#A bad case of stripes images series#

#A bad case of stripes images series#

FICTION TITLES TO TEACH CAUSE AND EFFECTĪny of the books in the “If you give” series written by Laura Numeroff and illustrated by Felicia Bond A natural extension of any one of these books is to give each child in the group something from the classroom…a pencil, scissors, a book, a marker or crayon… and then they can write and draw modeling from the book’s pattern.

Reinforce that CAUSE is why something happened, and EFFECT is what happened. Picture books are a wonderful way to engage in a discussion about cause and effect because the illustrations support the meaning of the text and show cause and effect in action. Start with a picture walk to open a discussion around the key cause and effect moments. Helping children to tune into the language of cause and effect will help them to notice that it is a part of our daily world. And literacy would be boring without it because the stories would not be nearly as interesting. Mathematics and science have much to do with cause and effect. Teaching cause and effect helps children academically but also with everyday life. The cause is WHY something happens, and an effect is WHAT happened.

We teach cause and effect with everyday activities, but we often don’t think about this as intentional teaching! This article contains affiliate links for your convenience.

Do you ever say to your children, “If you don’t wash your hands, you will spread germs to your classmates.” or “If you finish your work early you can go outside.”? As teachers, we use cause and effect language every day however that doesn’t mean children fully understand the concept.