I clicked on the “Clifford Interactive Storybook” link in Aisha’s Educational Websites list and was transported to the Scholastic website. Scholastic has long been one of my favourite publisher of children’s books. Their books are very colourful with great fonts and font sizes and are usually very appealing to children. Unfortunately, I find the books to be very expensive and I was always grateful when my relatives living abroad would bring or send Scholastic books for my daughter – who is now a voracious reader. Sometimes the content of the books are not ‘culturally relevant’ to Caribbean readers, so teachers and parents would have to be careful when selecting books from Scholastic but there is such a wide choice that you can always find something that is appealing.
By the way, the Clifford interactive stories are awesome for young readers. They are available in English and in Spanish; allow for repetition (thus developing word recognition and fluency skills) and give readers the perception that they are creating their own story with various the options clicked. There are also Clifford games for young readers.
I spent a few hours surfing the Scholastic website – resources for teachers (lesson plans, printables, teaching strategies from kindergarten to grade 12); student activities in the different subject areas; I read some sample student book reviews - too many things to mention. Great site to bookmark. You lose track of time while surfing this site.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/clifford1/
Hi Daya! Having read your blog, I decided to check out this site and I just want to endorse that it is truly a great site to bookmark. I most certainly did it and I enjoyed using “delicious” to do it. Thank God for this course! My technological life just keeps getting better and better every day.
ReplyDeleteI especially love the teaching resources available on the site. In order to function competently, you must know where to find great resources. I just wanted to add that the aesthetic elements, such as colour and font size, in Scholastic books also make them excellent for teaching struggling readers. This helps to grasp and retain the student’s interest which is a huge challenge for teachers of struggling readers. Struggling readers are usually not interested in reading. Therefore, Scholastic books are extremely motivational making the task more appealing to them. Motivation is critical to successful reading/learning.
With regard to the Clifford Interactive Stories, I think that they are excellent material for promoting interactive learning in our classrooms. Indeed, this makes learning a more student-centred process. In this way, we align our vision to that of the Ministry’s to use a more student-centred approach to teaching/
learning. Thus, Clifford Interactive Stories are also excellent for struggling readers. Thanks for sharing! You grasped my attention enough to get me to the site. Great going!!!
Regards,
Abigale Singh