Use Old Lady Books to Boost Learning in Preschool

Lucille Colandro’s Old Lady books are a great resource for your classroom library. Use these books to boost learning in preschool this year!

Why You Should Read These Books to Preschoolers

Old Lady Books are Engaging and Fun!

The rhyme and repetition of each of these silly books by Lucille Colandro are sure to keep little ones engaged and encourages imagination and creativity. Kids use their imagination to visualize the old lady and what she swallows and even come up with their own silly versions of the stories.

These fun stories are a great way to promote imaginative play and critical thinking skills in young children too!

Old Lady Books Boost Academic Learning

Preschoolers develop sequencing and memory skills by recalling the order of the objects or animals the Little Old Lady swallowed.

These books also help increase their story retelling skills as they practice recalling the events of the story and organizing story details in their mind from the beginning, middle, to end.

Retell is SO important for little ones to practice because it solidifies comprehension and improves speaking skills. These skills are foundational skills students need for lifelong success in their school years and beyond!

These clever books by Lucille Colando also introduce a wide variety of vocabulary words to little learners. The repetition of these words throughout the story also helps in retaining and understanding new words.

Use a different Old Lady book with each season to introduce and reinforce seasonal vocabulary too!

Use Old Lady Book Companions to Expand Learning

The Old Lady books are great as stand-alone reads for your preschool classroom, but why not amp it up a notch by expanding learning for your favorite little minds in a hands-on way?!

Book companions are the perfect solution! They help young children better understand stories by reinforcing key concepts, vocabulary, and story sequence. Book companions also provide a way for little ones to experience reading in a more engaging and meaningful way by using their hands while working on crafts.

This GROWING Old Lady Book Bundle is all the crafts you will ever need to practice retelling and reading comprehension with your favorite preschoolers as you read a variety of Lucille Colandro’s books throughout the year! Included with this set is a craft for 23 different Old Lady books.

Little ones will be actively engaged in learning as they practice fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, and critical thinking abilities while completing each of these crafts that go along with the stories they have heard.

You can truly use this bundle of Old Lady book companions for every season of the school year!

…or buy them individually instead if you’d rather!

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Check out some of the 23 thematic crafts you’ll find in this resource bundle: