Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Cotton Ball Lamb

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students are encouraged to recognize animal and the sounds they make. They create a hands-on craft, story-telling and song. Students share each creation with their classmates.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Izzy the Insect

For Teachers K - 1st
Pupils recognize the short vowel i in written and spoken language. Through listening activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /i/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify them...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Aaa-aaa-aaa-choo!!

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners study the /a/ sound by mimicking the sound one makes when they sneeze. Next they work with a tongue twister, which they recite while stretching out the initial short a sound. Next, they practice writing the letter and read "A...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

When You Don't Get What You Want

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the short vowel u in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /u/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify the...
eBook
Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Animals: A Secret Pet

For Students K - 1st Standards
A little boy pretends to have a secret pet and tells how he would care for a pet if he had one. Includes audio narration in 11 additional languages with text in English.
eBook
Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Animals: Which Pet Would You Get?

For Students K - 1st Standards
A pattern story about how to choose a pet. Includes audio narration in 19 additional languages with text in English.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: "My Pet Kid" by E. P. Dutton

For Students K - 1st
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book "My Pet Kid" by E. P. Dutton (1888). This illustrated children's book tells the story of a pet goat in verse; it is a part of the Dutton's "Sparkling" Series.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: The Pet Lamb

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A scanned copy of the 1873 publication of The Pet Lamb, a book of poetry for children.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: My Pet Book

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A scanned copy of the 1878 publication of My Pet Book by Timothy Shay Arthur, a fiction book for children.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Family Pets

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A scanned copy of the 1896 publication of Family Pets, a book of stories and poems and stories for children.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: The Pet of the Family

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A scanned copy of the 1896 publication of The Pet of the Family by William Henry Shelton, a book of stories and poems for children.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Pleasing Pets

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A scanned copy of the 1897 publication of Pleasing Pets by Harrison Weir, a children's book of fiction.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Our Pets

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A scanned copy of the 1880 publication of Our Pets, a book of children's poetry with animal themes.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Animal Pets

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A scanned copy of the 1897 publication Animal Pets, a picture book for children.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Pets at Play

For Students K - 1st
A scanned copy of the 1880 publication of Pets at Play, a book of poetry for children.
eBook
Children's Books Online

Children's Books Online: The Pet Bubble Book

For Students Pre-K - 1st
"The Pet Bubble Book", written in 1919 by Ralph Mayhew & Burges Johnson, has been digitized and made available by the Rosetta Project. This 11 page book is appropriate for pre-readers.
eBook
Just Books Read Aloud

Just Books Read Aloud: Biscuit Visits the Petting Zoo

For Students Pre-K - K
A video of the book "Biscuit Visits the Petting Zoo", written by Alyssa Capucilli and Pat Schories and Rose Berlin. Just Books Read Aloud is a site that includes children's books read aloud by normal (but enthusiastic) readers.
eBook
Just Books Read Aloud

Just Books Read Aloud: Mick Inkpen: The Great Pet Sale

For Students Pre-K - K
A video of the book "The Great Pet Sale", written by Mick Inkpen. Just Books Read Aloud is a site that includes children's books read aloud by normal (but enthusiastic) readers.
eBook
Just Books Read Aloud

Just Books Read Aloud: Josh Selig: Wonder Pets Good Night

For Students Pre-K - K
A video of the book "Wonder Pets Good Night", written by Josh Selig, and illustrated by Little Airplane Productions. Just Books Read Aloud is a site that includes children's books read aloud by normal (but enthusiastic) readers.
eBook
Just Books Read Aloud

Just Books Read Aloud: Billy Lopez: Wonder Pets Save the Egg

For Students Pre-K - K
A video of the book "Wonder Pets Save the Egg", written by Billy Lopez, and illustrated by Amy Marie Stadelmann, and illustrated by Little Airplane Productions. Just Books Read Aloud is a site that includes children's books read aloud by...
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Pet Care

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart contains information for children on how to care for pets.
Interactive
Ministerio de Educacion, Cultura y Deporte (Spain)

English for Little Children

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This is an interactive site intended to teach English as a foreign language to young children. It is a helpful multimedia resource for EFL teachers. There are ten themes, each with two levels of difficulty, that allow children to...
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Sugar and Spice by Ernest Nister

For Students K - 1st
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Sugar and Spice by Ernest Nister (1890) an illustrated story about life with pets.
eBook
Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Animals: If I Had a Puppy

For Students K - 1st Standards
Learn how to care for a new puppy. Includes audio narration in English, Spanish and Turkish, with text in English.