Bringing the Outside In
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| Rating | : | 4.62 (848 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0449814300 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 32 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-09-29 |
| Language | : | English |
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PATRICE BARTON has illustrated many picture books, including Uh-Oh!, MINE!, I Pledge Allegiance, I Like Old Clothes, and Rosie Sprout’s Time to Shine. You can find out more about Patrice at patricebarton. . She also penned the critically acclaimed Compost Stew: An A to Z Recipe for the Earth, and the perennial favorite Millions of Snowflakes. Learn more a
From School Library Journal PreS-Four diverse children joyfully celebrate the messy nature of outdoor play through the seasons. VERDICT A sweet addition to large collections.-Anna Haase Krueger, Ramsey County Library, MN(c) Copyright 2011. . No redistribution permitted. The same refrain frames each season, "We're bringing the outside in, oh,/Bringing the outside in…" and the little ones are shown delighting in the best that each season offers for outdoor play. After experiencing each of the four seasons, they chant, "We're keeping the outside in, oh,/Keeping the outside in…" and spend time looking at photographs and treasuring the memories of good fun. For summer, the children enjoy the beach, then return indoors, "shaking it off, washing it up, drying it out again" as they hang suits, wa
Year Round Outdoor Play A delightful and inspiring book encouraging young children to get out doors and play. Mary McKenna Siddals employed a repetitive structured to pull of the lyrical cadence in her rhyming text. The illustrations are well done and help to support the text allowing youngsters to make visual connections to the text. I also liked the way Ms. Siddals prioritized outdoor activities and supplemented them with indoor activities, thereby, helping students to make connections. In the classroom, teachers can lead discussions helpi. Calling all couch potatoes: get outside! Summary: An ethnically diverse group of young children enjoy the outdoors in all seasons. In spring they play in the mud, in summer they enjoy the beach, in fall they play in the leaves, and winter brings cold and snow. After each outdoor adventure, they bring a bit of the outdoors in. At the end, they enjoy a box filled with photos of their adventures as well as a few keepsakes likes shells, leaves, and sticks. 32 pages; ages 3-6.Pros: The rollicking rhyming text and exuberant illustrations should be enough to pry an. "A book about outdoor play that hits all the right marks!" according to Michael D. Barton. I can't get enough of children's books that promote outdoor play. That combination - reading books & a love of nature - warms my heart. Bringing the Outside In by Mary McKenna Siddals is a new title the hits all the right marks: fun lyrical text for kids and parents alike, beautiful illustrations, and a strong message of the importance of spending time playing in nature, no matter how dirty you get.The book, geared toward ages A book about outdoor play that hits all the right marks! I can't get enough of children's books that promote outdoor play. That combination - reading books & a love of nature - warms my heart. Bringing the Outside In by Mary McKenna Siddals is a new title the hits all the right marks: fun lyrical text for kids and parents alike, beautiful illustrations, and a strong message of the importance of spending time playing in nature, no matter how dirty you get.The book, geared toward ages 3 to 7, follows a group of four friends as they play outside in each of the four seasons, th. to 7, follows a group of four friends as they play outside in each of the four seasons, th
Along with the mud and sand that gets tracked indoors come memories that live forever! Mary McKenna Siddals has written a joyous anthem that encourages children to play in the dirt. It will surely resonate with today’s overscheduled as well as sedentary kids, and their parents.. A rollicking book that reminds young readers to go outside and play! “We’re bringing the outside in, oh, bringing the outside in.” Nothing takes the place of splashing in a puddle or jumping into a pile of autumn leaves