"Playing Preschool"

Year 2

Unit 1: All About Me

• I Like Myself by Karen Beaumont
• Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes
• I’m Like You, You’re Like Me by Cindy Gainer
• Big Feelings by Alexandra Penfold
• I am Human by Susan Verde
• Why Do We Cry? by Fran Pintadera

Unit 2: Animals

• Little Kids First Big Book of Animals by Catherine D. Hughes

• Daytime Nighttime, All Through the Year by Diane Lang
• Birds by Kevin Henkes
• The Umbrella by Jan Brett
• Over in the Ocean: In a Coral Reef by Marianne Berkes
• Over in the Arctic: Where the Cold Wind Blows by Marianne Berkes

Unit 3: Alphabet

• Q is for Duck by Mary Elting
• Oops Pounce Quick Run by Mike Twohy
• Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr.
• Alphabet Adventure by Audrey Wood
• Z is for Moose by Kelly Bingham
• AlphaOops!: The Day Z Went First by Alethea Kontis

Unit 4: Blocks

• When I Build With Blocks by Niki Alling
• Block City by Robert Louis Stevenson
• Be a Maker by Katey Howes
• Dreaming Up by Christy Hale
• Rex Wrecks It by Ben Clanton
• Blocks by Irene Dickson

Unit 5: Environment

• The Earth Book by Todd Parr
• 10 Things I Can Do to Help My World by Melanie Walsh
• We Planted a Tree by Diane Muldrow
• Why Should I Recycle? by Jen Green
• We are Extremely Very Good Recyclers by Lauren Child
• Don’t Throw That Away by Lara Bergen

Unit 6: Numbers

• I Know Numbers by Taro Gomi
• Deep Deep Puddle by Mary Jessie Parker
• 123 Peas by Keith Baker
• Anno’s Counting Book by Mitsumasa Anno
• Quack and Count by Keith Baker
• The Icky Bug Counting Book by Jerry Pallotta

Unit 7: Systems

• Simple Machines by D. J. Ward
• Stick and Stone by Beth Ferry
• Simple Machines by David A. Adler
• How Do You Lift a Lion? by Robert E Wells
• Simple Machines by Allan Fowler
• Pull, Lift, and Lower by Michael Dahl

Unit 8: Shapes

• The Shape of Things by Dayle Ann Dodds
• Mouse Shape by Ellen Stoll Walsh
• Shapes Shapes Shapes by Tana Hoban
• Round is a Mooncake by Roseanne Thong
• When a Line Bends a Shape Begins by Rhonda Gowler Greene
• City Shapes by Diana Murray

Unit 9: Solids and Liquids

• What is the World Made of? by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld
• Solids, Liquids, and Gases by Ginger Garrett
• Water by David Palatnik
• Many Kinds of Matter: A Look at Solids, Liquids, and Gases by Jennifer Boothroyd
• Change It!: Solids, Liquids, Gases and You by Adrienne Mason
• What is a Liquid? by Jennifer Boothroyd

Unit 10: Maps & Directions

• Me on the Map by Joan Sweeney
• Mapping Sam by Joyce Hesselberth
• My Map Book by Sara Fanelli
• Map My Room by Jennifer Boothryd
• Mapping Penny’s World by Loreen Leedy
• Rosie’s Walk by Pat Hutchins

Unit 11: Balls

• The Ball Book by Joshua David Stein
• Duck and Goose by Tad Hills
• A Ball for Daisy by Chris Raschka
• The Field by Baptiste Paul
• Ball by Mary Sullivan
• A Big Guy Took My Ball by Mo Willems

Unit 12: Size

• Measurement by Penny Dowdy
• Actual Size by Steve Jenkins
• Is a Blue Whale the Biggest Thing There Is? by Robert E. Wells
• The Best Bug Parade by Stuart J. Murphy
• Who Sank the Boat? by Pamela Allen
•  Just a Little Bit by Ann Tompert

Unit 13: Patterns

• A-B-A-B-A A Book of Pattern Play by Brian P. Cleary
• Patterns by Henry Pluckrose
• Teddy Bear Patterns by Barbara Barbieri McGrath
• My First Book of Patterns by Bobby and June George
• Pitter Pattern by Joyce Hesselberth
• Bees, Snails, & Peacock Tails: Patterns & Shapes . . . Naturally by Betsy France

Unit 14: Magnets

• A Look at Magnets by Barbara Alpert
• Magnets: Pulling Together, Pushing Away by Natalie M. Rosinsky
• Magnet Push and Magnets Pull by David A. Adler
• What Makes a Magnet? by Dr. Franklyn M. Branley
• What Can Magnets Do by Allan Fowler

Unit 15: Texture

• Sort it by Texture by Nicholas O’Hara
• Spiky, Slimy, Smooth by Jane Brocket
• I Feel a Foot! by Maranke Rinck
• Textures by Katie Wilson
• See, Touch, Feel: A First Sensory Book by Roger Priddy
• What is Touch? by Jennifer Boothroyd

Unit 16: Science Experiments

• What is Science? by Rebecca Kai Dotlich
• What is a Scientist? by Barbara Lehn
• I Use Science Tools by Kelli Hicks
• What Sinks? What Floats? by Rozanne Williams
• Scientist, Scientist, Who do You See? by Chris Ferrie
• 11 Experiments that Failed by Jenny Offill

Unit 17: Health

• Me and My Amazing Body by Joan Sweeney
• Why I Sneeze, Shiver, Hiccup, Yawn by Melvin Berger
• X-Ray Me!: Look Inside Your Body by Felicitas Horstschafer
• Germs Are Not For Sharing by Elizabeth Verdick
• The Busy Body Book by Lizzy Rockwell
• The Tooth Book: A Guide to Healthy Teeth and Gums by Edward Miller

Unit 18: Rhyming Words

• A Frog in the Bog by Karma Wilson
• Rhyming Dust Bunnies by Jan Thomas
• The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson
• Sheep in a Jeep by Nancy E. Shaw
• Dog on a Frog? by Kes & Claire Gray
• Nothing Rhymes with Orange by Adam Rex

Unit 19: Rocks

• • Rocks: Hard, Soft, Smooth, Rough by Natalie M. Rosinsky
  • If You Find A Rock by Peggy Christian
  • Scribble Stones by Diane Alber
  • A Rock Can Be by Laura Purdie Salas
  • Let’s Go Rock Collecting by Roma Gans
  • A Rock is Lively by Dianna Hutts Aston