Children's Books in a Montessori Classroom: Difference between revisions
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|''The Little Bit Scary People'' || Jenkins, Emily || Boiger, Alexandra || 513 || 2008 || understanding others || {{#widget:AffiliateImage|ASIN=1423100751|linkId=b358241379c74059ed909bbd0b625c93}} | |''The Little Bit Scary People'' || Jenkins, Emily || Boiger, Alexandra || 513 || 2008 || understanding others || {{#widget:AffiliateImage|ASIN=1423100751|linkId=b358241379c74059ed909bbd0b625c93}} | ||
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|''What Do You Do With a Tail Like This?'' || Jenkins, Steve & Page, Robin || Jenkins, Steve & Page, Robin || 473 || || animals body parts || {{#widget:AffiliateImage|ASIN=061899713X|linkId=66c9d6214c0b3556bd44411b44ad3005}} | |''What Do You Do With a Tail Like This?'' || Jenkins, Steve & Page, Robin || Jenkins, Steve & Page, Robin || 473 || 2003 || animals body parts || {{#widget:AffiliateImage|ASIN=061899713X|linkId=66c9d6214c0b3556bd44411b44ad3005}} | ||
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|''Who Am I? An Animal Guessing Game'' || Jenkins, Steve & Page, Robin || Jenkins, Steve & Page, Robin || 201 || || animals || {{#widget:AffiliateImage|ASIN=054493539X|linkId=d6fdd625dda51b91315240ca7aeb56af}} | |''Who Am I? An Animal Guessing Game'' || Jenkins, Steve & Page, Robin || Jenkins, Steve & Page, Robin || 201 || 2017 || animals || {{#widget:AffiliateImage|ASIN=054493539X|linkId=d6fdd625dda51b91315240ca7aeb56af}} | ||
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|''Weeds Find a Way'' || Jenson-Elliott, Cindy || Fisher, Carolyn || 313 || || weeds || {{#widget:AffiliateImage|ASIN=1442412607|linkId=8c886c969463cb4cf6d5710fd3ce919d}} | |''Weeds Find a Way'' || Jenson-Elliott, Cindy || Fisher, Carolyn || 313 || 2014 || weeds || {{#widget:AffiliateImage|ASIN=1442412607|linkId=8c886c969463cb4cf6d5710fd3ce919d}} | ||
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|''The Quilt Story'' || Johnston, Tony || dePaola, Tomie || 567 || || a family heirloom quilt || {{#widget:AffiliateImage|ASIN=0698113683|linkId=fc5eb70ba5353598557b0e75ffadf282}} | |''The Quilt Story'' || Johnston, Tony || dePaola, Tomie || 567 || 1985 || a family heirloom quilt || {{#widget:AffiliateImage|ASIN=0698113683|linkId=fc5eb70ba5353598557b0e75ffadf282}} | ||
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|''How Big Were Dinosaurs?'' || Judge, Lita || Judge, Lita || 1,016 || ||dinosaurs || {{#widget:AffiliateImage|ASIN=1596437197|linkId=bf7bb393ae959e82edba086d32a84e19}} | |''How Big Were Dinosaurs?'' || Judge, Lita || Judge, Lita || 1,016 || 2013 ||dinosaurs || {{#widget:AffiliateImage|ASIN=1596437197|linkId=bf7bb393ae959e82edba086d32a84e19}} | ||
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|''The Colors of Us'' || Katz, Karen || Katz, Karen ||423|| || different skin colors || {{#widget:AffiliateImage|ASIN=0805071636|linkId=64164ec27ddca8268b9d57e72d3d73c9}} | |''The Colors of Us'' || Katz, Karen || Katz, Karen ||423|| 1999 || different skin colors || {{#widget:AffiliateImage|ASIN=0805071636|linkId=64164ec27ddca8268b9d57e72d3d73c9}} | ||
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|''The Snowy Day'' || Keats, Ezra Jack || Keats, Ezra Jack || 316 || || playing in the snow || {{#widget:AffiliateImage|ASIN=0140501827|linkId=1ff26aac319e649c7f2968c94b6c99c2}} | |''The Snowy Day'' || Keats, Ezra Jack || Keats, Ezra Jack || 316 || 1962 || playing in the snow || {{#widget:AffiliateImage|ASIN=0140501827|linkId=1ff26aac319e649c7f2968c94b6c99c2}} | ||
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|''Hot Dog! Eleanor Roosevelt Throws a Picnic'' || Kimmelman, Leslie || Juhasz, Victor || 1,322 || || first lady || {{#widget:AffiliateImage|ASIN=158536830X|linkId=02a7be088539520a64707e902cde4d58}} | |''Hot Dog! Eleanor Roosevelt Throws a Picnic'' || Kimmelman, Leslie || Juhasz, Victor || 1,322 || 2014 || first lady || {{#widget:AffiliateImage|ASIN=158536830X|linkId=02a7be088539520a64707e902cde4d58}} | ||
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|''The Philharmonic Gets Dressed'' || Kuskin, Karla || Simont, Marc || 1,252 || || orchestra || {{#widget:AffiliateImage|ASIN=006443124X|linkId=724a124a9da7d361f323a66111dd8cd2}} | |''The Philharmonic Gets Dressed'' || Kuskin, Karla || Simont, Marc || 1,252 || 1982 || orchestra || {{#widget:AffiliateImage|ASIN=006443124X|linkId=724a124a9da7d361f323a66111dd8cd2}} | ||
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|''Bone by Bone: Comparing Animal Skeletons'' || Levine, Sara || Spookytooth, T.S. || 963 || || vertebrates || {{#widget:AffiliateImage|ASIN=1338272616|linkId=0a450800a299fb0391a665d4bd04fb5c}} | |''Bone by Bone: Comparing Animal Skeletons'' || Levine, Sara || Spookytooth, T.S. || 963 || 2013 || vertebrates || {{#widget:AffiliateImage|ASIN=1338272616|linkId=0a450800a299fb0391a665d4bd04fb5c}} | ||
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|''Uncle Peter's Amazing Chinese Wedding'' || Look, Lenore || Heo, Yumi || 1,448 || || wedding || {{#widget:AffiliateImage|ASIN=0689844581|linkId=d37e07225f856506d27f3f461a82fc4a}} | |''Uncle Peter's Amazing Chinese Wedding'' || Look, Lenore || Heo, Yumi || 1,448 || 2006 || wedding || {{#widget:AffiliateImage|ASIN=0689844581|linkId=d37e07225f856506d27f3f461a82fc4a}} | ||
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|''Toilet: How It Works'' || Macaulay, David || Macaulay, David || 942 || || how toilets work || {{#widget:AffiliateImage|ASIN=1626722153|linkId=d24025a0840f5c9cdee5f2c8ebf72eae}} | |''Toilet: How It Works'' || Macaulay, David || Macaulay, David || 942 || 2013 || how toilets work || {{#widget:AffiliateImage|ASIN=1626722153|linkId=d24025a0840f5c9cdee5f2c8ebf72eae}} | ||
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|''Don't Sneeze at the Wedding'' || Mayer, Pamela || Avilés, Martha || 701 || || wedding || {{#widget:AffiliateImage|ASIN=1467704296|linkId=ca01b8229cc900eac5620be0b1b41ca1}} | |''Don't Sneeze at the Wedding'' || Mayer, Pamela || Avilés, Martha || 701 || 2013 || wedding || {{#widget:AffiliateImage|ASIN=1467704296|linkId=ca01b8229cc900eac5620be0b1b41ca1}} | ||
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|''15 Things NOT to Do With a Baby'' || McAllister, Margaret || Sterling, Holly || 177 || || babies || {{#widget:AffiliateImage|ASIN=1847807534|linkId=3d6d3b2abdb4a66506ece7aae4f73d0e}} | |''15 Things NOT to Do With a Baby'' || McAllister, Margaret || Sterling, Holly || 177 || 2015 || babies || {{#widget:AffiliateImage|ASIN=1847807534|linkId=3d6d3b2abdb4a66506ece7aae4f73d0e}} | ||
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|''Our Subway Baby'' || Mercurio, Peter || Espinosa, Leo || 1,142 || 2020 || adoption ||{{#widget:AffiliateImage|ASIN=0525427546|linkId=bb024359e005042684ed5c51b3a42f72}} | |''Our Subway Baby'' || Mercurio, Peter || Espinosa, Leo || 1,142 || 2020 || adoption ||{{#widget:AffiliateImage|ASIN=0525427546|linkId=bb024359e005042684ed5c51b3a42f72}} | ||
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|''I Spy Shapes in Art'' || Micklethwait, Lucy || various || 117 || || famous paintings, shapes || {{#widget:AffiliateImage|ASIN=0060731931|linkId=4db80b32998fee577cde84de9ba514a5}} | |''I Spy Shapes in Art'' || Micklethwait, Lucy || various || 117 || 2004 || famous paintings, shapes || {{#widget:AffiliateImage|ASIN=0060731931|linkId=4db80b32998fee577cde84de9ba514a5}} | ||
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|''Our Family Tree: An Evolution Story'' || Peters, Lisa Westberg || Stringer, Lauren || 626 || || evolution || {{#widget:AffiliateImage|ASIN=0152017720|linkId=054198f2f03f88cb13c8e410695814f2}} | |''Our Family Tree: An Evolution Story'' || Peters, Lisa Westberg || Stringer, Lauren || 626 || 2003 || evolution || {{#widget:AffiliateImage|ASIN=0152017720|linkId=054198f2f03f88cb13c8e410695814f2}} | ||
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|''Guess What is Growing Inside This Egg'' || Posada, Mia || Posada, Mia || 838 || || animal eggs || {{#widget:AffiliateImage|ASIN=0822561921|linkId=211d3be1b88351b1d9c98aef9ad6f078}} | |''Guess What is Growing Inside This Egg'' || Posada, Mia || Posada, Mia || 838 || || animal eggs || {{#widget:AffiliateImage|ASIN=0822561921|linkId=211d3be1b88351b1d9c98aef9ad6f078}} |
Revision as of 12:51, 26 October 2020
Maria Montessori took a view of children's literature that was very different from most others' of her day and ours. She thought that it was best to avoid giving books to young children that had magic or other fantastical elements in the stories. She thought that children below a certain age would be confused about what things in the stories were real or not. She thought it was disrespectful to children to not provide them with an accurate portrayal of the world when they were still building their understanding of how the world worked.
There has even been recent research that backs up the idea that children prefer stories that are real.
Another useful criteria for selecting children's books comes from the 19th century British educator Charlotte Mason. She advised against books that used baby-talk, or dumbed-down stories, or that insulted the intelligence of the reader in any other ways. She referred to these books as "twaddle."
Please feel free to add books to the lists:
Circle-Time Read Aloud
These are well-written, well-illustrated books that are either realistic fiction, historical fiction, non-fiction or biographies.
It takes about one minute to read aloud 100 words of a pictures book at a slow, steady pace, with time to look at each of the pictures. Use the word count to estimate how long it will take to read a book (round up the time for shorter books, round down the time for longer ones).
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Chapter Books
These are longer well-written books that are either realistic fiction, historical fiction, non-fiction or biographies. They would need to be read over the course of several days. (Not a lot here yet. Sorry. Looking for suggestions.)
Title | Author | Illustrator | Word Count | Topic |
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Linnea in Monet's Garden | Bjork, Christina | Anderson, Lena | 5,871 | |
Sarah, Plain and Tall | MacLachlan, Patricia | 8,377 | ||
Little House on the Prairie | Wilder, Laura Ingalls | 52,038 |
More Book Lists
- 45 Books to Teach Children About Black History
- RISE: A Feminist Book Project for Ages 0-18
- Kids Travel Books - picture book about different countries
- Science Picture Books
- Picture Book Biographies
Further Reading
Choosing Children's Books
- Montessori Read & Write by Lynne Lawrence, pages 46-48
- The Read-Aloud Handbook by Jim Trelease