Children's Literature --Resources

• A.2.1.4 Work with other teachers and support personnel in designing, adjusting, and modifying curriculum to meet studentsÕ needs an both online and offline contexts

o   Discuss project with the LD teacher/ OT teacher who are case managers of students in my classroom to determine and adaptations needed to be made

• A.2.2.1 Understand various instructional approaches and the rationale for their use
• A.2.2.3 Incorporate online resources as an instructional tool to enhance student learning

o   SMART board use and ELMO use

Objectives:

• Students will be able to recognize illustrations created by Lauren Child.
• Students will be able to name two different things used by Lauren Child to create her illustrations.
• Students will become familiar with books written/illustrated by Lauren Child.

 

Kindergarten/First Grade lesson plan

1.     Setting the scene:

Prepare the reading corner with a variety of books by Lauren Child including some of the books originated by Lauren Child. Put different books by Ms. Child on the top of low shelves in the classroom and have them featured prominently by our circle area.

2.     Use the book I am too Absolutely Small for School, to do a Òpicture walkÓ with the children at circle time. Introduce the name of the author/illustrator and then draw the childrenÕs attention to the illustrations.  I would cover the text with post-it notes to avoid the ÒreadersÓ from looking at the text at this point. Discuss with the children what they notice in the illustrations.  Ask what types of things the children think she may have used for her drawings.  Make a chart with all of the ideas generated. Later in the morning, bring the children back to the circle to read the story aloud. Read over the chart made earlier to see if there are things the children want to add, or delete.

 

<>3.     During the next two days, read a variety of books by Ms. Child including, I Will Not Ever, NEVER Eat a Tomato, I Am NOT Sleepy and I WILL NOT Go to Bed,and Clarice Bean, ThatÕs Me.

• <>In the book I Will Not Ever, NEVER Eat a Tomato; draw the childrenÕs attention to the illustrations. Tell the children that Ms. Child uses lots of different things to create her illustrations: pencil, photographs, magazine pictures, and pictures of fabric. Ask which things they feel she used in this story. Explain the term ÒdedicatesÓ and then draw their attention to the dedication in this story as it is dedicated to a character in the book I am too Absolutely Small for School. In the book Clarice Bean Guess WhoÕs Babysitting? I would show the children the page next to the title page where Lauren Child has photos of members of her family and also some messages to family members. Explain to the children that many times she dedicates her books to members of her family or friends.
• In the book, I Am NOT Sleepy and I WILL NOT Go to Bed, direct the childrenÕs attention to the picture of pajamas in the book and explain that this is actually a photograph of a pair of pajamas that Lauren Child wore as a baby!
• Share general information about Ms. Child with the children such as: her favorite illustrators include E.H. Shepherd –illustrator for Winnie the Pooh, and  Ludwig Bemelman-Madeline (OÕReilly, 2007). Lauren Child loves movies, television shows, collecting doll house furniture, and being picked up from the airport. (Albiston, 2007)

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<>Use the SMART board and log in to Lauren ChildÕs official website. www.milkmonitor.com. Explore with the children. There are clips from the Charlie and Lola television show, the latest news about Lauren Child (this is still under construction), and a book section with all of her favorite characters. 

5.     Continue the reading of Ms. Child's books to the children. Have the children talk about the illustrations and how each one makes them feel-do you feel happy, silly, etc

6.     Have the children watch a short video  (http://vodpod.com/watch/2502531-lauren-child-author-interview) of an interview with Lauren Child which shows her talking about and creating characters for the story I Will Not Ever, NEVER Eat a Tomato, WhoÕs Afraid of the Big, Bad, Book , The Princess and The Pea, and Clarice Bean, ThatÕs Me.

7.     Collaborate with the primary art teacher to plan a project the children can engage in using collage materials, photographs of objects, watercolors, and black crayon or pencil to use to try their hands at creating a Lauren Child type character or scene that they might see in a book written by Ms. Child.  Perhaps they would like to create their own version of I Will Not Ever, NEVER Eat a Tomato using a type of food they donÕt care for and changing its name to something more appealing and then drawing the new food and background scene.  The original food could be clipped from a magazine or we could use the digital camera to take a picture of the food.

 

Resources

Albiston, Isabel. (interviewer) and Child, Lauren (interviewee) (2007) .The World of Lauren Child, childrenÕs author. [Interview transcript]. Retrieved from www.telegraph.co.us/culture/3668862/The-World-of-Lauren-Child-childrens-author.html

Child, Lauren (2005) I Am Not Sleepy and I WILL NOT Go To Bed. Candlewick Press. Massachusetts. ISBN 0763615706

Child, Lauren (2005) I Am Too Absolutely Small for School. Candlewick Press. Massachusetts. ISBN 139780763628871

Child, Lauren (2000) I Will Never NOT EVER Eat a Tomato. Candlewick Press. Massachusetts. ISBN 0763611883

Child, Lauren (2002) WhoÕs Afraid of the BIG BAD BOOK? Hyperion Books for Children New York. ISBN 0786809264

Miller,Gretta, Beher,Aarick, Matheson,Rich, Baumann,MJ(2006). Lauren Child Original Movie Transcript. Retrieved from www.teachingbooks.netcontent/Child_trans.pdf  June 21, 2010.

OÕReilly,Elizabeth. (2007) Illustrator: Lauren Child The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved from www.contemporaryywriters.com/authors  on June 21, 2010.

Pike, Joseph(interviewer) and Child, Lauren(interviewee) (2001) Illustrator Lauren Child. Retrieved from www.jubileebooks.co.uk/jubilee/magazines/authors/lauren_child_interview.asp

on June 22, 2010.

Teachingbooks.net(2009) Lauren Child Author Interview Video. Retrieved from http://vodpod.com/watch/2502531-lauren-child-author-interview   on June 22, 2010.