I'm particuarly fond of veggies, growing them, eating them, gazing at them with admiration in the grocery store. This wonderful rhyming book really caught my eye with it's colorul photographs and fun rhyming text. It would be great to use in a pre-school unit on food or even in grades k-2 as a read aloud. It's chock full of great vocabulary words to discuss. You could do all sorts of activities with shapes, colors and numbers with Rah, Rah, Radishes! by April Pulley Sayer. This book uses rhyming and song to explore over forty-five different vegetables! It reviews the characteristics of common vegetables and introduces new ones too. Rah Rah Radish talks about the color of radish and the smell of peppers. As well as, challenges readers to try different vegetables that they may not know such as zucchini and garlic. I would recommend this book as a read aloud for grades K-1st. At this age students are learning a lot about their senses. Using rhyme and song engages young readers and makes learning about anything fun! Most students in these grades have tried the vegetables in Rah Rah Radish, but this book offers a chance to get to know them more. They are learning that things are not so black and white anymore, but that does not have to be a scary thing!An activity I would have to go along with book would be somewhat of a science experiment. I would have each student find a partner and a place around the room. I would then ask one partner to close their eyes while the other partner handed them a vegetable to try. That same partner would then record what the other one thought. They would be required to answer a question involving each one of their senses (excluding sight, of course). When the student trying the vegetable has done this, they would then be able to open their eyes and see if they were correct in guessing which one they tried. After both partners have had a chance to try a vegetable, I would ask the class to come back and discuss what they learned about their senses. This activity would not only introduce a more sophisticated concept of science than they are used to, but be a chance to try a new type of vegetable in the process!Pulley Sayre, April. 2011. Rah Rah Radishes!: A Vegetable Chant. Beach Lane Books.
What do You think about Rah, Rah, Radishes!: A Vegetable Chant (2011)?
Beautiful photographs make a plethora of vegetables appealing to children! AH
—lynn
Love the vibrant photographs, should add this one to my library.
—mulisha_1
