Invite young learners to create their own vegetable poems with that poem is a chant like the one written by Sayre, list poem, or an acronym. A simple vegetable soup or salad would be an excellent classroom project as would a graph of what vegies each student has eaten within the last 24 hours. Young learners would have fun listing the many vegetables in the book, grouping them by color or shape or even in alphabetical order and coming up with ways they can be eaten.
Short enough to read aloud it is sure to engage young readers in discussion whether or not they are trying to figure out what is a radish or if carrots can be a color other than orange. Whether the topic is poetry, diet or colors, this book is an excellent choice. An author’s note at the back of the book also discusses the definition of a “vegetable” in dietary terms, the importance of color to nutrition and veggies that didn’t make their way into the book. Posted in Uncategorized tagged April Pulley Sayre, chants, poetry, Rah Rah Radishes at 9:14 pm by suebe2įrom radishes and carrots to squash and asparagus, the produce aisle gets treated to a rollicking fast paced rhyme in this picture book by nonfiction author and poet April Pulley Sayre.Īlthough most of the text is devoted to the vegies in question, Sayre also covers the importance of bees and sun. Rah, Rah, Radishes! A Vegetable Chant by April Pulley Sayre
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