FRA Curated Resources for

FAMILIES, FAMILIES, FAMILIES!

By Suzanne & Max Lang

Downloadable Resources from Random House:

http://www.randomhouse.com/teachers/resource/families-families-families-family-tree-activity-kit/

Download this quick, fun guide for discussions and activities focused on students families. Includes a list of additional picture books that celebrate differences!

Story Time on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4hr8Ni_oQU

See and hear the book read on YouTube.

International Day of Families:

https://celebratepicturebooks.com/tag/families-families-families/

Did you know that May 15th is International Day of Families? Check out this review of Families, Families, Families!, as well as an activity. While on the site, check out picture books to celebrate every day of the year! What better way to celebrate every day than with a great book?!?!?

Handprint Book:

http://fromabcstoacts.com/all-about-me-hand-print-book

Encourage students to celebrate their differences in this creative All About Me handprint book. A great way to learn more about your students, and a keepsake for kids to take home and share with their families.

Family Thinking Map:

http://www.abcya.com/friendly_letter_maker.htm

Teach a great organizational tool by connecting it to students families. You could create several different tree maps surrounding the family theme, such as I live with, In my family I am, and more! Have your students come up with more topics!

My Place in the World:

http://kidworldcitizen.org/2011/11/26/my-place-in-the-world-project/

After reading the book and talking about students families, you can broaden the topic by talking about their home, their city, their state, and beyond!

Word Families:

http://www.icanteachmychild.com/word-family-activities/

Words have families too! Check out these 30 fun word family activities!

Animal Families:

https://www.lernerbooks.com/SiteCollectionDocuments/TeachingGuides/9780822556589.pdf

Families, Families, Families! has several different animal families. Teach your students about real animal families with these fun activities that include categorizing, math, and more!

Extension Activity Family Portaits:

The book is filled with framed photos of different types of families. Find a frame template and have your students create an illustration of their family portrait. Hang the pictures up around the room.

Extension Activity Classroom Family:

For this year, your classroom becomes its own learning family. Compare and contrast how your classroom family and students home families. Are there aspects that are the same?

Florida Reading Association Childrens Book Award 2016-2017