BOOKS:

Arthur’s Baby by Marc Brown

Grandfather and I by Helen E. Buckley

Does a Kangaroo Have a Mother Too?  By Eric Carl

My Family is Forever by Nancy Carlson

Mama, Do You Love Me? By Barbara Joosse

Peter’s Chair by Ezra Jack Keats

Just Me and My Dad by Mercer Mayer

Just Me and My Mom by Mercer Mayer

Just Me and My Grandma by Mercer Mayer

Just Me and My Grandpa by Mercer Mayer

Good Families Don’t by Robert Munsch

Love You Forever by Robert Munsch

The Family Book by Todd Parr

Families are Different by Nina Pellegrini

On Mother’s Lap by Ann Herbert Scott

Who’s In a Family? By Robert Skutch

A Chair for my Mother by Vera Williams

WRITING:

Journals- "I love my family because..." and "What is something that you like to do with your family?"

"Our Families" class book- each child draws a portrait of their family in a house and completes the statement "There are ____ people in my family".

MATH:

1. Graph how many people are in each family

2. Put people counters on house patterns according to the number written on the roof.

SCIENCE:

1. Match animal parents to animal babies.

2. Guess the sound you hear (baby rattle)

ART:

1. Family trees

2. Family portraits- use mosaic tiles for frames