Counting Sheep
Read4Nature – Picture Books about Farms
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| Book name |
Counting Sheep |
| Author/ Illustrator |
Gwenda Turner |
| Thumbs up! |
Delightful, realistic drawings of sheep, lambs and smiling children.Lamb and ewe stickers to add to each page |
| Main theme |
Sheep and lambs in a paddock. |
| Living things in this book |
Sheep, grass, children |
| things to talk about in the illustrations |
- { Characteristics of sheep
- { Colour of adults and young
- { Body and head shapes
- { Difference in colour and texture of sheep and lamb wool
- { Different size lamb’s feeding positions under the ewe
- { Pink tongues
- { links into the environment
- { grass in paddock = food
- { heads down to graze grass
- { other aspects in the environment
- { bottle feeding of (orphan) lambs
- { trees in background are shelter belts against wind
- { different types of fences
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| things to notice in the text |
- { different ways of showing numbers
- { Word
- { Numeral
- { Fingers
- { stickers of sheep and lambs
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| Now to observe |
- { visit a show and spend some time in the sheep and lamb pavillion
- { visit a butcher to find the meat that comes from sheep and lambs in many different cuts
- { visit a floor-covering shop to find woollen carpets
- { try some sheep milk cheeses
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| and record |
- { use wool to make (glued-down) animal pictures by using (and noticing its flexibility and strength)
- { a long piece around the outline
- { and cut pieces over the body
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| More about this book: |
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| Science notes |
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| Publisher |
Puffin Books (NZ) Ltd , Albany, NZ |
| Year |
2000 |
| ISBN |
0-14-056782-8 |
| Publisher’s suggested age |
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