Listen and learn
Simple words and inviting illustrations help children develop skills for listening, understand why it's important to listen, and recognize the positive results of listening. Includes activities and additional information for teachers and parents.
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- ISBN: 1575421232
- ISBN: 9781575421230
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Physical Description
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34 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm. - Publisher Minneapolis, MN : Free Spirit Pub., [2003]
- Copyright ©2003
Content descriptions
Target Audience Note: | Ages 4-8. |
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 12.50 |
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Additional Information
School Library Journal Review
Listen and Learn
School Library Journal
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K-Gr 1-Two books aimed directly at issues that arise in the classroom and on the playground, presenting the social skills needed to address them and ideas and activities for parents and teachers to reinforce them. The titles could not be more didactic in tone and spirit; the greeting-card illustrations are determinedly multicultural and multiabled, bluntly repeating the lessons at hand. Sample dialogue: "I think about what I hear. Thinking helps me learn and remember" (from Listen). "I'm learning to make good choices. I'm learning to think about others" (from Share). It's unlikely that this kind of iteration actually motivates children. These books may be of some use in the classroom, but they are of doubtful value in a general collection.-Dona Ratterree, New York City Public Schools (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
BookList Review
Listen and Learn
Booklist
From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.
Reviewed with Cheri. Meiners' Share and Take Turns. PreS-Gr. 1. From the Learning to Get Along series, these colorful books encourage children to learn social skills. In Listen an African American boy explains what listening means: keeping quiet, watching the person who talks, thinking about what is being said, and asking questions when he doesn't understand. He also talks about using those skills in the classroom and at home. Similarly, in Share a red-haired girl learns techniques for sharing, then shows how she shares and takes turns when playing at home with her sister and friends. Each book ends with the child feeling good about using his or her new skills. The bright line-and-wash illustrations feature multiracial groups of children engaged in familiar activities. The writing is purposeful, but it is also practical in approach and sensitive to the problems and feelings of young children. A good choice for teachers seeking books that reinforce familiar classroom messages. --Carolyn Phelan Copyright 2003 Booklist