Tofu Ling and the Carp Banner is the second book in the Tofu Ling Series. Tango No Sekku, Boys' Festival, and TaeKwonDo tournament are quickly approaching as Tofu vows to work very hard to earn his Taekwondo green belt. However, shortly before the festival and tournament, a family tragedy requires Tofu to make a difficult decision. Read and find out what suprise is in store for Tofu.
At the end of the story, there are activities for children to do to enhance and enrich their literature experience. Also, there are additional activities and discussion questions available free at our website for teachers and parents. www.RaisykinderPublishing.com
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Tofu Ling and the Carp Banner is the second book in the Tofu Ling Series. Tango No Sekku, Boys' Festival, and TaeKwonDo tournament are quickly approaching as Tofu vows to work very hard to earn his Taekwondo green belt. However, shortly before the festival and tournament, a family tragedy requires Tofu to make a difficult decision. Read and find out what suprise is in store for Tofu.
At the end of the story, there are activities for children to do to enhance and enrich their literature experience. Also, there are additional activities and discussion questions available free at our website for teachers and parents. www.RaisykinderPublishing.com
Reading the Tofu Ling Stories
The books in the Tofu Ling Series are meant to be a read-to-me story and that is why the vocabulary is a higher level than the average children’s book. I believe that it is important that a higher vocabulary be modeled for children to cultivate their literary knowledge. As the child becomes familiar with the story it is hoped that they will be able to pick out words and phrases. Many times, parents and teachers stop reading to their children when they are able to read for themselves. I hope parents will continue to read to their children beyond the reader stage.
The story can be read over several sittings and time can be used to ask questions about the story and the characters. Parents and teachers can pose questions asking the child to suggest what might happen next in the story. Some children have trouble making the leap to chapter books because they are used to having a story told in a 15 minute time period. Hopefully, by experiencing a book over several days they will understand the gratification of anticipating the conclusion of a story.
Activities for Enriching and Enhancing the Story
The Activities for Enriching and Enhancing the Story section is designed to provide adults/parents with the tools that can extend the literature experience of Tofu Ling into different disciplines. School districts across the nation are setting increasingly higher learning standards for their students. Through proficiency tests or exit exams, school systems are measuring the students’ progress toward these learning objectives to determine if the students have obtained the necessary knowledge and skills that they are now expected to have learned. The quality-learning activities provided in ‘Activities for Enriching and Enhancing’ are an opportunity for children to practice these growing expectations of knowledge and skill. It is important that adults/parents remain involved in the learning process and help their children by supplementing their education with tools as this. As educators, we have found that a good student can answer the questions of who, what, when, where, and why in a story with accuracy; and, the exceptional student can take the ideas in a story and create something original and innovative. We hope that the Tofu Ling series and these activities help spark an interest in literature as well as other disciplines in order to lay a foundation for the good student and help jump-start the creativity and innovation for an excellent student.
It is our hope that these activities are used as a springboard that will stimulate original thinking and creativity in your child. We also hope these create the opportunity for the adult/parent to have fun and enjoy the experience with their child/children.