ACTIVITIES * TEACHING RESOURCES * LESSON PLANS * REVIEWS
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I'll Play With You
by Mary McKenna Siddals illustrated by David Wisniewski Clarion Books / 2000 Picture Book Children speak to the sun, wind, clouds, rain, stars, and moon, asking to play with them. LOOK INSIDE! - sample pages BUY at Amazon.com (U.S.) BUY at Amazon.ca (Canada) BUY from a local bookseller |
ACTIVITIES
Stretch out with Earth and Sky Yoga
Capture the sound of rain by making a rainstick Go on a Weather Adventure: Riding the Winds with Kalani Play some Weather Wiz Kids Games Do some Weather Wiz Kids Experiments Identify the shadows in Tigger's Shadow Shapes Game What do you see in the clouds? Use your imagination! Play the Cloud Matching Game Create a little lightning with this Super Sparker Splash your way through Kai-lan's Puddle Hop Play the Rainbow Rescue game online Click and drag to build this jigsaw puzzle of the moon TEACHING RESOURCES and LESSON PLANSRainbow Activity Theme (ChildFun)
Rain and Clouds Theme (kid activities) Riding the Winds with Kalani: A Weather Adventure (teacher's guide) Weather Wiz Kids - a meteorologist-designed website Windsocks and Wind Chimes (Kid Activities) Rainbow Theme (Kid Activities) Cloud Module storybook and learning activities (GLOBE program - free downloads) PEEP and the Big Wide World: Stormy Weather (PBS video & support materials) Our Big Home: Storytime Guide/Activities (pdf) |
REVIEWS* A whimsical conversation
with children and the elements…. --Bank Street "Best Children's Books of the Year" (starred) Multicultural kids ask the sun, wind, clouds, stars, and rain to play and are swept up with the spirit and beauty of the elements. —Nick Jr. Magazine "Best Books" Recommended Read A comforting solitude that suggests a fresh connection with the world. —Publisher's Weekly An excellent bedtime book, this will encourage urban and rural kids alike to engage with the outdoors. —American Library Association Booklist Young listeners are bound to enjoy this attractive offering and the smooth, rhythmic text is well suited to reading aloud. —School Library Journal May inspire young listeners to enjoy some of their own running, splashing, and jumping in the great outdoors. —KM, Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books The small-sized book, which features children of several different ethnicities, is a good introduction to some basic features of the natural world. —The Horn Book A lyrical tale about the joys of outdoor play brings together in friendship a group of multiethnic children, who romp in the sun, wind, rain, and moonlight, in a hand-sized story featuring cut-paper illustrations. —The Librarian’s Choice A graceful tribute to nature and to children's imaginative enjoyment of it. —Emily Will in Provident BookFinder With Caldecott medalist David Wisniewski's trademark cut paper illustrations, the reader is introduced to sun and shadow, rain and thunder, rainbows, clouds and wind…. This little book could invoke maximum discussion. —Library Talk Highly recommended to all parents of young children. —Carl Contreras in The Lorgnette - Heart of Texas Reviews Click here for Goodreads Reviews |