Yum Yum! What Fun!

Yum Yum! What Fun! by Mara Bergman is a children's picture book about two little kids baking with their dog, while a bunch of animals come in through the window becasue they can smell the yumminess. I am so glad I found this picture book becasue it fits perfectly with what I have been learning in one of my education classes called Methods of Reading and Language Arts at the University of Iowa. We have been focusing on teaching reading for meaning, and this book is an excellent example that could aide students in reading for meaning, and especially for primary students. One thing we learned is that repetition is a good strategy to use to help students figure out words, and look for meaning. This book has the line, "Not Katie or James or their little dog Harry" repeted on almost every page. This line will let students know what to expect. Another strategy I have learned in class is finding book with rhyming words will help students read for meaning. This book has many examples of rhyming words which I think would benefit the reader. The last strategy this book includes which I have been focusing on in class is using illustrations to read for meaning. This book does an excellent job showing each animal that is coming in throught the window; therefore, when it comes to the page wnaming all the animals, many of the students will be able to name the animals by using the illustrations as a reference. Overall, this book is an excellent resource to use when a teacher is stressing the ideda of reading for meaning, and I would definitely incorporate using this book into a mini lesson I will teach in the future.