Review: Great conversation starter
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 18, 2013
Today, I read this story to two groups of kindergarten students. Since, I incorporate literacy into many of my lessons, I thought I try Sally's latest book out. I read the first few pages and then asked each child "Why are here? Why do you think we are here?" Justin said, "We're here to breathe." Sean said, "So everybody can live. We're here to be on wonderful planet." Nick said, "So we can be peaceful. We're here to be kind." Aiden had allot to say about the topic, "Because it's beautiful and special. We're here to be thankful. We're here to be family." Then I read the pages that involved people. (e.g., If you ask a gardener?, "Why are you here? If you ask a workman...? If you ask a mother...?") and had the children venture a guess. The children were very engaged and generated very cute responses. The complete story would have been too long for the kindergarten students' attention span. It's the type of story, that you can pick up the spot you left off at a later date.