Arthur Babysits

Some kids never grow out of the terrible twos and that goes double for the Tibble twins. When D.W. volunteers for Arthur to babysit Tommy and Timmy Tibble, Arthur is in for a long night of chaos. Luckily, he's able to calm the twins down after a few mishaps (fifty pick up and a game of hide and seek) with a scary story until Mrs. Tibble comes home. This was a funny story. Once again, Marc Brown makes Arthur very entertaining and relatable. As the oldest sibling, I had to babysit quite often and it was never fun. I think reading a story to my sisters would have been great for all of us.

Arthur has to babysit the dreaded Tibble twins. DW has a terrible relationship with the twins, so Arthur is very apprehensive about babysitting them. He is also nervous that he won't be able to handle the responsibility and will mess up. He learns that he is able to handle responsibility. This book is great for kids who want responsibility like a dog or babysitting. This will teach them how hard things can be and that they have to be up for the challenge.

This picture storybook has a Scholastic Readability Level of Grades 1-2. The Arthur books are a serious that tell of the struggles that a boy named Arthur faces with school, siblings, and life in general. This particular story is particularly funny, which will help gain the students attention. Arthur winds up babysitting the Terrible Tibble Twins, which is just as difficult as it sounds. They are up to their usual crazy antics and Arthur is having a tough time. Until he figure out how to get them to settle down, he decides to tell a scary story. The story is describe in vivid detail with many adjectives, which is the content that I think I would use this book to address in a 2nd grade classroom. I would explain that adjectives are words show more that are used to describe or modify a noun (person, place, or thing). As I read the story, I would pause periodically to have students find adjectives within the text. At the end, I would have them pick objects within the classroom and have them list adjectives to describe it. The students would be encouraged to explore what the object looked like, smelled like, felt like, and sounded like. show less

Arthur gets roped into babysitting two out of control twin boys. They pretty much take over, as they make messes, tie Arthur to a chair, and hide from him. Arthur finally gets a good idea, however, he tells them about the swamp thing that comes at night to eat twin boys. They're freaked out and they love the story, so that when their grandma comes home she sees them being obedient and asks Arthur to sit every day for them.

Author babysits demonstrates the difficulties of babysitting. Author has to babysit two out of control twin boys and nothing he does gets them to obey. He finally tells them a scary story about the Swamp thing. They were scared and fascinated with the story so they obeyed for the rest of the time. This book shows the difficulty with baby sitting. It also shows how rewarding it can be if you can identify with the child. It can also show children how hard it is to be a babysitter so they shouldn't be so hard on them.

This story is about other people givg their perspective of babysitting certain twins. Arthur knows babysitting is a big responsibility so he is nervous. It actually ends up being a great experience and he learns from it. This would be great to use for responsibility lessons, jobs, and adventures.

This book shows children about being responsible. Arthur was asked to babysit because he was responsible with his little sister. The book shows how Arthur had to take control of a bad situation. This book can be used on a responsibility unit. I can relate to this book because I used to babysit my neighbors children a long time ago.