This type of book, called a cumulative narrative, is a. What if it wasnt a napping housebut a joking house, or a reading house, or a cooking house. They read words containing this diagraph and spell words too. Once you arrive at their pages, simply print them out and color them in. While my teacher read the story, six students stood at the front of the stage. I created the following take home parent lesson to go in a weekend tote for students to create their own story. The first time you will read the words and they can help when they can. Included in the napping house menagerie is a dozing dog, a snoozing cat. The napping house was extremely popular back in the 80s for its numerous awards that it won which includes. I often used this book during our healthy me unit when we talked about getting enough sleep at night.
They are repeated in lyrical phrases throughout the book, helping your child. Sep 19, 20 a cute predictable read aloud about a family with a night time mishap children love to hear this story as they begin to memorize it and are be able to read it themselves. We will find the flea and other changes in each picture. The napping house board book board book september 1, 2015. Its a rainy afternoon and granny is snoring on the bed in a cozy room. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. The napping house by audrey wood set up and prepare tell the students that you are going to read the book twice. Use words that describe lines as you model dotted line, curly line, zigzag line, straight line, thick line, wavy line. Now we will go back through the book page by page and comment on what you notice. We will practice using this sentence from the story, and in that house there is a bed, a cozy bed in a napping house, where everyone is sleeping. The napping house book activities crazy speech world. I created a funfilled activity pack that can be used with this book. If your child will be reading this book at school, you can use some of the activities below at home before the book is read in class. The second time you and the students will talk about the illustrations.
This rhyming, repetitive story will be sure to captivate the reader. One of my favorite books to use to teach vocabulary, sequencing, and prepositions is the napping house. Picturebook veterans audrey and don wood follow up their classic in the napping house with this charmer of a sequel, perfect for helping fidgety kids wind down at bedtime. The napping house is a story of a night that starts out peacefully, and then a crazy series of events occur. In this post, ill explain how i use the napping house to promote various language and early literacy skills. The very hungry caterpillar by eric carle, if you give a mouse a cookie by laura joffe numeroff, the napping house by audrey. With their very own brand of humor, audrey wood and don wood create an appealing bedtime book compatible with margaret wise browns classic goodnight moon. Jul 11, 2012 what you may not know is, i do a lot literacy based instruction for therapy.
Continue this using a variety of colors and different kinds of lines until they have filled their paper. Using a book like napping house for plot inspiration can free up some writers who. Obviously, different books works for different goals. The repeated phrases make napping house ideal for beginning readers. Jan 26, 2011 the napping house is a wonderful book for sequencing and also to reinforce the story element characters. I loved and used most of don and audrey woods picture books. And on that granny there is a child a dreaming child on a snoring granny on a cozy bed in a napping house, where everyone is sleeping. Take one sentence from the book and change one word at a time, making sure each new sentence still makes sense. The tote contains a copy of the napping house book, a manila folder with a house outline design, a family template of coloring pages for students to create their own. Apr 19, 2011 the classic childrens story the napping house by audrey wood. I will use the coverup critter to help me say the word napping. Sep 01, 2015 the napping house board book board book september 1, 2015. How to use you can either print the pages out, or show them to the student on a computer, smartphone, or tablet such as ipad for vocabulary development.
The napping house activities are ones that your students wont forget. This is one of my favorite throwback books and is perfect for a rainy day. Have students use watercolors to paint pictures with the warm and cool colors of the story. Use before reading the napping house to help prepare for reading. What would their story be like if it was a napping motorhome. The napping house activities i typically use a themed unit with my students for about two weeks to ensure that there is enough depth and repetition to ensure learning. The napping house by audrey wood, don wood illustrator. You can use this book to introduce math concepts as the characters pile. Last, you add smoothness and expression to your reading. The art is antic, nicely complimenting the restless characters in the. Every preschool classroom needs a copy of the napping house by audrey wood and wonderfully illustrated by don wood. Not only is it a gentle yet funny book with amazing illustrations but there are skills that can be reinforced as well. In this cumulative tale, a wakeful flea atop a number of sleeping creatures causes a commotion, with just one bite. Would it be a funny house, a gaming house, an artists house.
Do you notice how the colors change throughout the book. Soon she is joined by a dreaming child, who lies right on top of the snoring granny. Included, youll see pictures of a resource i created to use with my. Repeating phrases make the napping house ideal for beginning. In the napping house is a cozy bed piled high with a snoring granny, a dreaming child, a dozing dog, a snoozing cat, and a slumbering mouse.
Holyoke lithograph co thompson type heinz weber, inc book press brattleboro, vt. All is at peace until the appearance of an unexpected visitor, and before you know it no one is sleeping. See more ideas about the napping house, book activities, preschool activities. Everyone knows the cumulative rhyme this is the house that jack built, but the napping house 1984 is close on its heels in the race for posterity. This book builds until all the residents are slumbering on the same bed, except for one tiny flea. In the story, the napping house, each pair of students finds ow words. The napping house retelling pack is intended to be used after reading the book the napping house by audrey wood. Magnet page for the napping house trace and color for the napping house felt board for the napping house coloringbingo page for the napping house. The classic childrens story the napping house by audrey wood. If you are a parent to a young child, a speech language pathologist, or an educator, the napping house by audrey and don wood is the perfect addition to your library. Have students make a list of the adjectives in the story.
Jan 28, 2020 next, tell and show them to draw a curly yellow line from the left side to the right. The artwork tells the story even without the words, but of course the words. How to use the napping house to promote language and early. The most valuable part is that you are instilling a love of books in all of your students. This delightful cumulative tale has been a favorite with readers and listeners since its debut. The napping house by audrey wood illustrated by don wood. Looks like the napping house wont be napping for long. There is a house, a napping house, where everybodys sleeping becomes here is a house, a napping house, where everybodys sleeping, here was a house, etc. It is a simple, repetitive story that children love to hear and act out. When you introduce this preschool theme your students will be begging you to read the book again. The napping house is written by audrey wood and illustrated by don wood.
If your child will be reading this book at school, you can use some of the activities below at. This can be used when doing an author study or book study of the book, the napping house by audrey wood. There are endless variations for playing with these simple sentences. I usually have a book or two that i use to match my theme of the week.
But one that i always love teaching with is the napping house by audrey wood and illustrated by don wood. The napping house is one of audrey woods and don woods earlier childrens books and is probably one of their most peaceful books ever written. In this cumulative tale, a wakeful flea atop a number of sleeping creatures causes a commotion, with just. Make a list on chart paper of other words that mean the same as napping. Take an idea from the book and play with other words, here is a couch, a reading couch, where everyone is learning.
See more ideas about the napping house, activities and book activities. Sep 20, 2011 one of the acts in our show was a reading of the napping house. Included in the napping house menagerie is a dozing. Make into flannel pieces by covering with contact paper and taping to the board. They listen to a read aloud of the napping house while describing items on each. You will also find students sitting with the book and retelling it to themselves. The woods divide their time between california and hawaii. This fun story is about a house that is napping, until a wakeful flea arrives, then everything goes crazy. Jun 20, 20 what if it wasnt a napping housebut a joking house, or a reading house, or a cooking house. There is the napping house chart that you can use with this lesson to help with the retelling. See more ideas about the napping house, book activities and preschool activities. My students seem to enjoy viewing it on a computer, phone, or tablet, but do whatever works best for your student. The napping house, by audrey wood book play everyday. A cute predictable read aloud about a family with a night time mishap children love to hear this story as they begin to memorize it and are be able to read it themselves.
The napping house by audrey wood, don wood, hardcover. One of the acts in our show was a reading of the napping house. Audrey and don wood create a superb house where everyone and everything is napping. I love having all of this time to be able to create and cut and paste.
The napping house lesson plan scholastic books for kids. Today, im going to share how to use the childrens book the napping house to make music. How to use the napping house to promote language and early literacy skills if you are a parent to a young child, a speech language pathologist, or an educator, the napping house by audrey and don wood is the perfect addition to your library. The napping house is a wonderful book for sequencing and also to reinforce the story element characters. Students identify the diagraph of ow coming together to make one sound. This emergent reader focuses on the sight words will, get, in, and the. Click on any of the images to download a full size picture. The napping house is written and illustrated by audrey and don wood, a married dynamic duo. Buy the napping house by audrey wood, don wood illustrator online at alibris. The pictures are beautiful and very captivating for children. This small, square board book, with its rhythmic, repetitive text and witty pictures in shades of everbrightening blues and. Place the book in a place where they can reach for it often. Letting my creative juices flow is one of my favorite things to do and summer is the best time to do it, in preparation for the upcoming year.
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