Building Bridges with Multicultural Picture Books: For Children 3-5 - Softcover

Beaty, Janice J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0134001028 ISBN 13: 9780134001029

Publisher: Pearson, 1996

Synopsis

Appropriate for literacy, language arts, and multicultural courses in early childhood.

Focusing on the common bonds between children, this delightful new text shows future teachers how to infuse multicultural values and ideas into early childhood programs through the use of appropriate picturebooks. In addition to providing criteria for choosing such books, the author explains how to lead children into book extension activities and, eventually, how to create an entire multicultural curriculum through picturebooks.

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Synopsis

Focusing on the common bonds between children, this text shows how multicultural values and ideas can be infused into early childhood programs through the use of appropriate picturebooks. In addition to providing the criteria for choosing such books, the work explains how to lead children into book extension activities and, eventually, how to create multicultural programs using picturebooks. The book demonstrates how to bring book characters to life for children through "play" with puppets, dolls, character cut-outs, chopsticks, blocks, drums, tape recorders, magnifying glasses, role-plays and story re-enactments. Curriculum webs and accomplishment cards are introduced as effective tools for evaluating each child's gains and integrating multicultural topics into programs for children.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0134001028
• ISBN 13: 9780134001029
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 279