Amanda+Holton+Dreams

Amanda Holton ECD 418 2/19/15     Signature Assignment [[image:https://eed418.wikispaces.com/site/embedthumbnail/placeholder?w=200&h=208 width="200" height="208" align="left" caption="CREATOR: gd-jpeg v1.0 (using IJG JPEG v62), quality = 85 "]] Dreams Children’s Non-Fiction:

Mayle, Peter. (1986) //Sweet Dreams and Monsters//. A Division of Grolier Publishing. Tempe Public Library.

// Sweet Dreams and Monsters // is an excellent non-fiction picture book for children. It shows the difference between dreams, nightmares, and what is actually happening in reality. It says that dreams and nightmares derive from personal experiences that day, or what is on the person’s mind that day. For example, if a person is worrying about going to the dentist tomorrow, he might have a nightmare about being in a dentist chair. Different types of dreams are discussed, such as forgotten dreams, daydreams, dreams that come true, and many others. The end of the book tells children what to do before going to bed to prevent a nightmare. It says to check every inch of the bedroom to see that there isn’t anything there to be afraid of. This book allows children to discuss their emotions such as their fears, what makes them happy, what makes them sad, etc. It also incorporates myths into the story because most of it has to do with monsters and things that go bump under the bed. Children can learn that monsters aren’t real and that they are made-up creatures. Science is a strand of Social Studies that is integrated with //Sweet Dreams and Monsters// because the first part of the book talks about what’s going on in the brain while a person is sleeping McPhee, Andrew T. (2001) //Sleep and Dreams//. A Division of Grolier Publishing. Tempe Public Library.
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// Sleep and Dreams // is a chapter book with black and white photography inside. The book goes over how sleep actually happens, and that the body’s immune system gets a boost from melatonin, which is produced during sleep. The biology of sleep in humans and animals and how much time is spent sleeping each night is explained in the first chapter. The different cycles and stages are discussed as well. In the second chapter, the rhythm of sleep is the main topic. The body’s clock in terms of day and night and the chemical that controls that clock which is called adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) is focused on in this chapter. Sleep deprivation and its effects are pointed out in the third chapter of Sleep and Dreams. This book is helpful because it gives information on sleep disorders such as insomnia and snoring. If children have experienced these things, they are able to gain more information on how to handle those disorders. Chapter five is about what to do to get a more restful sleep, and chapter six is focused on dreams. In chapter six, which is the last chapter, it talks about the history of dreams and how they started back in the Middle Ages. This chapter provides tips on learning what each dream means and how people can remember each dream by recording what happens in a journal.
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This book is great for a children’s classroom for many different reasons. One of the ways this book can be used is to teach about science and how the body works. Social interaction in this book is a major discussion point with children during the chapter that discusses sleep deprivation. If a child isn’t getting enough sleep, his interactions with others is affected. Discussing dreams and the way we feel when we have them is social-emotional.
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Romanek, Trudee. (2002//) Zzz… The Most Interesting Book You’ll Ever Read About Sleep.// Kids Can Press. Tempe Public Library.

// Zzz… The Most Interesting Book You’ll Ever Read About Sleep // covers two major topics; sleep and dreams. This book discusses the importance of sleep in connection to the body and what happens if you lose sleep. The body’s clock is discussed by the various reasons why the human body feels tired and how the brain takes over and controls the body, making a person feel tired. The book goes over the different stages of sleep and what you should experience while you’re in slumber. Non-REM and REM (Rapid Eye Movement) sleep are the two different stages that are focused on, and it gives insight on what to expect during both. Dreaming is the second major topic discussed in Zzz… The most interesting book you’ll ever read about sleep. It discussed that dreams take place in REM sleep and that people dream of things that they see—according to researchers. The reason for nightmares is also discussed in this book.
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This book includes experiences that provide for the study of people. This book is also highly integrated with science, technology, and society because a huge focus is on the occurrences that researchers have found happens during REM and Non-REM sleep. It discusses how people feel about nightmares and dreams—which relates to society. The story also integrates into social-emotional because children are afraid of nightmares and what they contain. Children can express their emotions through dreams and how they felt during them.
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Children’s Fiction:

Allsburg, Chris Van. (1990) //Just a Dream.// Houghton Mifflin Company Boston. Tempe Public Library.

// Just a Dream // is about a young boy who doesn’t care about the environment around him. He throws trash on the ground, mixes recyclables with regular trash when placing them in the bins at night, and doesn’t care for the tree that his neighbor planted for her birthday; he would rather watch television. He watches a TV show about a boy from the future and it has robots and flying cars in it. He dreams of the future, but it isn’t like what his television show portrayed. He sees the world as a dump with a lot of pollution and no trees. He wants to wake up and go back to his real life, but he keeps transitioning to different places that show the horrible result of not taking care of the environment around him. Once he finally wakes up, he decides that he wants to plant a tree for his birthday like his neighbor did. He also puts the trash in the correct bins and he picks up the wrappers he threw in the yard. That night, he goes to sleep and dreams of the future again. This time, it is a much prettier dream that shows many trees in it—two of which him and his neighbor planted in the past.
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Geography and climate are major parts of this book because there are scenes that include snowy mountains and there are also scenes that have the Grand Canyon in them. The teacher can discuss what these different places are like in terms of hot and cold. Children can also learn a lot about the environment from this book because it discusses recycling and the effects of taking care of the world around us.
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Appelt, Kathi. (1999) //Cowboy Dreams.// HarperCollins Publishers. Tempe Public Library.

// Cowboy Dreams // is about a young cowboy who needs to go to sleep. The book shares what is happening around him outside that tells him it is time for bed. There are different animals that are mentioned doing things that happen at night. There is a bird singing, “sleep tight” to the cowboy and cicadas that tell him to go to sleep. The whole story is supposed to be a lullaby that is being sung around a campfire to the young cowboy. The story has vivid pictures of skies, valleys, and animals on every page.
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// Cowboy Dreams // is written in rhyme form, which is great for children in Early Childhood. The valley, river, and trees are mentioned in the story, which is a part of Geography. It also takes place in the desert where there are different animal habitats, which would be a great topic for young students. Weather is another form of integration because students can learn about the temperature in the location of //Cowboy Dreams.//
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Chapman, Nancy Kapp. (2000) //Doggie Dreams//. G.P. Putnam’s Sons. Tempe Public Library.

// Doggie Dreams // is children’s picture book about all of the different possible things that dogs can dream of. Each page is bright and colorful and the writing is short with large font. It talks about how they might dream of being businessmen, digging giant holes, eating at restaurants, and many other things. Many of the scenarios that come up in the story are similar to dreams that contain goals that people might have too. The purpose of this book is for children to realize that dogs have dreams just like humans do.
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This book is written in rhyme, so phonics is a major integration with this book. The dogs in the story dream of driving buses, landing on the moon, and riding in airplanes which all have to do with travel. There is also a part in the book that shows a dog leading the nation as president, which has to do with government and structure of power. The dogs in the story are interacting with other dogs, which is included in part five in the thematic strand of Social Studies. Geography is a huge part of this book because the doggie dreams happen in many different places; such as the outer space.
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Griffith, Helen V. (1990) //Plunk’s Dreams//. Greenwillow Books. Tempe Public Library.

// Plunk’s Dreams // is a brightly colored picture book for children, which tells the story of a dog named Plunk and his adventures in sleep. The story is kid-friendly and the pictures are very big so that children can see them easily. The dog’s owner gives detailed description of what he thinks his dog is really dreaming about at night. Everything he pictures Plunk dreaming about is very adventurous. The owner’s parents imagine him dreaming of everyday things such as eating dinner. The story goes back and forth from what the dog is doing in his sleep (such as barking or wagging his tail) to what the owner’s parents think Plunk is dreaming about to what the owner thinks he is dreaming about. The story ends with the parents and the owner agreeing that the dog is dreaming about the owner.
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Travel is integrated in //Plunk’s Dream// because in one scene, the dog rides in a canoe. Geography is also a focus in this book because the dog ventures to the woods next to a lake. Children could also discuss the different sizes of things because the book compares how big a cat is compared to Plunk. Math could really be integrated with this portion of the story because the teacher could ask children to compare objects using terms “bigger” and “smaller”.
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Jack Keats, Ezra (1974) //Dreams//. A Division of penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers. Tempe Public Library.

// Dreams // is a beautiful picture book with images made with paint that fill each page. The story is about a little boy named Roberto who made a paper mouse in school. He isn’t able to sleep and sits in his apartment looking out his windowsill when he sees a large dog tormenting a cat on the sidewalk. Roberto’s arm accidentally knocks the paper mouse off the wall and it goes tumbling down and casts a shadow on the wall, which makes the mouse look huge and it ends up scaring away a big dog that was messing with a cat down below. At the end of the story, the reader realizes that Roberto was dreaming the whole time.
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This story incorporates community into it by showing images of the huge building that Roberto lives in. There are some things that could be considered social-emotional topics in this story. Students could describe how they feel when they saw the mouse falling, or when they saw the dog trying to attack the cat. Since the little boy made the paper mouse in school, art could be integrated with the book as well. The teacher could have the students create their own paper mouse.
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Karlin, Nurit. (1988) //The Dream Factory//. J.B. Lippincott New York. Tempe Public Library.

// The Dream Factory // is a young children’s picture book about a little sheep who doesn’t like going to sleep at night, so his grandmother decides to take him to a dream factory. They fly over to the factory, which has many different sheep sewing and putting dreams together. He is excited to see all of the different dreams that sheep have. The sheep give him a souvenir to take home, which is a stuffed animal. He flies back home with his grandmother and he begins to like going to sleep at night so he can dream.
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Travel can be discussed in this book because the young sheep and his grandmother fly over to the dream factory and back. Feelings and emotions can be integrated with //The Dream Factory// by having children talk about how they do or don’t like going to sleep at night and why. Another integration is the actual dream factory. A factory is a type of business, which fits into social studies. Children can learn about how factories work and what different jobs the workers do there.
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Lionni, Leo. (1991) //Matthew’s Dream.// Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Tempe Public Library.

Matthew’s Dream is a story about a miniature mouse and a dream he has. He lives with his parents in an attic and they don’t have a lot of money. Matthew goes on a field trip to the museum with his classmates and he meets another mouse named Nicolette. They look at the paintings at the museum and Matthew decides that he really likes the paintings and he has a dream that night that him and Nicolette are inside of a painting. They are walking around looking at all of the different colors when Matthew suddenly wakes up. He realizes that he wants to be a painter so he begins painting. One of his paintings becomes famous and when asked what it’s called, he says “My Dream.” Matthew and Nicolette end up being together at the end of the story.
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This book has a large social-emotional aspect to it because it shows the relationship that Matthew and Nicolette have. It shows them holding hands and being affectionate, which could be discussed in the classroom. Social class could be integrated with this book because it discusses how Matthew’s family was poor in the beginning of the story and then at the end of the story it mentions that Matthew became rich by making money off of his paintings. Types of buildings and history could be a focal topic with the students as well based on the fact that the mice took a trip to the museum. The teacher could explain what the museum is and what types of things are included inside.
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__ References __ Mayle, Peter. (1986) //Sweet Dreams and Monsters//. A Division of Grolier Publishing. Tempe Public Library. McPhee, Andrew T. (2001) //Sleep and Dreams//. A Division of Grolier Publishing. Tempe Public Library. Romanek, Trudee. (2002//) Zzz… The Most Interesting Book You’ll Ever Read About Sleep.// Kids Can Press. Tempe Public Library. Allsburg, Chris Van. (1990) //Just a Dream.// Houghton Mifflin Company Boston. Tempe Public Library. Appelt, Kathi. (1999) //Cowboy Dreams.// HarperCollins Publishers. Tempe Public Library. Chapman, Nancy Kapp. (2000) //Doggie Dreams//. G.P. Putnam’s Sons. Tempe Public Library. Griffith, Helen V. (1990) //Plunk’s Dreams//. Greenwillow Books. Tempe Public Library. Jack Keats, Ezra (1974) //Dreams//. A Division of penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers. Tempe Public Library. Karlin, Nurit. (1988) //The Dream Factory//. J.B. Lippincott New York. Tempe Public Library. Lionni, Leo. (1991) //Matthew’s Dream.// Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Tempe Public Library.