

“In My Garden” handout prepared by children’s librarian Heather Acerro of Allen County, IN.

Why not bring in some live vegetables for children to draw so they can study vegetable colors and shapes?įor garden, harvest, and vegetable book pairings and activities, see the One of the best ways to know something is to draw it. Advanced students might calculate or discuss how much it might cost to buy three baskets, four boxes, and other amounts of vegetables in photos that have prices. Encourage readers to count the vegetables. Encourage students to use all their senses! (See other books and websites such as the author’s for additional photos.) Even better, bring in the real veggies for hands on study, cross section, drawing, and tasting. We have new and used copies available, in 0 edition - starting at. Are there any vegetables your students cannot identify? Research to find other photos of them and compare to the chant photos. Buy Rah, Rah, Radishes: A Vegetable Chant by April Pulley Sayre online at Alibris. Patterns. Quantities. Are the vegetables dumped straight onto a table? Are they organized in any way? How? Why do you think they are in boxes, piles, and small groups? Who do you think organizes them and why?ĭifferent and the same. Which vegetables are the same? Which are different? Which show up in several parts of the book? Be a vegetable detective! Study other qualities such as bright, dark, and shiny. Here are some concepts to explore during small group and one-on-one readings of Rah, Rah, Radishes: A Vegetable Chant:Ĭolors and shapes. Engage young readers in discussing what they observe about vegetable colors and frame colors.
