"A mother and baby look through a window at a view of wilderness and sky as far as they can see. As Sam, the baby, grows, the view changes..."Window by Jeannie Baker is a wordless picture book that tells the story of exponential growth and environmental change in a world increasingly populated by humans.
How might you use this book with students to build a positive awareness of human impact? What activity can you envision for your group of preschoolers, elementary students, high schoolers, or adults? Use the Comment feature below to add your thoughts after viewing this book. If you dream up a cool graphic organizer or find an interesting Internet connection, e-mail it and I will link it to this blog.
While you're at it, you may want to check out the author's website: Jeannie Baker.
I hope you find this book as fascinating as I do. And remember... "When life closes a door, it always opens a Window."
It would be a great book to introduce the idea of suburban sprawling. That story is really touching. When I first saw it, I thought it doesn't happen that fast. Then I stopped and thought about the area that I grew up in (Eastgate) and realized that the area is totally different from when I was born. There is very little green space left. So yeah it does happen that fast. It is said to think that we are gobbling up every bit of natural beauty. We move farther out to get in touch with nature and others follow and the sprawling follows. It is like we want to get away and not tell anyone about our treasure.
ReplyDeleteThis is a great book to introduce/reinforce the topic of carbon footprint. Before sharing the book, I introduce the term carbon footprint and give a few examples. Then I ask the question, "How does this story connect with the idea of carbon footprint?" After sharing the story, I have students journal for five minutes to retell the story using the term carbon footprint in their paragraphs.
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