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This was a fun, light book for encouraging movements. I’ll incorporate it in with my young learners.
A lovely book that explains to children all the important steps that go into setting an accomplishing their goals. Throughout the book, you follow along with a group of children who are practicing for their swimming match. Young readers will learn the importance of stretching before a strenuous activity, eating a balanced and healthy meal, believing in yourself, and cheering on your teammates. This book has a ton of positive messages, and I think it'll be a huge hit.
A huge thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for sending me a digital copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. I truly appreciate it!
Author Scot Ritchie's multicultural group of friends are back together again. Last time we save them, they visited a farm to learn how to grow grains and vegetables in See How We Eat!; this time, Pedro, Yulee, Nick, Sally, and Martin are training as their swim team, The Flying Sharks, prepares to compete. They learn about using proper equipment for different activities, warming up before beginning your activity, teamwork and encouragement, goal-setting, nutrition, the mind-body connection, and more. There are suggestions for fun activities and words to know, all coming together to give kids a fun story about a group of friends staying strong and having fun together while encouraging kids to create lifelong habits of health, nutrition, and physical fitness. I like this See How! series; it offers a wealth of information on healthy living, made accessible to younger readers. I can easily read this in a storytime and get the kids talking about the different ways they play, how they eat, and good habits to get into.
Another long winded picture book about kids getting up and moving before a swim meet. Each page is a “chapter” that asks a question. Then there is an explanation of idea the story portion was trying to convey. It's a lovely book, but not one I will pick up again.
See How We Move by Scot Ritchie was a great introduction to staying healthy, fit and active. I appreciated the vocabulary included and story told throughout the book. I'm not sure what it was, but it felt like something was missing. I love the other books in this series by Kinds Can Press and will also be purchasing this one for my classroom library.
Liked this book. Information was written well in small sections. Easy for kids to understand. Good tips and nice to have vocabulary words. Illistrations were awesome! Highly recommend this book!
This is more than just a book about how children can move. The sub-title is more true to the book. It covers so many aspects of healthy living using the Sharks swim team to tell the story. It deals with many areas of healthy active living such as: being active, setting goals, teamwork and supporting others, safety (i.e. wearing a bike helmet), healthy eating, warming up and more. This would be a great book for teachers to use in their health program. Each set of pages presents information with colourful and detailed illustrations, then there are questions to elicit a discussion with the listener. A great addition to a school, class, family or resource library.