With students, examine the list and identify what things make each sound. In one regard, students will be demonstrating memory by recalling the item in the book that makes the sound, but they might also brainstorm alternate items that make the sounds. For instance, the sound "Boom! Boom!" in the book is associated with thunder. However that sound might also be someone beating on a big drum. He squats again, hand to mouth, gesturing with tongue in cheek. Mr. Brown blows an invisible rod. Whisper whisper. We have both a board book version and hardcover copy. The board book version has been invaluable and relatively indestructible for those early years. The board book is in a slightly abbreviated form than the hard copy. When we recently reread the hard copy, my older boys pointed out the differences. (I was having too much fun making all the noises to notice.) Cinquain (pronounced "cin-kain") is a five-line poetic form, using a wavelike syllable count of two-four-six-eight-two. We talk about how gently sprinkling our writing with onomatopoeia (when appropriated) can add to the descriptive value of our work. Just think how much more powerful the word, “BOOM!” is then “Thunder sounded in the sky.”

Another fun writing and drawing activity for Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?is creating a list of objects and people and the sounds that they make. El Sr. Brown es fantástico imitando sonidos! No solo puede hacer pop pop como un corcho o bzzz bzzz como un abeja, también puede imitar otros sonidos raros… como el mua del beso de un pez o el chomchom de un hipopótamo que masca chicle. Ideal para fomentar los juegos imaginativos a la vez que los niños aprenden a leer, ¡El Sr. Brown hace MUUU! ¿Podrías hacerlo tú? hará que los pequeños no paren de reírse (¡excepto cuando mastiquen!). At the end of Session One, have students brainstorm a list of at least five sound words that describe the sounds they associate with each the following items or events. Ask students to think about the reasons for the words that they choose. Provide students with copies of the Brainstorming Sound Words handout, use the online Sound Description Chart to record their observations, or write the information on the board in table form, like this: Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?is one of our favorite Dr. Seuss books. All of my boys were introduced to this book at early ages. The various sounds plus interactive nature of the book has an engaging factor that appeals to young kids.For now, Brown eek eeks like a squeaky shoe. A rooster crows. Mr. Brown crows, his eyes still shut securely. He is not aware of his own actions. Or he doesn't want to be. Why?

In true Dr. Seuss fashion, the illustrations in the book are creative and fun. My boys love to point out silly aspects of a picture (“Look, mom! Gloves and shoes on bees!”). Edición en español y rimada del clásico de Dr. Seuss de la colección Bright & Early Books ¡acerca de los sonidos!

Session One

Demonstrate how to find and think about the purpose of the sound words using this Sample Think Aloud as a guide. In 1936 on the way to a vacation in Europe, listening to the rhythm of the ship's engines, he came up with And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, which was then promptly rejected by the first 43 publishers he showed it to. Eventually in 1937 a friend published the book for him, and it went on to at least moderate success.