COME WITH ME!

Here’s a book you can make about your town, state, country, or any place you might visit this summer.  I bought a book with sights around Charleston, but you could use postcards or take your own photos.  This is a good way to integrate social studies, informational text, and a sense of place.  What fun for choral reading or try singing the words to the tune "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star.”

Charleston, Charleston,

My Lovely City!

                                                           

Charleston, Charleston,

What do you see?

There’s a carriage ride.

Come with me.

Charleston, Charleston,

What do you see?

There’s Rainbow Row.

Come with me.

(There are many other verses with

sites around town.)

Charleston, Charleston,

What do you see?

I see the happy children

smiling at me.

Do you like your city,

Do you like what you see?

“YES!” said the children.

“It’s the place for me!

*Several years ago a teacher told me that she made books about all the places she went on vacation.  She happened to teach in a low income school where many of the children never left their neighborhood.  She said she’d overhear them in the classroom library saying, “Let’s got to California today…Let’s go to Disney World…”  Your friends might not be interested in photographs from your travels, but your kids will love them!

I hate to brag, but Charleston really is a lovely city.  If you don’t have summer plans, there’s still time to sign up for the Early Childhood Summit at the College of Charleston July 8 & 9.  You can learn and play at the same time!   http://ecsummit.cofc.edu/Home.html