A Child's Calendar | 
“The sun is rich and gladly pays in golden hours.“
An activity for this book could be to have students create their own poems for that month. I think it would be neat to see what everyone would come up with.
An activity for this book could be to have students create their own poems for that month. I think it would be neat to see what everyone would come up with.
pickI really like this book! I think it would be good to pull this book out each month and read the poem. At the end of the school year, you could read the poems for summer. I think this book was a creative idea!
pickReview- A Child's Calendar by John Updike, 1965. Monthly things that children look forward to in the months to be, this book talks about the joy each month brings. The illustrations are child memories of each month and the joys the kids look forward to.
Blurbs- In class a fun activity to do with this book is to create poems of their favorite season. They can add fun pictures of their season.
Quote- “The month is amber, golden, and brown.“
Where has the year gone?! I can‘t understand how it is December. 😲
This is such a delightful year keeper. We (kids & I) read each month‘s poem throughout and have been for several years. I will no doubt continue on after they have flown the coop and will gift a copy to them & their children if and when that time comes. ♥️
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A Child‘s Calendar by John Updike and illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman is a Caldecott award-winning poetry book (P). These poems follow a family throughout the year as it includes 12 poems, one for each month of the year. This book would be great as a choral reading activity (CR) as I feel like poems are very song-like.
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pickI can‘t recommend this book enough! I see there are $4 copies on various used book sites. 😊 Here is December‘s painting that accompanies the poem on the opposite page. So cozy! I wish someone would make a hanging or table top version so I could leave it out & appreciate each one all month long.
@ForeverNerdy I thought of you & kids when we read November‘s poem. This book is super charming with a poem and artwork for each month. It was re-illustrated to include more diversity after the artist became a grandparent to grandchildren of color. I leave this book in the kitchen so that I remember to read it with each new month. It will last for years. 😁
This is a beautiful book of monthly illustrated poems. It is all the better because it was re-illustrated to be more racially diverse.
