Tuesday, October 9, 2012

The tumble books



The tumble books seem to be very interesting. Even though the narrator of the book played on our class was little bit too loud and dramatic. I think his voice may frighten students away instead of drawing their attentions to the book.
      Language is a combination of sound, meaning, and written systems. The tumble books combined these three elements and scaffolded furthered by photos and very simple animation. All of that make the books ideal for use in beginning level classroom. In regard of age appropriateness, I think we can use it for all kinds of age group. It is apparent on our class last time that all of us seem to be pretty pleased by the books and engage in it very much.  Nevertheless, the tasks we design for adults can be more challenging and calls for higher cognitive processing than the ones for kids.
     However, since we have to have the New York state library card to open the book, I am not very sure if we are able to open it from other states or from another country even if one have the membership card. If it doesn’t work out in other place, it would be a great shame.  

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