Celebrating Me and My World-Book List
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Chalice Children Class- Celebrating Me and my World
UNIT ONE: SPECIAL ME
Session 1- I am special: Main Selection: - I like Me* by Nancy Carlson Alternates: All about You by Catherine and Lawrence Anholt or The Mixed-Up Chameleon* by Eric Carle
Session 2- I have two hands: Main Selection: My Hands by Aliki Alternates: Hand Rhymes* by Marc Brown and Finger Rhymes* by Marc Brown
Session 3- I have Two Feet: Main Selection: My Feet by Aliki Alternates: Alfie’s Feet* by Shirley Hughes and The foot book by Dr. Seuss
Session 4- I can Move: Main Selection: I can Move* by Mandy Suhr Alternates: Slither, Swoop, Swing* by Alex Ayliffe and Clap your hands by Lorinda Bryan Cauley or The Tub People* by Pam Conrad
Session 5- I can Bend and Stretch: Main Selection: Just me by Marie Hall Ets Alternates: Shake my Sillies Out* by Raffi, Stretch* by Doreen Cronin
Session 6- I can Talk: Main Selection: Who Says That? by Arnold L. Sharpiro Alternates: My Barn by Craig Brown, or The Very Quiet Cricket* by Eric Carle
Session 7- I can See: Main Selection: My First look at Colors by Stephen Oliver Alternates: Mouse Paint* by Ellen Stoll Walsh or Seven Blind Mice* by Ed Young or SeeingThings* by Allan Fowler
Session 8- I can Hear: Main Selection: Hearing Things* by Allan Fowler Alternates: Polar Bear, Polar Bear What do you hear? By Bill Martin, Jr. or Listen to the Rain by Bill Martin Jr and John Archambault
Session 9- I can Touch: Main Selection: Feeling Things* by Allan Fowler Alternates: The Five Senses, Touching by Jose Maria
Session 10- I Can Smell: Main Selection: Smelling Things* by Allan Fowler Alternates: The Five Senses, Smelling by Jose Maria
Session 11- I Can Taste: Main Selection: Tasting things* by Allan Fowler Alternates: The Five Senses, Tasting by Jose Maria or Chicken Soup with Rice Maurice Sendak
Session 12- I can say “Thank You”: Main Selection: I never Say ”I am Thankful,” but I am by Jane Belk Moncure Alternates:
Session 13- I Can Ask Questions: Main Selection: Are You My Mother? By P.D. Eastman Alternates: Questions by Lee Bennet Hopkins or Brown Bear, Brown Bear What do you See* by Bill Martin, Jr
Session 14- I can Give: Main Selection: Ask Mr. Bear by Marjorie Flack Alternates: White Snow, Blue Feather by Julie Downing or Giving by Shirley Hughes
Session 15- I can Share: Main Selection: It’s Mine!* By Leo Lionni Alternates: On Mothers Lap* by Ann Herbert Scott
Session 16- I can Wait: Main Selection: Fly By Night* by June Crebbin Alternates: Wait til the Moon is Full by Margaret Wise Brown or Waiting for Mama by Beatrice Schenk de Regniers or First Pink Light by Eloise Greenfield
Session 17- I can Help: Main Selection: Tucking Mommy In by Morag Loh Alternates: Herman the Helper by Robert Kraus or Whose Mouse are You? by Robert Kraus or The Ant and The Elephant* by Bill Peet or Can I Help? by Anne and Harlow Rockwell
Session 18- I Can Listen: Main Selection: Listen to Me by Barbara J. Neasi or Oh, A-Hunting We Will Go by John Langstaff Alternates: The Listening Walk by Paul Showers
Session 19- I Can Remember: Main Selection: When I Was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant Alternates: Wilfrid Gordon MacDonald Partridge by Mem Fox or Alice’s Special Room by Dick Gackenbach
Session 20- I Can Dance: Main Selection: Dancing Is by George Ancona Alternates: Boy, Can He Dance! by Eileen Spinelli or Angelina Ballerina* by Katharine Holabird or Papa’s Lucky Shadow by Niki Daly
Session 21- I Can Love: Main Selection: Mama, Do You Love Me? By Barbara Joosse or Loving by Ann Morris Alternates: Tucking Mama In by Morag Loh or Say it! By Charlotte Zolotow
Session 22- I Can Pretend: Main Selection: Pretend You’re a Cat Jean Marzollo Alternates: An Alligator Lives in Benjamin’s House by Nancy VanCaster or White Bear, Ice Bear by Joanne Ryder or Step Into the Night by Joanne Ryder or Just Me by Marie Hall Ets
UNIT TWO: MY WORLD
Session 23- My World Has Animals: Main Selection: Anne and the Wild Animals by Jan Brett or Our Cat Flossie by Ruth Brown Alternates: Come out Muskrats by Jim Arnosky or Cubs and Colts and Calves and Kittens* by Allan Fowler or My River* by Shari Halpern or Lucky’s Choice by Susan Jeschke or Animal Alphabet* by Bert Kitchen
Session 24- My World Has Fish: Main Selection: It Could Still Be a Fish* by Allan Fowler or Fish is Fish* by Leo Lionni Alternates: Swimmy* by Leo Lionni or Under the Sea by Jenny Wood or Fish Eyes: A book You Can Count On* by Lois Ehlert or One World by Michael Foreman
Session 25- My World Has Birds: Main Selection: It Could Still be a bird (*in Spanish) by Allan Fowler or Birdsong Lullaby* by Diane Stanley Alternates: Where Do Birds Live?* by Ron Hirschi
Session 26- My World Has Water: Main Selection: It could Still be Water* by Allan Fowler or Rain Rain Rivers by Uri Shulevitz Alternates: The Waters Journey by Eleonore Schmid or A Walk in the Rain by Ursel Scheffler or My River* by Shari Halpern or All along the River* by Allan Fowler
Session 27- My World Has Air: Main Selection: The Air Around Us by Eleonore Schmid Alternates: Gilberto and the Wind* by Marie Hall Ets
Session 28- My World Has Darkness: Main Selection: Grandfather Twilight* by Barbara Berger or Night in the Country by Cynthia Rylant Alternates: The Summer Night* by Charlotte Zolotow or Step Into the Night by Joanne Ryder or The good night Kiss by Jim Aylesworth or Fly By Night* by June Crebbin
Session 29- My World Has Light: Main Selection: Over in the Meadow* by John Langstaff or Dawn by Uri Shulevitz Alternates: The Sun is Always Shining Somewhere* by Allan Fowler
Session 30- My World Has Sand and Soil: Main Selection: Muddigush* by Kimberly Knutson Alternates:
Session 31- My World Has Trees: Main Selection: A Tree is Nice* by Janice May Udry Alternates: Trees (a poem) by Harry Behn or Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf* by Lois Ehlert or It Still Could be a Tree* by Allen Fowler
Session 32- My World Has Flowers: Main Selection: Planting a Rainbow* by Lois Ehlert or The Reason for a Flower* by Ruth Heller Alternates: Earth Circles by Sandra Ure Griffin or The Rose in my Garden* by Arnold Lobel
UNIT THREE: OTHER PEOPLE
Session 33- People Love Me: Main Selection: The Runaway Bunny* by Margaret Wise Brown or Say It! Charlotte Zolorow Alternates: Mama, Do You Love Me? By Barbara Joosse or Loving by Ann Morris or On Mothers Lap* by Ann Herbert Scott
Session 34- People Help Me: Main Selection: Rachel Fister’s Blister* by Amy MacDonald Alternates: One Fine Day* by Nonny Hogrogian or Come a Tide* by George Ella Lyon
Session 35- People Teach Me: Main Selection: The Biggest House in the World by Leo Lionni Alternates: I Like Books* by Anthony Browne or Eating the Alphabet: fruits and vegetables from A to Z* by Lois Ehlert or Ten Little Rabbits* by Virginia Grossman or Red, Blue, Yellow Shoe* by Tana Hoban or Animal Numbers by Bert Kitchen or or The Ant and The Elephant* by Bill Peet or Brown Bear, Brown Bear What do you See* by Bill Martin, Jr or A Walk in the Rain by Ursel Scheffler Mouse Count* by Ellen Stoll Walsh
Session 36- People Know Me: Main Selection: A Tiger Called Thomas* by Charlotte Zolotow I know a Lady* by Charlotte Zolotow Alternates: Miss Tizzy by Libba M. Gray
Session 37- I Can Celebrate: Main Selection: The Teddy Bears’ Picnic* by Jimmy Kennedy Alternates: Picnic by Emily Arnold McCully
