Curriculum Suggestions for Rick's Books

Some notes on how Rick came to write Language Arts picture books.

Contents

• The Bear Came Over to My House
• Bullfrog Pops!
• Bunny Day
• Bunnies On the Go
• Dance, Pioneer, Dance
• Herd of Cows! Flock of Sheep!
• How Can You Dance?
• How Many How Many How Many
• Little Dogs Say Rough
• My Two Hands/My Two Feet
• Noah's Square Dance
• Once There Was a Bull...frog
• One More Bunny
• Pig Pigger Piggest
• Riddle Books
• So Many Bunnies
• That's My Dog
• That's What You Get
• Watch Dog
• What To Do When a Bug Climbs In Your Mouth
• Why the Banana Split
• Will You Still Love Me?
• You Don't Always Get What You Hope For
• Curriculum Suggestions for Rick's Books

The Bear Came Over to My House

Activities

Author's Notes

A List of Irregular Verbs

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Bullfrog Pops!

Activities

Author's Notes

Nursery Rhymes About Food

Verbs That Can Be Transitive and Intransitive

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Bunny Day

Activities

Nursery Rhymes About Time

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Bunnies On the Go

Activities

Nursery Rhymes About Geography

Nursery Rhymes About Travel

Types of Geography

Types of Vehicles

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Dance, Pioneer, Dance

Activities

Nursery Rhymes About Dance

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Herd of Cows! Flock of Sheep!

Activities

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How Can You Dance?

Activities

Nursery Rhymes About Dancing

Types of Dance

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How Many How Many How Many

Activities

More Numbers for Kids

Other Popular Nursery Rhymes

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Little Dogs Say Rough

Activities

A List of Animal Sounds

A List of Animals

Nursery Rhymes With Animals Sounds

Sounds and Sound Activities

Write Your Own Little Dogs Say "Rough"

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My Two Hands/My Two Feet

A Brainstorming Activity

Nursery Rhymes About Parts of the Body

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Noah's Square Dance

Activities

Animal Nursery Rhymes

A List of Animals

Writing Activities

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Once There Was a Bull...frog

2275 Compound Words

Activities

Build Your Own Compound Words

Compound Word Riddles

Nursery Rhymes About Frogs

Write Compound Word Riddles

Write Your Own Bull...frog Story

Write Your Own Problem Story

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One More Bunny

Activities

A Number of Number Nursery Rhymes

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Pig Pigger Piggest

Activities

Compare Three Things

Descriptives/Comparatives/Superlatives Word List

Discussion Questions

Draw a Descriptive/Comparative/Superlative Picture

Find Comparatives and Superlatives in Your World

Look for Things to Find in Pig Pigger Piggest

Nursery Rhymes about Pigs

Play Hink Pink

Tell Your Own Three Little Pigs Story

Write Your Own Superlative Story

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Riddle Books

  Coming Soon

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So Many Bunnies

Activities

Discussion Questions

Write a "So Many Bunnies Are Eating" Book

Write a "So Many Bunnies Are Playing" Book

Write a Class "So Many Bunnies" Book

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That's My Dog

Activities

Author's Notes

Nursery Rhymes About Dogs

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That's What You Get

Activities

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Watch Dog

Nursery Rhymes About Dogs

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What To Do When a Bug Climbs In Your Mouth

Activites

A Bug Guessing Activity

Discussion Questions

More Buggy Nursery Rhymes and Poems

Types of Bugs

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Why the Banana Split

Activities

Author's Notes

Hink Pink Activities

Words and Phrases Synonymous with "Leave"

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Will You Still Love Me?

Discussion Questions

Nursery Rhymes About Love

Write a "Will You Still Love Me?

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You Don't Always Get What You Hope For

Write an "I Didn't Get What I Hoped For"

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Curriculum Suggestions for Rick's Books

Activities

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Picture Credits
Original bunny climbing rope picture by Paige Miglio (copyright 2000 ©) from One More Bunny authored by Rick Walton.
Original purple monster picture by Renee Williams-Andriani (copyright 1998 ©) from Really, Really Bad School Jokes authored by Rick Walton.
Original bullfrog seated picture by Chris McAllister (copyright 1999 ©) from Bullfrog Pops! authored by Rick Walton.
Electronic modifications by Ann Walton.