Big Books for the Classroom
Do you use big books in your classroom? These books are great because they are larger than your typical picture book which means your students can see the pages better. I love using these for read alouds and shared reading.
Today I’m sharing my favorite big books for the classrom. Comment below with your favorite one!
It Looked Like Spilt Milk by Charles G. Shaw has a mystery shape that shifts from page to page help capture children’s attention. There is word repetition in this book, so children will likely want to read along with you!
My Five Senses by Aliki is great for introducing students to the five senses!
Stellaluna by Janell Cannon is a heartwarming story about a baby bat who goes on adventure to find her mother!
Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh is great for introducing colors and color mixing to students.
The Napping House by Audrey Wood is a hilarious tale about lots of people and animals that want to sleep in the same bed!
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Eric Carle is a classic book! Kids love the repeition and will want to read along with you!
The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister is a great story with an important lesson about sharing!
Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina will captivate your students and make them laugh!
Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? by Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle is another great rhyming and repetion book.
Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes is a sweet story about a mouse who learns an important lesson when she goes off to school!
Check out more of wonderful big books over at Lakeshore Learning. They have a great selection!
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These are all so great for children, love all these big books, especially my 5 senses!
Fantastic! Love low prep work and love free stuff!
I love shared reading my AU/IO Class this year loved reading especially The Rainbow Fish and Brown Bear.
I love It looked like spilt milk!
Chrysanthemum! This is one book that I do not have.
My favorite big book is Knuffle Bunny! 🙂 Out of your favorites, my favorite would have to be Chrysanthemum!
YES!!! I use books! I used them with our children, and now I use them with our grands! My favorites for babies are all of the Brown Bear books…such classics!
I LOVE using “big books” with my 2 yr old class!
It’s so much easier to keep their attention. The Napping House or Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? would be my top choices, but really any would be AMAZING!
I would love to win the ” It looked like spilt milk”.
I would love any of these big books. I usually check them out of the library, but they don’t have that many available now. My 2-3 year old preschoolers love big books!