Customer Reviews
Read to Your Child to Improve Bonding and Intellect! - By: Donald Mitchell, 21 May 2004 
Researchers constantly find that reading to children is valuablein a variety of ways, not least of which are instilling a love of reading & improved reading skills. With better parent-child bonding from reading, your child will also be more emotionally secure & able to relate better to others. Intellectual performance will expand as well. Spending time together watching television fails as a substitute.
To help other parents apply this advice, as a parent of four I consulted an expert, our youngest child, & asked her to share with me her favorite books that were read to her as a young child. Chicken Soup with Rice was one of her picks.
Now I should provide some more background. My wife's Mother makes a lengendary chicken soup, which will cure whatever ails you, cheer you up when you're sad, & help you get your homework done faster. We have always received large containers of this wonderful soup for every possible use. It becomes not only something we eat a lot of, but something that we talk about frequently. There is also discussion about how hard the Matzoh balls should be.
Although this book is ostensibly about the months of the year, it also has a theme about what you do with chicken soup with ricein each month. So the poems were just a starting point for usin discussing what else to do with Grandma's chicken soup.
At the same time, I know that my daughter's love of this book also helped her learn the months (and what seasons they are in). Maurice Sendak's illustrations are wonderful & witty, & she enjoyed them very much. I think you & your child will, too.
There's a short 10 line poem for each month with chicken soup with ricein it. In January you eat it while slipping & sliding on the ice. In February, you eat it to celebrate your snowman's birthday. In March, the wind blows open the door so you have to eat the soup off the floor after it spills. In April, you go on a trip & think about chicken soup with rice. In May, you imagine being a robin making the soupin your nest. In June, you put some on your roses to fertilize them. In July, you find a turtle selling it at the bottom of the ocean. In August, you become a cooking pot for the soup. In September, you paddle down a chicken soupy Nile river. In October, you serve it to ghosts, witches, & goblins. In November, you become a whale who spouts hot chicken soup with rice. In December, chicken soup bowls become ornaments on a Christmas tree.
Our daughter would the come up with her own variations. And she would laugh & laugh at every mention of chicken soup with rice. The repetition helped her learn to read the poems. First, she memorized them, & later she learned to read them. This was clearly one of her favorite books for helping her learn to read.
Overcome your stalled thinking that chicken soup with rice isn't good for learning to read!
Read to Your Child to Improve Bonding and Intellect! - By: Donald Mitchell, 21 May 2004 Researchers constantly find that reading to children is valuablein a variety of ways, not least of which are instilling a love of reading & improved reading skills. With better parent-child bonding from reading, your child will also be more emotionally secure & able to relate better to others. Intellectual performance will expand as well. Spending time together watching television fails as a substitute.
To help other parents apply this advice, as a parent of four I consulted an expert, our youngest child, & asked her to share with me her favorite books that were read to her as a young child. Chicken Soup with Rice was one of her picks.
Now I should provide some more background. My wife's Mother makes a lengendary chicken soup, which will cure whatever ails you, cheer you up when you're sad, & help you get your homework done faster. We have always received large containers of this wonderful soup for every possible use. It becomes not only something we eat a lot of, but something that we talk about frequently. There is also discussion about how hard the Matzoh balls should be.
Although this book is ostensibly about the months of the year, it also has a theme about what you do with chicken soup with ricein each month. So the poems were just a starting point for usin discussing what else to do with Grandma's chicken soup.
At the same time, I know that my daughter's love of this book also helped her learn the months (and what seasons they are in). Maurice Sendak's illustrations are wonderful & witty, & she enjoyed them very much. I think you & your child will, too.
There's a short 10 line poem for each month with chicken soup with ricein it. In January you eat it while slipping & sliding on the ice. In February, you eat it to celebrate your snowman's birthday. In March, the wind blows open the door so you have to eat the soup off the floor after it spills. In April, you go on a trip & think about chicken soup with rice. In May, you imagine being a robin making the soupin your nest. In June, you put some on your roses to fertilize them. In July, you find a turtle selling it at the bottom of the ocean. In August, you become a cooking pot for the soup. In September, you paddle down a chicken soupy Nile river. In October, you serve it to ghosts, witches, & goblins. In November, you become a whale who spouts hot chicken soup with rice. In December, chicken soup bowls become ornaments on a Christmas tree.
Our daughter would the come up with her own variations. And she would laugh & laugh at every mention of chicken soup with rice. The repetition helped her learn to read the poems. First, she memorized them, & later she learned to read them. This was clearly one of her favorite books for helping her learn to read.
Overcome your stalled thinking that chicken soup with rice isn't good for learning to read!
Beautiful illustrations! - By: , 24 Jun 1999 I read this book when I was a kid & to this day I can recite almost every word of it. Maurice Sendaks illustrations are out of this world. He has great talent & skill. This book is a must for all children.
Just loved this book! - By: , 08 Apr 1999 I always loved reading this book when I was growing up. I have a copy of it somewhere, but can seem to find it. I just love the ryhmes & the chorus of chicken soup with rice.
sip it once sip it twice - By: , 02 Apr 1999 Kids would like this because it rhymes. And it has very interesting pictures. It's also writtenin very good detail. Here are some quotes from the book-"In January It's so nice while slipping on the sliding ice" In May, mix it once mix it twice mix that chicken soup with rice.
