I Love Cats
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What's Inside
Children practice animal vocabulary, color words, and using a simple cat chart in this short book. These are early literacy and math skills that help preschool and kindergarten children notice, sort, and talk about what they see.
The book centers on cats and the idea that they come in different colors. It gives adults an easy way to build language about cats while introducing charts as a way to organize information.
It is a good fit for children who are learning basic animal words, colors, and simple data skills.
Teaching & Discussion Guide
Use this guide to turn I Love Cats into a mini reading lesson at home or in the classroom.
Concepts & skills practiced
- Animal vocabulary
- Cat vocabulary
- Color words
- Sorting and categorizing
- Using a chart
Discussion Questions
- 1 What does the line "I love cats and that's a fact" tell you about how the writer feels about cats?
- 2 What colors do you notice when you think about cats or cat pictures?
- 3 How can you tell one cat from another if they are different colors or sizes?
- 4 What do you think a cat chart might show in this book?
- 5 If you were making a cat chart, what kinds of things about cats could you sort or count?
- 6 Why might someone use a chart to learn about cats?
Words to Learn
- cat
- A cat is a small animal that can be a pet.
- animal
- An animal is a living thing like a cat, dog, bird, or fish.
- color
- A color is what we see, like red, blue, black, or white.
- fact
- A fact is something that is true.
- chart
- A chart is a picture or list that helps organize information.
- sort
- To sort means to put things into groups that go together.
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