Curated OER
Cotton Ball Lamb
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.
Curated OER
Izzy the Insect
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...
Curated OER
Aaa-aaa-aaa-choo!!
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...
Curated OER
When You Don't Get What You Want
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...
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Animals: A Secret Pet
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.
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Animals: Which Pet Would You Get?
A pattern story about how to choose a pet. Includes audio narration in 19 additional languages with text in English.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: "My Pet Kid" by E. P. Dutton
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.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: The Pet Lamb
A scanned copy of the 1873 publication of The Pet Lamb, a book of poetry for children.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: My Pet Book
A scanned copy of the 1878 publication of My Pet Book by Timothy Shay Arthur, a fiction book for children.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Family Pets
A scanned copy of the 1896 publication of Family Pets, a book of stories and poems and stories for children.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: The Pet of the Family
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.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Pleasing Pets
A scanned copy of the 1897 publication of Pleasing Pets by Harrison Weir, a children's book of fiction.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Our Pets
A scanned copy of the 1880 publication of Our Pets, a book of children's poetry with animal themes.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Animal Pets
A scanned copy of the 1897 publication Animal Pets, a picture book for children.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Pets at Play
A scanned copy of the 1880 publication of Pets at Play, a book of poetry for children.
Children's Books Online
Children's Books Online: The Pet Bubble Book
"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.
Just Books Read Aloud
Just Books Read Aloud: Biscuit Visits the Petting Zoo
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.
Just Books Read Aloud
Just Books Read Aloud: Mick Inkpen: The Great Pet Sale
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.
Just Books Read Aloud
Just Books Read Aloud: Josh Selig: Wonder Pets Good Night
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.
Just Books Read Aloud
Just Books Read Aloud: Billy Lopez: Wonder Pets Save the Egg
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...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Pet Care
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart contains information for children on how to care for pets.
Ministerio de Educacion, Cultura y Deporte (Spain)
English for Little Children
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...
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Sugar and Spice by Ernest Nister
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.
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Animals: If I Had a Puppy
Learn how to care for a new puppy. Includes audio narration in English, Spanish and Turkish, with text in English.