Room on the Broom, by Julia Donaldson, is a fun repetitive and rhyming book that all kids love to listen to. Children can make great predictions about the story as the witch and her friends fly through the air and continue to accidentally drop things off the broom, recover them and find more friends along the way. When the witch is in danger, her new friends collaborate and save the day!
What is included with the book write-up?
- Vocabulary list
- Questions for teaching inferencing skills to enhance comprehension
- Journal prompts
- Detailed activities that cover learning outcomes for Math, Language & Literacy, Science and Art
- Save hours of searching the internet for activity ideas
- Hands on activities with things you can find around the house
Learning Outcomes covered
- Children will develop an understanding of new vocabulary introduced in conversations, activities, stories or books
- Children will develop skills in listening for the purpose of comprehension
- Children will develop age appropriate writing skills
- Children will begin to develop age appropriate strategies that will assist in reading (retelling and alphabet knowledge)
- Children will begin to develop an understanding of numbers
- Children will learn how to use a variety of non-standard and standard means of measurement
- Children will acquire scientific knowledge related to physical science
- Children will explore and use a variety of materials to develop artistic expression
