Shared+books

Children enjoy listening to the class shared book. Below are examples of how I am working with the children I teach to keep these stories alive over time. The examples below have been completed with children who are 5 years old with most of them starting school for the first time in February. The finished product has been placed on the classroom blog - with the children encouraged to read/listen to it at home. Photos were taken of the children as they undertook different actions. The photos were placed in keynote, the text was placed underneath and a screen shot taken. The jpeg was then placed in garage band. ||  || media type="file" key="'me3'.m4a" width="514" height="233" align="center" ||
 * __**I am running**__
 * This book was made using keynote. (click on the cover to turn the page.)

media type="file" key="baby animals full.mov" width="360" height="360" ||  || __**Baby Animals**__ After reading this shared book the children began to paint pictures of an adult with their baby. These paintings were used to make a book using keynote.Then used to make podcasts which were put on the classroom blog.

media type="file" key="A baby .m4a" width="476" height="230" align="center"

media type="file" key="a baby 2.m4a" width="482" height="214" align="center" || This shared book text has back and white images with animals hidden within it. The children have had a great deal of fun spotting the hidden animals within each page. We then made some black images ourselves and went on to make our own version of the book.
 * __**What can you see?**__

||  || media type="file" key="what can i see nicole p, charlie, jorja, flynn, alexas .m4a" width="588" height="274" align="center"

media type="file" key="what can you see -olivia, nicole T, Meli, Jade, Charlie, oscar.m4a" width="585" height="272" align="center" || This shared book explored the notion that we can write on and in different things. The children took turns taking photos of each other to create this book. ||  || media type="file" key="I can write .......m4a" width="457" height="273" align="center" || This shared book explored the idea that a box can be anything you want it to be - if you use your imagination. A box was placed on KidPix and the children changed the box into whatever they wanted to.
 * __**I can write**__
 * **__Not a box__



** ||  ||   || media type="file" key="not a box.mov" width="324" height="324" align="center" || We read the shared book - Oh bother. Again we used KidPix. A circle was placed on the page to represent a hole and each child decided what the hole was in. ** ||  ||   || media type="file" key="oh bother by room 6.mov" ||
 * **__Oh bother__