Kraner, Etta. (2007). Who Likes the Rain? Toronto, Ont.: Kids Can Press. (E-book retrieved from Tumblebooks).
This year our school purchased a subscription to Tumblebooks (ask Kathy or Carla for the password to use them at home). I have been using them in my Kindergarten classroom. Last week we watched and listened to "Who Likes the Rain?". This wonderful mixture of fiction and non-fiction describes children playing in the rain and explores all the reasons we like rain. When a child states "I like the rain because the worms come out. I wonder why the worms come out?", the next page explains why worms come out when it rains. Every reason for liking rain is a starting point for another age appropriate scientific explanation. The children were mesmerized and learned a lot. Afterwords we did our own writers' workshops about why we like (or don't like) rain. This is a great book acknowledging our natural curiousity and introducing the idea of inquiry learning (asking "wonder" questions and then looking for the answers).
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