Communication Resources

Primary Resources

Experts

  • Audiologist
  • Computer programmer
  • Manager of telephone distributors
  • Musicians: flutist, percussionists, saxophonists, violist.
  • Parents brought babies who are learning to talk.
  • Parent spoke about football codes.
  • Three parents taught foreign languages.
  • Two parents brought materials to conduct sound experiments.
  • Undergraduate science students

Hands on materials

  • Boxes and junk
  • Cardboard
  • Clay
  • Computers
  • Fabric
  • Legos
  • Paint
  • Paper (large and small)
  • Singing bowls
  • Slinky
  • Tape recorders
  • Telephones
  • Tuning Forks
  • Wooden blocks

Field site visits

  • Beckman Institute
  • Emergency storm signal / ESDA
  • Fire Training Institute
  • Post Office
  • WILL TV Station

Secondary Resources

Books

Ahlberg, J., & Ahlberg, A., (1986). The jolly postman or other people's letters. New York, NY: Scholastic Inc.

Ancona, G., & Beth, M., (1989). Handtalk zoo. New York, NY: Four Winds Press.

Andersen, H. C., (1949) The emperor's new clothes. New York, NY: Scholastic Inc.

Andersen, H. C., (1978) The emperor's new clothes. New York, NY: Random House.

Andersen, H. C., (retold by Belov-Gross R.). (1977). The emperor's new clothes. New York, NY: Scholastic Inc.

Bahan, B. & Dannis, J., (1990). Signs for me: basic sign vocabulary for children, parents & teachers. San Diego, CA: DawnSignPress.

Bailly, S., (1995). Pass it on!: All about NOTES, from secret codes and special inks to fancy folds and dead man's drops. Brookfield, CN: Millbrook Press.

Berenstain, S, & Berenstain, J., (1986). The Berenstein Bears and the trouble with friends. New York, NY: Random House.

Berenstain, S, & Berenstain, J., (1989). The Berenstein Bears and the in-crowd. New York, NY: Random House.

Brandenberg, A., (1993). Communication is telling and listening. New York, NY: Greenwillow Brooks.

Brimmer, L. D., (1997). E-MAIL. New York, NY: Children's Press.

Brinton, H., (1962). The telephone. New York, NY: John Day Company Inc.

Brown, M. W., (1965). The whispering rabbit. Racine, Wisconsin: Golden Press.

Schneck de Reginiers, B., Moore, E., White, M. M., & Carr, J., (Selectors) (1988). Sing a song of popcorn. New York, NY: Scholastic Inc.

Calmenson, S., (1989). The principal's new clothes. New York, NY: Scholastic Inc.

Calmenson, S. (1995). Kinderkittens; who took the cookie from the cookie jar. New York, NY: Scholastic Inc.

Canizares, S., & Chanko, P. (1999), Signs. New York, NY: Scholastic Inc.

Carle, E., (1971). The secret birthday message. New York, NY: HarperCollins.

Chanko, P., (1999). Writing places. New York, NY: Scholastic Inc.

Collings-Ahlgren, M., (1974). Julie goes to school. Washington, D.C., VA: Gallaudet College Press.

Cole, J., (1987). The magic school bus; Inside the computer. New York, NY: Scholastic Inc.

Cowley, J. (1992). Cat's party. Bothell WA: The Wright Group.

Craig, J., (1988). Windy day. USA: Troll Associates.

Der Manuelian, P., (1991). Hieroglyphs from A to Z: A rhyming book with Ancient Egyptian stencils for kids. New York, NY: Scholastic.

Flodin, M., (1991). Signing for kids. New York, NY: Perigee Books.

Gibbons, G., (1982). The post office book, mail and how it moves. New York, NY: Trumpet Books.

Gibbons, G., (1993). Puff…flash…bang! A book about signals. New York, NY: William Morrow and Company.

Giblin, J. C., (1990). The riddle of the Rosetta stone: Key to Ancient Egypt. New York, NY: Harper & Row.

Greenberg, J. E., (1985). What is the sign for friend? New York, NY: Franklin Watts.

Hutchins, P., (1976). Don’t forget the bacon. New York, NY: Scholastic Inc.

Herx, M., (1976). Good manners. Washington, D.C., VA: Gallaudet College Press.

Holman, Felice., (1970). At the top of my voice. New York, NY: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.

Hewitt S., (1994). Get set…go! puff and blow. Chicago, IL: Children’s Press.

Hopkins, L. B., (1976). Good morning to you, Valentine. Middletown, CT: Xerox Education Publications

Huang, C. L., (1999). The Chinese book of animal powers. New York, NY: HarperCollins.

Johnson, D. (1999). My mom is my show-and-tell. New York, NY: Scholastic Inc.

Joslin, S., (1958). What do you say, dear? New York, NY: Scholastic Inc.

Katan N. J. & Mintz, B., (1981). Hieroglyphs: The writing of Ancient Egypt. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster.

Krasilovsky, P., (1970). The shy little girl. USA: Goughton Mifflin Company.

Lester, H., (1999). Hooway for Wodney Wat. New York, NY: Scholastic Inc.

Luczak-Saulner, K., (1976). Fireman Brown. Washington, D.C., VA: Gallaudet College Press.

Merbrier, W. C., (1996). Television: What's behind what you see. New York, NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

Moreton, D., & Berger, S., (1999). Why write? New York, NY: Scholastic Inc.

Moser, A., (1994). Don’t rant & rave on Wednesday. Kansas City, Missouri: Landmark Editions Inc.

Nelson, J., (1995). Friends all around. Bothell WA: The Wright Group.

O'Keefe-Bolick, N., (1994). Mail call! The history of the U.S. Postal Service. New York, NY: Franklin Watts.

Palmer, M., Reilly, M. L., & Scott, C. R., (1990). World of music. Morristown, NJ: Silver Burdett and Ginn.

Parker, S., (1989). The ear and hearing. New York, NY: Franklin Watts.

Payne, L. M., (1997). We can get along, A child's book of choices. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Free Spirit Publishing.

Piper, W., (1986). The little engine that could. NY: Platt & Munk.

Ready, D., (1998). Mail Carriers. Mankato, Minnesota: Capstone Press.

Reitano, J., (1998). What if the Zebras lost their stripes? New Jersey: Paulist Press, Mahwah.

Routman, R., (2000). Kids' Poems, Teaching first graders to love writing poetry. New York, NY: Scholastic Inc.

Rowe J., & Burns, P., (1995). Language and writing. New York, NY: Thomson Learning.

Rowe, J., & Perham, M., (1993). Making sounds. Chicago, IL: Children’s Press.

Roy, H. L., (1974). Sand, sea, shells & sky. Washington, D.C., VA: Gallaudet College Press.

Saint-Exupéry, A. D. (1943). The little prince. New York, NY: Harcourt Bruce Jovanovich, Inc.

Schecter, E., (1994). The boy who cried "wolf!". New York, NY: Bantam Houbleday Dell Books.

Schwartz, A., (1982). The cat's elbow and other secret languages. New York, NY: Farrar, Straus, Giroux.

Scott, J. & Scott, L., (1968). Egyptian Hieroglyphs for everyone: An introduction to the writing of Ancient Egypt. New York, NY: Funk & Wagnalls.

Showers, P. (1992). How you talk. New York, NY: HarperCollins.

Silverstein S., (1981). A Light in the Attic. New York, NY: Harper and Row.

Silverstein S., (1996). Falling up. New York, NY: Harper and Row.

Skurzynski, G., (1993). Get the message: Telecommunications in your high-tech world. New York, NY: Bradbury Press.

Slepian, J., & Seider, A., (1967). The hungry thing. New York, NY: Scholastic Inc.

Smith, R., Leonhard, C., (1968) Discovering music together, Early childhood. Chicago IL: Follet Educational Foundation

Stwetka, A.,& Stwetka E. (1992). Tuning in: The sounds of the radio. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster.

Tippet, J. S., (1982). Poems and rhymes, childcraft, childcraft. Chicago IL: World book - Childcraft International.

Thurber, J., (1943). Many moons. Orlando, FL: Harcourt Brace & Company.

Tucker, S., (1992). Writing poetry. New York, NY: HarperCollins.

Udry, J. M., (1961). Let's be enemies. New York, NY: Scholastic Inc.

Vail, R., (1998). Over the moon. New York, NY: Scholastic Inc.

Ventura, P., (1993). Communication: Means and technology for exchanging information. New York, NY: Houghton Mifflin.

Waber, B., (1972). Ira sleeps over. New York, NY: Scholastic INC.

Wilhem, H., (1991). Let's be friends again. New York, NY: Scholastic Inc.

Wilson-Max, K. (1998). Halala means welcome! A book of Zulu words. New York, NY: Hyperion Books for Children.

The more we get together. Bothell WA: The Wright Group.

Music

Schubert, F. (1824) (Recorded by Bush Quartet [1936]). String quartet: Death and maiden D. 810. England: EMI Classics.

Schumann, R., (1851). Marchenbilder, Op.113. Germany: G. Henle.

Visual Art

Bhura & Basawan, (1586). Rehuoicing at Fatehupur on the birth of Akbar Nama's second son. Warwickshire, England: Philip Green Educational Limited.

Braum, G., (C. 1700). View of Granata (Spain). Spain

Burra, E., (1934). Celebrations. Warwickshire, England: Philip Green Educational Limited.

Fildes, L., (1883). The village wedding. Warwickshire, England: Philip Green Educational Limited.

Gericalult, T. Le Depart. Lille, France: Musee Des Beaux Arts

Moreland, G., (1797?). Fisherman taking out their boat. London, England: Victoria & Albert Museum.

Renoir, P. A., (1881). The luncheon of the boating party. Warwickshire, England: Philip Green Educational Limited.

Traverse, F., Monteria. Madrid, Spain: Museo del Prado.

 

   
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