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Wee Sing: The Ants Go Marching
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The ants go marching one by one, hurrah! hurrah! Follow a colony of ants through an afternoon's worth of adventures set to the familiar tune of "When Johnny Comes Marching Home."
24 pages, Board Book
First published January 7, 2002
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About the author
Pamela Conn Beall
176 books10 followersPamela Conn Beall was born in Omaha, Nebraska, and raised in Klamath Falls, Oregon, with two sisters and a brother. Music was a large part of her childhood, not only within the family, but as she studied voice, piano, and guitar, and sang in numerous select choirs. She graduated from Oregon State University, where she received her Bachelor of Arts degree in music with a minor in education. After college she became an elementary school music teacher in the Portland area, taught guitar at the community college, and sang with the Norman Leyden Singers and Portland Symphonic Choir. Pam lives with her husband, Ron, in Lake Oswego, Oregon. They have four adult children.
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February 11, 2017
Title: Wee Sing The Ants Go Marching
Author: Pamela Conn Beall, Susan Hagen Nipp
Illustrator: Hala Wittwer
Genre: Folktale
Theme(s): Music, Sing Along, Insects, Math, Picture Book
Opening line/sentence:
“The ants go marching one by one, Hurrah! Hurrah! The ants go marching one by one, Hurrah! Hurrah!”
Brief Book Summary:
The ants, along with different insects, go marching through different conditions to help the reader practice rhyming, counting and understanding the repetition of words. It helps the reader practice prediction and rhyming words with numbers.
Professional Recommendation/Review #1:
Carrie Hane Hung- Children’s Literature
“Ants, grasshoppers and other insects are a part of the count as they move on their way. Using familiar song with a twist, children have the opportunity to identify different insects and count them. The text introduces counting and numerals from one to five. The pictures are simple collages of color photographs of instects. Come children may be confused by the concepts of a set and multiple sets used in the illustrations. For instance, the picture of the grasshoppers moving two by two shows four sets of them paired off and so there is a total of eight grasshoppers in the layout. In the case of the caterpillars moving four by four, the illustration shows two sets and each set has four caterpillars making a total of eight caterpillars. Adults may need to understand how the children are doing the counting in order to support one-to-one correspondence. The back of the book has some tips for teachers and adults as they interact with children as they read the book.”
Professional Recommendation/Review #2:
Nicole Williams (The Lorgnette- Heart of Texas Reviews (Vol. 22, No. 3)
“This book is one in the Rookie Preschool series. THE ANTS GO MARCHING offers a wonderful new version of this well-known counting song. As the song progresses, children may practice counting ants, grasshoppers, ladybugs, caterpillars, and bees which are represented in actual photographs. This book is so much fun, I can’t wait to use it during my insect unit.”
Response to Two Professional Reviews:
Both reviewers focus on the twist of all types of insects in this book. Not only is this book helping with counting numbers through addition, but it also helps with multiplication. Using this familiar tune with different insects that are illustrated with photographs is a great way to help children learn rhythm, prediction and math.
Evaluation of Literary Elements:
The sing along story has a very predictive plot because it follows the same rhythm and pattern throughout. This helps children follow along with the story and even sing along. The photographs add a nice visual as well, which helps the children understand different types of insects. Having the insects march together helps the children represent the numbers they are counting.
Consideration of Instructional Application:
I could have plastic insects and have the children physically count them. I could also have the children continue the story by making up their own rhyming pattern to predict what will happen next. After, the children could draw pictures of the story and share it with the class.
Author: Pamela Conn Beall, Susan Hagen Nipp
Illustrator: Hala Wittwer
Genre: Folktale
Theme(s): Music, Sing Along, Insects, Math, Picture Book
Opening line/sentence:
“The ants go marching one by one, Hurrah! Hurrah! The ants go marching one by one, Hurrah! Hurrah!”
Brief Book Summary:
The ants, along with different insects, go marching through different conditions to help the reader practice rhyming, counting and understanding the repetition of words. It helps the reader practice prediction and rhyming words with numbers.
Professional Recommendation/Review #1:
Carrie Hane Hung- Children’s Literature
“Ants, grasshoppers and other insects are a part of the count as they move on their way. Using familiar song with a twist, children have the opportunity to identify different insects and count them. The text introduces counting and numerals from one to five. The pictures are simple collages of color photographs of instects. Come children may be confused by the concepts of a set and multiple sets used in the illustrations. For instance, the picture of the grasshoppers moving two by two shows four sets of them paired off and so there is a total of eight grasshoppers in the layout. In the case of the caterpillars moving four by four, the illustration shows two sets and each set has four caterpillars making a total of eight caterpillars. Adults may need to understand how the children are doing the counting in order to support one-to-one correspondence. The back of the book has some tips for teachers and adults as they interact with children as they read the book.”
Professional Recommendation/Review #2:
Nicole Williams (The Lorgnette- Heart of Texas Reviews (Vol. 22, No. 3)
“This book is one in the Rookie Preschool series. THE ANTS GO MARCHING offers a wonderful new version of this well-known counting song. As the song progresses, children may practice counting ants, grasshoppers, ladybugs, caterpillars, and bees which are represented in actual photographs. This book is so much fun, I can’t wait to use it during my insect unit.”
Response to Two Professional Reviews:
Both reviewers focus on the twist of all types of insects in this book. Not only is this book helping with counting numbers through addition, but it also helps with multiplication. Using this familiar tune with different insects that are illustrated with photographs is a great way to help children learn rhythm, prediction and math.
Evaluation of Literary Elements:
The sing along story has a very predictive plot because it follows the same rhythm and pattern throughout. This helps children follow along with the story and even sing along. The photographs add a nice visual as well, which helps the children understand different types of insects. Having the insects march together helps the children represent the numbers they are counting.
Consideration of Instructional Application:
I could have plastic insects and have the children physically count them. I could also have the children continue the story by making up their own rhyming pattern to predict what will happen next. After, the children could draw pictures of the story and share it with the class.
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