Games with Books: Twenty-Eight of the Best Children's Books and How to Use Them to Help Your Child Learn from Preschool to Third Grade

by Peggy Kaye

Book Overview

Everyone knows how important it is to read with children. But how can you continue your child's learning experience and enjoyment of a story once you close the book?

In her engaging new book, Peggy Kaye shows parents and teachers how to play learning games based on classic children's books. Games with Books features 14 picture books, from Harold and the Purple Crayon to Bluesberries for Sal and 14 chapter books, from...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374528152
• ISBN13: 9780374528157
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.5" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Not her absolute best book, but still worth having.

Ms. Kaye has written a number of books with great ideas to expand learning at home. This one isn't her best - I find the subject matter of 28 books to be a little limiting - but it's still a great way to have fun with books outside of reading them.

A unique way to expand a child's imagination!

Most of the time when I read my daughter a book, we end up discussing little things relating to what's happening in the book. It could be something that she was reminded of, or something I want to share with her at that time. Books are not only for reading...they're for helping expand minds and imagination. There is no end to what a book can accomplish for its reader. In the book, "Games with Books," the author takes 28 wonderful children's books and shows parents how to do more with those books than just reading the stories. Instead of just listening, children can now become involved in what they're reading. Playing games and doing projects helps grow a child's imagination, and allows them to do anything or be anyone they choose. MyParenTime.com highly recommends the book, "Games with Books" - the author gives so many wonderful ideas that parents will find themselves creating games to play with other books they read with their children. There is no limit to a child's or a parent's creativity. This special book is sure to lead to some wonderfully creative ideas, and a lot of fun family times!

A Gift

This book is a series of games for parents (aunts, uncles, grandparents, teachers, and other interested parties) to teach children the myriad skills necessary to read, write, and imagine. Each game is based on a classic of children's fiction. And for each game, the author, Peggy Kaye, tells the story of playing the game with one of her students. One of the great charms of this book is that it is so full of vivid characters. First, there are all the characters from the Pantheon of children's fiction--Stuart Little, Curious George, Pippi Longstocking--who fairly leap from the page in Peggy Kaye's shrewd and engaging recounting of each of these 28 classic tales. Peggy Kaye's students--Molly, Mathias, Sara, to name but a few--also come alive page after page with their individual enthusiams, frustrations, trepidations, and accomplishments. Finally, there's Peggy Kaye herself. It's no mystery why her student Bonnie wanted to make Friendship Necklaces with her. She comes through as charmed, empathic, and committed, with a flair for acting. By the end of the book, you'll understand why Peggy Kaye keeps a box of Teaching Treasures and why it's full. As a book-lover, I've never wanted to read children's books so much as I do now after reading her descriptions of AND TO THINK I SAW IT ON MULBERRY STREET, THE SOMETHING, THE BORROWERS, of Kaye's best beloved Stuart Little, of tall-tale-telling Wanda Petronski, of the Clocks making off with furnishings for their hodge-podge house; the grinning trees, the smiling flowers, the chuckling cars in the world of Katy-No-Pocket. As a new father, I can't wait to share these stories and play these games with my daughter. This books is a gift--to book lovers, to children who want to learn, and to the adults who want to help them do it. Get this book for yourself, get it for your kids, get it for their friends, and get it for your friends, too.

Scrumptious Ideas to Celebrate Children and Books They Love

In her introduction, Peggy Kaye indicates that games played with books should be "carefully chosen." One doesn't want to debase the wonder of a classic book with sleazy peripherals that distract a child's appreciation of the book. Kaye's books are carefully chosen. So are her activities. They help children acquire and strengthen necessary skills, and they do it in a way that is fun for both the child and the parent. A gentle, respectful spirit pervades this book. There's respect for children, respect for literature, and respect for the time parents spend with their children. And besides this, it builds skills!This is a wonderful wonderful book. Kaye says, "Pleasure is the guiding principle here." She delivers on her principles. Pleasure abounds.