Rosie's Walk
by Pat Hutchins
Rosie is a farmyard hen who decides to take a walk. Unbeknownst to her, a fox creeps behind her hoping for a meal. As she walks across, around, over, past, through, and under things on the farm, the fox is thwarted by one mishap after another. A short and simple book that is delightful to young children, Rosie's Walk is a good vehicle to teach story sequence and prepositions describing location. Opposites such as over and under are naturally featured. Acting out the story with a toy hen and fox extends children's enjoyment of the story and helps them learn these important concepts.
Joey and Jet: Book 1 of Their Adventures (Richard Jackson Books (Atheneum Hardcover))
by James Yang
Jet, like most dogs, loves to chase balls thrown for him by his owner, Joey. In a simply told story, Jet searches high and low for the ball. The ball bounces into, out over, between, among, through, on, down, up and across various objects illustrated by appealing pictures. The ball is retrieved in the end with the final sentence, "A dog''s work is never done." There is a 2nd book of Joey and Jet's adventures that occurs out in space. Prepositions describing location also lend themselves to the concept of opposites.
Where's Spot?
by Eric Hill
A popular book with preschoolers, this lift-the-flap book is written at an mid-1st grade reading level and is still much loved by older children. As Spot's mother looks for him, she shows the meaning of locational prepositions behind, in, under, inside. With a stuffed Spot to move in, out and around, children can practice these and many other location words with pleasure.
Story Props for Rosie's Walk, Joey and Jet and Where's Spot?
