Ten Terrible Dinosaurs
(Demco Media-2001)
(Demco Media-2001)
By: Paul Stickland
Grade: K-2
Ten Terrible Dinosaurs is a great book about numbers. The dinosaurs count down from ten to one, which is a perfect introduction to subtraction to very young children. I also like it to teach fluency. Rhyming is a great way to teach kids how to flow when they are reading. I love reading rhyming books out loud and have them figure out the end of the rhyme. Everyone feels involved and we are having fun learning!
Skills Taught: Subtraction & Rhyming
About the Author: Paul Stickland has illustrated many popular books for children. He lives in Somerset, England with his wife and their four sons. He is the author, illustrator AND pop up designer of many very popular children's books.Creator of over 50 books, including Dinosaur Roar, Ten Terrible Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs Galore, The Christmas Bear, One Bear One Dog, A Number of Dinosaurs, Swamp Stomp,Truck Jam, Big Dig, Big Bug Little Bug and many more.He is really interested in using paper folding and pop up technology even outside his books. About Paul Stickland
Reading Activities: Before reading the book, you can go over (or count together) 1-10 to get them ready for the story. This book is relatively "simple" so I had an activity to do while reading the book: cover the number and have a student count the amount of dinosaurs. Have them complete the rhyme. That is always fun! It is great to show them the use of adjectives and how it can really bring a picture to life. Have them draw their favorite animals and describe it using as many adjectives as they can. Give them some examples to start.
I like the fact that this book is simple for young children to understand the rhymes and I like how you incorporate literacy using the rhymes!
ReplyDeleteI do love this book! There are a lot of counting books but this is one of my favorites!
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