Resources
	Extraordinary or unique resources (human or material) neededto successfully complete this experience:

• In order to make the quilt the teacher will need two yards of fabric or an old sheet with a quilt-like pattern; tag board filler (2 sheets at least 28" x 22" or larger), fabric glue, construction paper and markers for labels.
  
  
• See materials listed above for learning centers and prop boxes which support the culminating activity.
  
  
• BIBLIOGRAPHY of Children’s Books and Teacher Resources
  M. Burstein, T.; Pozantides, K. Unit - Buffalo, NY

  CHILDREN’S BOOKS

  Ahlberg, Janet and Allan. The Jolly Postman. Little, Brown, 1986.

  Allard, Harry and Marhsall, James. Miss Nelson is Missing. Scholastic. 1977.

  Arnold, Eric. A Day in the Life of a Police Officer. Scholastic, 1994.

  Baritone, Byron. I Want to Be an Astronaut. Harper-Collins, 1992.

  Bauer, Caroline Feller. My Mom Travels a Lot. Penguin, 1982.

  Baum, Louis. After Dark. Overlook, 1990.

  Bucknall, Caroline. One Bear in the Hospital. Dial, 1991.

  Burton, Virginia Lee. Kathy and the Big Snow. Scholastic.

  Field, Rachel. General Store. Greenwillow, 1994.

  Florian, Douglas. An Auto Mechanic. Greenwillow, 1994.

  Gibbons, Gail. Fire! Fire! Harper-Collins, 1984.

  Gibbons, Gail. The Post Office Book: Mail and How It Moves. Harper-Collins, 1982.

  Greenberg, Melanie Hope. My Father’s Luncheonette. Dutton, 1991.

  Heath, Amy. Sofie’s Role. Four Winds, 1992.

  Kalman, Bobbie. People at Work. Crabtree, 1986.

  Komaiko, Leah. Shoeshine Shirley. Doubleday, 1993.

  Komaiko, Leah. My Perfect Neighborhood. Harper & Row, 1990.

  Kightly, Rosalinda. The Farmer. Macmillan, 1989.

  Kightly, Rosalinda. Girls Can Be Anything. Dutton, 1973.

  Kunhardt, Edith. I’m Going to Be a Farmer. Scholastic, 1989.

  Kunhardt, Edith. I’m Going to Be a Vet. Scholastic, 1996.

  Lisker, Sonia O. I Am. Scholastic, 1973.

  Maass, Robert. Fire Fighters. Scholastic, 1989.

  Merriam, Eve. Daddies at Work. Simon & Schuster, 1989.

  Merriam, Eve. Mommies at Work. Simon & Schuster, 1989.

  Monfried, Lucia. The Daddies Boat. Dutton, 1990.

  Rathmann, Peggy. Officer Buckle and Gloria. Scholastic, 1995.

  Reit, Seymour. Jenny in the Hospital. A Golden Book. Western Publishing Co., 1984.

  Rockwell, Anne. When We Grow Up. Dutton, 1981.

  Rogers, Fred. Going to the Doctor. Putnam, 1986.

  Scarry, Richard. Busiest People Ever. Random House, 1976.

  Shook Hazen, Barbara. Mommy’s Office. Atheneum/Macmillan, 1992.

  Spier, Peter. People. Doubleday, 1979.

  Thaler, Mike. The Principal from the Black Lagoon. Scholastic, 1993.

  Waddell, Martin. Farmer Duck. Candlewick, 1992.

  Williams, Shirley Anne. Working Cotton. Harcourt-Brace Jovanovich, 1992.

   

  TEACHER RESOURCES

  Hamilton, Darlene Softley and Fleming, Bonnie Mack. Resources for Creative Teaching in Early Childhood Education. 2^nd Ed., 1990.

  Wassermann, Selma. Kindergarten Place: A Theme-Based Social Studies Program. Silver-Burdett & Ginn, 1995.