This week I want us to celebrate listening: listening to an audiobook, listening to a read-aloud, listening to poetry, listening to a novel in verse, listening to music and songs.
Songs
Listen to a song, I mean, really listen not just to the melody but also to the words. Then draw a picture about the song. What is the song about? Who is in the song?
Audiobooks
Listen to an audiobook. (And to answer a question I often hear from students and parents: yes, listening to an audiobook is also reading!)
Over the past year and a half, I re-discovered my love for audiobooks. As a child, my siblings and I loved listening to records with favorite stories. Nowadays, it’s so easy to get audiobooks and have them with us at all times on iPhones, iPads, iPods and other mobile devices. If you have Internet access, explore the Audiobooks tab on our only2clicks page for free online resources. Or check with your parents the offers and services companies such as Audible provide. You can also ask at your local public library if they have audiobooks you can sign out.
My advice if you consider buying an audiobook is listening to a sample first to find out whether you enjoy the narrator’s voice.
Songs
Listen to a song, I mean, really listen not just to the melody but also to the words. Then draw a picture about the song. What is the song about? Who is in the song?
Audiobooks
Listen to an audiobook. (And to answer a question I often hear from students and parents: yes, listening to an audiobook is also reading!)
Over the past year and a half, I re-discovered my love for audiobooks. As a child, my siblings and I loved listening to records with favorite stories. Nowadays, it’s so easy to get audiobooks and have them with us at all times on iPhones, iPads, iPods and other mobile devices. If you have Internet access, explore the Audiobooks tab on our only2clicks page for free online resources. Or check with your parents the offers and services companies such as Audible provide. You can also ask at your local public library if they have audiobooks you can sign out.
My advice if you consider buying an audiobook is listening to a sample first to find out whether you enjoy the narrator’s voice.
Let someone read to you from one or more of the following books:
Books from famous children’s poets such as…
Mary Ann Hoberman
Shel Silverstein
Allan Ahlberg
Jack Prelutsky
Roald Dahl
Kenn Nesbitt
Books from famous children’s poets such as…
Mary Ann Hoberman
Shel Silverstein
Allan Ahlberg
Jack Prelutsky
Roald Dahl
Kenn Nesbitt
| Novels in Verse Love That Dog and Hate That Cat (both by Sharon Creech) Heartbeat (Sharon Creech) Tofu Quilt (Ching Yeung Russell) Like Pickle Juice On A Cookie – and other titles in the series (Julie Sternberg) Words With Wings (Nikki Grimes) Inside Out & Back Again and Listen, Slowly (Thanhha Lai) Zorgamazoo (Robert Paul Weston) Mountain Dog (Margarita Engle) Brown Girl Dreaming (Jacqueline Woodson) Serafina’s Promise (Ann E. Burg) Home of the Brave (Katherine Applegate) Dancing Pancakes (Eileen Spinelli) Toppling (Sally Murphy) | Or check out this blog post for additional recommendations: 14 Inspiring Chapter Books Written in Verse  |
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