The Grumpy Morning

The pictures make the book! I never would have known that this had a song like reading to it without the tape that came with it; but the song is what gets the children to enjoy it. If you are using it as a read aloud, you definitely need to know the song; it makes it so much better. The storyline of the book with hungry animals all going to wake up the farmer was inventive and interesting. I was surprised to see the famer was a woman; not at all what I expected. Maybe because I see farming as more of a family affair (especially the size of the farm portrayed in this book); but I would rather see the farmer being a father with a wfie and family.

I love this book for Phonological awareness. In addition it is great to educate students on what different farm animals eat.

Summary:
This book is written in rhyme about farm animals that are in desperate need of attention, their food and cuddle time. They make it loudly known to the other animals on the farm about their needs and follow each other to the farmers house to let her know. The animals found her asleep and when she woke up, she happily tended to their needs and loved them all.

Personal Reaction:
I love farm animals. Reading this story brings me back to my uncles farm and feeding time! I love the attitude of the farmer in how happy she is to each one of them

Classroom Extension Ideas:
1. This book could be used for a farm lesson, it could include vocabulary words of farm animals food and sounds they make
2. This book could be used for moods, grumpy and show more happy
3. This book could be used for love for everyone. show less

Through this book, the animals of the farm want to be fed as the farmer is late. The animals figure out that the feed is late due to the farmer being sick. The animals make the farmer feel better, and the farmer is then able to help the animals out.

Reflection: This would be a good book when showing students emotions that they can feel daily. This book shows them also how to empathize with others. It shows that helping others really helps out in times of need.

All of the farm animals are waiting to be taken care of. There was a cow, a dog, a goat and pig. There was also a rabbit, a horse, a duck, and a cat, but no farmer. The farmer was still in bed asleep, and the animals wake her with all the noises they were making, and she woke up to take care of them.

This was a cute farm book. It touches on happy and grumpy emotions. The children enjoyed looking at the animals expressions in the book.

As an extension we could talk about the emotions happy and sad, as well as discussing pet care.

Summary:
This story is about a bunch of farm animals who need food. They wake up in the morning and their owner is late taking care of them. In the end all the animals go into the house to wake up the owner who gives them everything they need.

Personal Reaction:
I personally did not care to much for this book. I guess it would be a great book for 3 and 4 year olds but it was just way to simple for me.

Classroom Extension Ideas:
1. I can ask them kids what they need every morning when they wake up and if they are grumpy like the animals were if they don’t get it.
2. Kind of the opposite, I could ask the kids what kind of animals they have and if their animals act sad if they don’t get what they want.

Summary:
This book was about animals, the sounds they make, and the food that they eat.

Personal Reaction:
To me this book had no meaning. Maybe if i was a kid it would have a little more meaning. Kids may like it because in the book the animals would make their animals noise when they got hungry and wanted to be fed.

Classroom extention ideas:
The kids could pick out their favorite animal from the book and tell the class.
I could also make animal noises with the kids, while reading the book to the class