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. This is a funfilled companion to the book the napping house by audrey wood. Take an idea from the book and play with other words, here is a couch, a reading couch. The napping house board book by audrey wood, don wood. Heres a video link, in case you dont have the book. Sep 15, 20 heres a video link, in case you dont have the book. Audrey woods the napping house begins, there is a house, a napping house, where. Edit, cut, slash and burn excess words take out as many physical descriptions of the characters as you possibly can.
Each page of book is shown but words are not shown. The napping house was written by audrey wood, but her husband, don wood drew the illustrations. Use before reading the napping house to help prepare for reading. Audrey wood is the author of many beloved books for children, including the bestselling classic the napping house, its companion the full moon at the napping house, caldecott honor book king bidgoods in the bathtub, heckedy peg, piggies, and piggy pie po, all of which were illustrated by her husband, don wood. Overall, the big idea of the napping house is to create a playful story line. We begin with the napping house by don and audrey wood. Reading books with children is a key way to develop early literacy skills.
The napping house by audrey wood, don wood, hardcover. It would be so bright and everything so the first moon that we did, moon book that we did was moonflute and this particular book, full moon at the napping house is the second book. Included in the napping house menagerie is a dozing dog, a snoozing cat. Lets read and see what happens as the night unfolds in this napping house. We read one page of the story without the adjectives and discussed how boring the story is without the descriptive words. For example, each character on the bed is sleeping, but instead of continuously saying sleeping, audrey wood uses synonyms of the word sleeping such as dozing, snoozing, and slumbering.
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. One of my favorite books to use to teach vocabulary, sequencing, and prepositions is the napping house. Napping house pictures can also be used as a background for self directed activities about counting the people in the napping house. My life in picture books the napping house by audrey.
We will be working on the following language skills. In addition, the story emphasizes that the weather is unpredictable, and can change in the blink of an eye, which is represented by the initial rain followed by the sun. Patrick doesnt know it yet, but his backyard is about to change. My daughter loves the sweet and funny tale of the napping house where everyone is sleeping. 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. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Make a list of sleepers that might pile up in the treehouse. 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. Featured in this kit are colorful printable manipulatives that can be.
Engage your students further with these critical thinking activ. Identifying theme related vocabulary, following spatial concepts with manipulatives, and sequencing pictures for story retell, identifying spatial words in pictures to identify location expressive. Skip to main navigation skip to main navigation skip to search skip to search skip to content hours. This is one of those books that my toddler thinks she can read because the she can fill in words in so many of the sentences. All is at peace until the appearance of an unexpected visitor, and before you know it no one is sleeping. The napping house by audrey wood kids books read aloud. Jul 11, 2012 but one that i always love teaching with is the napping house 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 home before the book is read in class. This is an official signing savvy membersonly word list.
Likewise, the book is a wonderful prop for teachers to use to teach patterns as well as synonyms. Lets read and see how the illustrator uses color in this book. In this cumulative tale, a wakeful flea atop a number of sleeping creatures causes a commotion, with just one bite. Apr 19, 2011 the classic childrens story the napping house by audrey wood. Use the napping house to help students to start reading its repetitive text. Throughout the beginning of the book, one by one a child, dog, cat, and a mouse all pile on top of the granny while sleeping. Sep 01, 2015 don wood is the illustrator of many beloved books for children, including the bestselling classic the napping house, its companion the full moon at the napping house, caldecott honor book king bidgoods in the bathtub, heckedy peg, piggies, and piggy pie po, all of which were written by his wife, audrey wood. This rhyming, repetitive story will be sure to captivate the reader. Take an idea from the book and play with other words, here is a couch, a reading couch, where everyone is learning. But then an unexpected visitor arrives to interrupt this rainy afternoon at the napping house. Included, youll see pictures of a resource i created to use with my.
I go over the board with them before we read the book, to expose them to new vocabularyconcepts. They realize they can only undo the spell by working together. 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 kindle edition by wood, audrey, wood. We ran through our library book list to see which books need to go back to the library, so a lot of the day was spent reading. The book the napping house starts on a rainy night with a house, which has a cozy bed in it where a granny is sleeping. The napping house retelling pack is intended to be used after reading the book the napping house by audrey wood. While the napping house may sounds like a quiet story, its actually a fun and hilarious picture book thats ideal for reading before bedtime. Discusses the importance of individuality and brother and sister relationships. This is a delightful picture book that is enjoyed equally by children and adults. What if it wasnt a napping house but a joking house, or a reading house, or a cooking house. Take one sentence from the book and change one word at a time, making sure each new sentence still makes sense. I often used this book during our healthy me unit when we talked about getting enough sleep at night.
Nov 18, 20 one of our favorite books is the napping house by audrey wood. Watch for changes in each character as you go through the book. The second time you and the students will talk about the illustrations. The napping house the napping house, book activities, speech. The napping house is a story of a night that starts out peacefully, and then a crazy series of events occur. What if, like me, everyone in the napping house was being kept awake by the moon. Book play the napping house the napping house, preschool.
Not only is it a gentle yet funny book with amazing illustrations but there are skills that can be reinforced as well. The monitor asked parents to submit their favorite books to read with their toddlers in an informal facebook survey. The most valuable part is that you are instilling a love of books in all of your students. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle. The woods divide their time between california and hawaii.
Cut out characters and velcro onto felt board or place on floor, starting with granny on the bed, ending with the flea on top. This packet contains printable resources to support multiple goal areas in speech and language therapy. Jenkins is polishing up her magic tools that will allow patrick to build anything his imagination can conjure up. I would highly recommend this book for very young readers. Since the bed is a cozy bed, everyone wants to sleep in it. The activities in this packet cross a number of skills and disciplines, including sequencing, following directions, answering questions, vocabulary, and more. Everyone, in this case is a snoring granny, a dreaming child, a dozing dog, a snoozing cat, a slumbering mouse. Transcript from an interview with audrey and don woods. Find out with this crosscurricular math and language arts lesson. Jan 28, 2020 as they are able to wake and sleep while you turn, speed up and slow down and see if they can keep up with your rhythm. Ask the class to notice how the colors change from the beginning of the book to. Don and audrey wood are the husbandandwife creators of many beloved books for children, including the napping house, piggies, heckedy peg, and king bidgoods in the bathtub, a caldecott honor book. There are endless variations for playing with these simple sentences. Following along with a reading of the childrens book the napping house by audrey wood, young mathematicians add.
The napping house cute printable for a book everyone loves. Directions encourage the students to read along with the repetitive text. Napping house lesson plan bound to stay bound books. I will use a copy of the book the napping house by audrey wood. The napping house by audrey wood goodreads share book. What do you think might happen in a house in which everyone is asleep, except for one flea who is wide awake. How many people and animals can cram into a single bed. Turns out i was simply repeating the many words i had heard so many times from my mother.
See all books authored by audrey wood, including the napping house, and the little mouse, the red ripe strawberry, and the big hungry bear, and more on. The napping house is a book that is near and dear to my heart. Put a piece of tape on the backs of each of the napping house figures. This fun story is about a house that is napping, until a wakeful flea arrives, then everything goes crazy. Looks like the napping house wont be napping for long. Books with repetitive, predictable text prek pages. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the napping house. Make into flannel pieces by covering with contact paper and taping to the board. Provides imaginary explanations for natural occurrences.
This is one of my favorite throwback books and is perfect for a rainy day. Here are some mentor texts for determining importance. Choose a text that is packed with details so that readers have to sift out the most important information. 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 i made this storycommunication board for my prek and k students to go with the napping house by don and audrey wood. The napping house companion by speech time fun tpt. I created a funfilled activity pack that can be used with this book.
Im going to show you my second moon book, the full moon at the napping house and yeah, when i was a child i whenever the moon would get large i had difficulty sleeping at night. This is a nine page emergent reader focusing on the following sight words. The napping house, by audrey wood book play everyday. The little mouse, the red ripe strawberry, and the big hungry bear. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Audrey wood books list of books by author audrey wood. Story stick for the napping house dot to dot page for the napping house. The napping house has become a classic, and for good reason. Books with repetitive words and phrases or predictable text and rhymes allows children to participate in the reading experience immediately. They will begin to read and say the repetitive phrases with you. Invite fun and creative play into your speech and language sessions with this book activity companion for the napping house. After a week of reading i will change their partners up and let them see how another. The napping house, by audrey and don wood there is a house, a napping house, where everyone is sleeping.
This type of book, called a cumulative narrative, is a. A boy, his granny, and their pets are all sleeping peacefully piled up in the same bed. This can be used when doing an author study or book study of the book, the napping house by audrey wood. Audrey and don wood create a superb house where everyone and everything is napping this book builds until all the residents are slumbering on the same bed, except for one tiny fl. I like this book because i can target so many objectives. Lastly, i liked the use of synonyms throughout the book. The classic childrens story the napping house by audrey wood. Tell the students that you are going to read the book twice. So for the full moon at the napping house you had to come up with a creature that did for sleeping what the flea in napping house.
Go back through the book page by page and have the students comment on what they notice. The illustrations are beautiful and the tale is rhythmic and humorous. The first time i will read the words and you can help when you can. Matthew and jessicas competitiveness gets them into trouble when a magic trick goes disastrously wrong. Hand out instruments to children in groups of two or three i. And readers will learn exactly who everyone in this sleeping heap includesa snoring granny, a dreaming child, a dozing dog, a snoozing cat, and morein this cumulative story with rhythmic text and dreamy illustrations sure to make this book a bedtime. Talk about how the colors change throughout the book. Today, im going to share how to use the childrens book the napping house to make music. I will explain that it helps readers break words up that they cannot say into smaller. The classic childrens story the napping house by audrey woodread aloud. The napping house book activities crazy speech world.
The napping house by audrey wood set up and prepare tell the students that you are going to read the book twice. As soon as i heard the words napping house, i knew there was a book in there waiting to be released, she recalls. Napping house rhyme activity for the napping house. My students seem to enjoy viewing it on a computer, phone, or tablet, but do whatever works best for your student. If its a storybook length with pictures try to keep the word count down to 1500 words at max. In this post, ill explain how i use the napping house to promote various language and early literacy skills. It is a simple, repetitive story that children love to hear and act out. Discuss the art concepts of perspective, color, light, dark, warm and cool colors, and details. A dreaming child and a snoring grandmother settle in for a peaceful nights sleep in a cozy house. 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. The napping house by audrey wood lesson vocabulary words from the readingwriting word wall. In the first book, everyone is sleepy and taking a nap. Jan 26, 2011 the napping house is a wonderful book for sequencing and also to reinforce the story element characters.
Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. This small, square board book, with its rhythmic, repetitive text and witty pictures in shades of everbrightening blues and. The napping house activities are ones that your students wont forget. Label them dark to light and observe any connections children make to small group and large group. While you are listening, see if you can figure out the pattern that audrey wood has created. They will guess the ending word in a book with rhyming text. The napping house is written and illustrated by audrey and don wood, a married dynamic duo. The first time you will read the words and they can help when they can. Find the differences among visual characteristics in the illustrations of the story. Place gradations of a single color of paint at the easel for several days. This was the first book i thought i was able to read on my own. Young kids can practice coring inside the lines and cutting also. Encourage the students to read along with the repetitive text.
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