Title: Voices Are
Not For Yelling
Author: Elizabeth
Verdick
Illustrator: Marieka
Heinlen
Publisher: Free Spirit, March 24, 2015
Age: 4 - 7
Topic: Best behavior, Voice, Yelling
Opening: What do you use your voice for?
Book Summary: Voices Are Not For Yelling introduces and
reinforces where and when to use an “indoor voice” or an “outdoor voice.” Yelling
comes natural to children. It is how they make themselves ‘heard.’ This book
helps children differentiate between their loud and quiet voices and why it is
important to do so.
Resources:
The book includes many activities for classroom use. Some
activities include,
Inside/Outside Voices: Demonstrating outdoor, indoor, quiet,
and whisper voices.
Quiet Time Gestures: teach children various gestures that
tell them it’s time to be quiet.
Why I Like This Book:
This is definitely a ‘teaching’ book. I would personally
recommend it be read to small groups instead of whole class circle time. That
way, teacher or parent can allow the child(ren) to interact with the
book and answer the many questions throughout it.
I like that it is written with simple text that is easy for
children to understand and follow along. It asks questions throughout the book
giving children an opportunity to think, question and participate.
It comes in two versions, a board book (Yay me!) and one for
4 – 7 year olds. Each is appropriately tailored to that particular age group.
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