En Busca de Freda = Freda Is Found (Stuart J. Murphy's I See I Learn: Destrezas de Salud y Seguridad)

I See I Learn

by Stuart J. Murphy

Freda is excited to be on a class field trip. But after she stops to look in a store window, she can't find her group. See what Freda does to help her teacher and friends find her. Stuart J. Murphy uses Visual Learning strategies to help young children see and learn how to get help when they are lost—a key safety skill.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1991

About the author

PICTURES & WORDS, STORIES & BOOKS
MathStart http://www.mathstart.net
I See I Learn http://www.iseeilearn.com

I was one of those kids who talked all the time in class. I loved telling stories. One day in the 4th Grade, my teacher said, “You tell such good stories, maybe you should try writing some of them down.” “Wow,” I thought. “She thinks my stories are good.” That’s when I started to really enjoy writing.

I was also the class artist. When I wasn’t talking,I was drawing. When I was older, I studied art at the Rhode Island School
of Design. That’s where I became interested in visual learning—how we decode and acquire information from graphs, charts, diagrams, models, illustrations and other images.

I became especially interested in educational publishing and have worked on the development of over a dozen major textbook programs, championing visual learning strategies from Pre-K through high school in every major curriculum area.

MATHSTART

The inspiration to write math stories for children was sparked by my work on a high school mathematics program. Visual learning strategies helped teens—who had been characterized as “reluctant learners’—understand difficult math concepts. Putting math in the context of stories based on their experiences made them feel more comfortable with abstract concepts. They actually became eager to apply math to real-life problems.
If this approach worked for older students, I began to wonder what might happen if younger children were introduced to math this way!

Even before children can read—or speak many words—they can interpret visual information with ease. The MathStart books use simple stories coupled with diagrams, graphs and other visual models to teach everything from probability and pattern recognition to area, capacity and negative numbers.

The Best Bug Parade, (comparing sizes) was my very first published book. It was absolutely thrilling to see my name in print! I never expected that one day there would 63 MathStart books, split over three levels for ages Pre-K to Grade 4.

Each book includes two pages of review and activities designed to help teachers and parents extend learning beyond the story, along with suggestions of related books by other authors. After all, if a child enjoys learning math through stories, then let’s have more stories!
(Pictures, Words & Math: An interview with Stuart J. Murphy )

THE MAIN STREET KIDS' CLUB: A MATHSTART MUSICAL

Now get out your dancing shoes—there is a musical based on six of the MathStart books! The Main Street Kids’ Club was workshopped at Northwestern University and adapted by Scott Ferguson, who also created the perennially popular production of Schoolhouse Rock Live!
The songs are terrific. The math is spot on. And the club motto makes my heart sing: “Math Skills are Life Skills!”

STUART J. MURPHY'S I SEE I LEARN

My latest series of books is focused on young children—Preschool and Kindergarten age.
I See I Learn books teach social, emotional, health and safety, and cognitive skills, such as how to make friends, build confidence, play safely, work together, manage emotions, and make plans. These skills are important for school readiness and for living happy, healthy, productive lives.

The stories “star” a wonderful bunch of friends who live in See-and-Learn City and attend Ready Set Pre-K. The cast includes Freda, Percy, Emma, Ajay, Camille, and Carlos. And, of course, Pickle, the green bull dog—who happens to have a soft-spot for butterflies—and Miss Cathy, their teacher.

I See I Learn stories are modeled on real-life situations and, just as in real-life, often involve more than one skill. For example, Freda Plans a Picnic is about sequencing, a cognitive skill, but the picnic itself is a social event. Percy Plays It Safe focuses on playground safety skills, but playing successfully in a group also requires self-regulation, an emotional skill.

Each book is reviewed by a tea

Reviews

[Mario Flores · Rating 4 out of 5]

I thught that this book was a great tool for teaching kids about what to do and how to behave when one is lost in a big place such as the Fire Station, as in the case of Frida in this book. It was very instructional and I think that kids will love this book not only for its cartoon-like animations, but also for the lesson that it teaches on: What to do when one is lost. This book was very descriptive as well, as it showed scenes where Frida begins to count to ten and breathe deeply as she tries to keep her cool and think of what to do next, in order to return to Mr. D., Miss Cathy, and the rest of class. I enjoy reading books like these because the characters within books like these are usually animals, yet they are animated in such a cartoon-like manner that no child could resist wanting to pick up a book like this and begin scanning it.

[Aly · Rating 3 out of 5]

Muy buen libro para fomentar la importancia de aprenderse los datos personales a los niños. Se lo he leído a mi sobrina de seis años y le ha gustado y le ha motivado demasiado a aprenderse su dirección y número de teléfono.

[Rochelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was okay; a good reinforcement for kids on what to do when you're lost.

[Erin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Working on having Audrey memorize her address and phone number. Great safety skills book.

[Susan · Rating 4 out of 5]

An easy-to-understand book that helps kids know what to do if they get lost.