more

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This book is intended as a support for the playing of I-Spy, which is taught through the use of phonics and is aimed at children at Reception and Key Stage 1. To obtain this literary skill children are encouraged to learn and recognise sounds and alphabetical order, spelling patterns and familiar words. The language is simple and Marmaduke Bear provides a fun and colourful focus. ... Read more

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Humorous Takes on Favorite Tales That Boost Reading Skills, Build Fluency & Keep Your Class Chuckling With Lots of Read-Aloud Fun!
Surefire read-aloud fun!
Students will have oodles of fun building essential reading skills with rib-tickling versions of beloved fairy tales turned into read-aloud plays! Even your most reluctant readers won¹t be able to resist these hilarious twists on their favorite tales‹ Spiderella, Goldilocks and the Three Bullfrogs, The Popsicle Boy, Little Late Riding Hood, The Cheetah and the Sloth, Rafunzel and many more!Plus: Each play comes complete with instant discussion starters, vocabulary boosters, imaginative writing prompts, and a brief history of the fairy tale. ... Read more

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Fabulously Funny fairy Tale Plays - Is indeed fabulous!
Jack Elliott Productions and the Tracy Performing Arts Foundation is using "Fabulously Funny Fairy Tale Plays" as a part of our Children's Theatre Summer Camp this year and it's a bit hit with both our instructors and the little ones.

Super fun!
Super fun and short for young kids.The 5th and 6th graders at my school memorized and performed all 12 fractured fairy tails and had an absolute blast.I highly recommend this text.

Awesome reader's theater
I love this book. I wanted interesting plays that could be used with 5th graders. The students love the plays and are motivated to read them. I also like this book because it gives you a teacher page- discussion starters, vocabulary, and writing prompts to use with each play. Awesome!!

Wonderful
I received this book in wonderful condition and very quickly. It was exactly what I was looking for to use in my Summer Reading Program.

12 Fabulously Funny Fairy Tale Plays
This is a great set of short plays for the beginning musical theater student.They are fun with a new twist and the kids can relate to them. They also offer opportunity for discussion about life lessons. ... Read more

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Students will have oodles of fun building essential reading skills with rib-tickling versions of beloved fairy tales turned into read-aloud plays! Even your most reluctant readers won¹t be able to resist these hilarious twists on their favorite tales‹ Spiderella, Goldilocks and the Three Bullfrogs, The Popsicle Boy, Little Late Riding Hood, The Cheetah and the Sloth, Rafunzel and many more! Plus: Each play comes complete with instant discussion starters, vocabulary boosters, imaginative writing prompts, and a brief history of the fairy tale. ... Read more

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A short and very readable study of the effect and importance of rhyme, with examples from the whole range of English poetry. ... Read more

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Role Plays, Text Structure Tableaux, Talking Statues, and Other Enactment Techniques That Engage Students with Text
Enliven Reading!
Before reading, hand out lines of a poem and have students try to build an idea of what the poem will be aboutŠinvite two students to play good angel/bad angel for a book characterŠhave students perform a vocabulary statue depicting the meaning of terms such as global warming or deforestation. This book has many motivating ideas like this that energize students before, during, and after reading. These strategies can be done Individually, or through pair work or groups. Great for deepening reading strategies such as activating prior knowledge, inferring, visualizing, making connections, and more. ... Read more

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You can use these ideas!
What I love the most about Jeff Wilhelm's reading strategy books is that I always come away with ideas I can use the next day in the classroom. This book has ideas you can use in the classroom on EVERY page. Teachers, myself included, don't have all the time in the world and can't read all the articles and books on new research that we wish we could. But make the time to read this one. It is worth every minute!

Action Strategies for Deepening Comprehension
I have not found a better book to help students really get into literure and LOVE IT!!!

It is exciting, informative, and has great ideas for teaching literature!

A terrific resource for all teachers!
Wilhelm's book, Action Strategies for Deepening Comprehension is one of the most valuable teaching resources I own. I've had phenomenal success with the hotseating and tableaux activities, only two of the terrific resources in this great book. Kids of all ages love hotseating in particular because it's so much fun. In a nutshell: one kid gets in front of the room (I drape a piece of red fabric across the stool) and "becomes" the character. He/She may have a "helper" of their choosing by their side. The rest of the class are "reporters" who ask the character any question they choose. The student in the hotseat may confer with his "helper" in order to answer as the character would...and therein lies the beauty of this. As the questions and answers unfold, everybody is thinking and when an answer doesn't ring true, the majority
will know it and question it.

We've done this with multiple characters as well as the "author." The questions are nearly always completely authentic; as kids, most would feel stupid speculating about motive, etc., and asking questions, but as
"reporters" it feels completely natural. I love to see the light bulbs go in everybody's head when new ideas--synthesis!--occurs.

One of my best hot-seating moments was after reading "The Gift of the Magi," a difficult work for my 8th graders. We'dhotseated the two main characters as well as O. Henry, and it was the question to O. Henry that did it. A girl who had a real problem with making inferences asked him why he'd written the lines about Della being afraid that her new short hair made her look like a Coney Island chorus girl. My student, Tony, clearly had paid no attention whatsoever to that description--in fact I was surprised that anyone had-- and he really had to think. Finally, he answered, saying, "I wanted Della to be a little bit afraid that maybe she didn't look like a (and he stressed thsi)nice girl."

The book also offers a number of other "action" activities that you can use. For my money, these are terrific
for any age! I encourage you to check this out. I also had the pleasure of hearing Dr. Wilhelm presenthis research and findings on his new book, Going with the Flow, and I was wowed to hear him in person as well.

You must buy this book!
I took a workshop with Wilhelm this summer.He demonstrated these techniques and I quickly bought the book.
This book has revolutionized my teaching and I am going back to school this year incredibly excited about using it in my classroom.I teach kids that struggle and this is going to be great for them.

Wilhelm is a dynamic speaker.If you can, snag him for your school's professional development or run to any workshop he is giving.

Enjoy!

Excellent Condition
This book arrived in excellent condition. It arrived much better than I thought it would.Thank you so much. ... Read more

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Rhymes and poems for all reasons and seasons. Includes subject andfirst-line indexes.

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For professionals who work with pre-schoolers
As a children's librarian, who did 4-6 storytimes a week, this was one of my favorite resources for fingerplays; not because of the illustrations or charm, but because if I needed to find a rhyme about a zebra, I could look in the index and there was one (or maybe two) right there. The book was unavailable for awhile, and I was delighted to find it back in print. It is not for the average mom who wants to share rhymes with her children. There are lots better books out there for that situation; but if you need lots of rhymes about lots of subjects, this is the book you want.

quality of book depends on your purpose for reading it
I agree with the previous reviewer on this point:there are many unimaginative, even boring, rhymes in this book.There are numerous takes on "Five Little Monkeys..."(Five buzzing bumblebees, five little birds, etc.)That gets old!

HOWEVER, my three-year-old and one-year-old are pretty easy to impress.Even a "so-so" fingerplay can result in a fun time with them.

The biggest advantage of this book, for me, is the topical organization.I am using the rhymes to accompany themed activities.For example, we were talking about corn today; I looked up "foods" (listed in table of contents) and quickly found a rhyme.We used "Sweet Corn,"(which briefly talks about picking, cooking and eating corn) with props to pretend we were actually cooking corn.Though the rhyme isn't incredible, it was perfect to teach a concept.

The contents includes topics such as toys, snack time, Easter, snow, flowers, beach...about 70.

You might check this book out at the library first to help determine if it will fit your needs.You could find it a waste of money OR a real time-saver and lesson-enhancing reference.

Quantity Without Quality
I purchased this book hoping it would provide an extensive selection of traditional finger plays and rhymes to use with my children.

It did not.

While it did have many verses, they were uninspired and unimaginative.The majority lacked rhythm and were poorly rhymed, and there was no musical notation at all.Even the few traditional rhymes/plays were "adapted."It was not illustrated as expected--there were general illustrations in the book, but none demonstrating the hand movements or gestures!In fact, there were frequent notes with the rhymes to "make appropriate hand movements" or words to that effect!

Essentially this seems to be a compilation of 'rhymes' submitted to a daycare providers' newsletter by its subscribers.The book was divided into sections as follows:Myself, School, Community, Seasons, Animals, Plants & Foods, Weather, Earth & Sky, Holidays, Special Days, Special People.

This book was a huge disappointment and I returned it the day after receiving it.For the same amount of money one can purchase both of Joanna Cole's books and the Emilie Poulsson book.They may not boast 1,000 rhymes, but they offer all the quality and features that this collection does not.

Excellent resource for preschool teachers. A must have!
This book is a fantastic resource for preschool teachers.It has rhymes and fingerplays as well as pictures that can be used with almost any theme.The possibilities are endless.If you can afford only one book for yourpreschool class, this is the one to have.

An essential resource for children's librarians!
This book is just what I needed as a brand-new children's librarian!It contains songs and rhymes for all kinds of subjects under the sun.Best of all, it's very well indexed.Use it to plan storytimes, teach parents to play with kids, and develop theme teaching units.A fantastic resource! ... Read more