Jaime Brown's blog

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The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle is a classic loved by children and adults.  This is a great story for teaching many topics and concepts, including big/little, life cycle, colors and foods.  Teachers can adapt the story to meet varying needs, abilities, and interests of their students.  In my class, my students have

This month we are learning about friendship and how to have fun with our friends. We are reading two books in class and many of our activities are based upon the stories.  My students are learning how to participate in parallel and cooperative play activities. Stories are always a great way to introduce concepts.

by Jaime Brown and Katie Armstrong, Preschool Teachers at the Foundation for Blind Children, Phoenix, Arizona.  (Editor's note:  Jaime and Katie both teach children who are blind or visually impaired and Jaime's class includes children with additional disabilities.  Both have included ideas and adaptations for their different groups of children, according to the needs of the students.)