Inch by Inch lessons plans help teachers plan fun and informative lessons center around Leo Lionni's award-winning children's book, Inch by Inch. While Inch by Inch lesson plans are available for purchase from text book companies, there is no need for teachers to use a chunk of an already slim budget on purchasing lesson plans because several high-quality lesson plans are available for free
. online to make primary school teacher's lives a little easier.There is an excellent Inch by Inch lesson plan available for DOC format download at http://mrscowan.com/InchbyInch.doc. This lesson plan gives language arts, math and social studies ideas to teach in conjunction with the book. It also has numerous links to other Leo Lionni books and lesson plans. A detailed, interactive lesson plan based on Inch by Inch is also given at the Scholastic website. To go to the lesson plan directly, follow this link: http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plan/inch-inch-lesson-plan. This lesson has the teacher photocopy pictures from the book so students can measure the heron's legs using cut out inchworms. Then, children can move on to other objects in the classroom and measure them with the inch worms. This tactile reinforcement of the story and of measuring helps primary school children learn how to measure in a fun, memorable way. Another website, found at http://www.mermaidtheatre.ns.ca/onTour/leoLionni/Leo_Lionni_SG/inch.htm, gives lesson plans for interactive language arts, math, music and science lessons based on Inch by Inch. Activities include sequencing events in the story and the size of animals mentioned in the tale, how to measure area using inch worms and building a worm terrarium.Young children love to learn when learning is fun and interactive. Lio Lionni's Inch by Inch can provide the foundation for an entire day's worth of lessons in language arts, music, math, social studies and science if high-quality lesson plans are used. Follow the links above to find a wealth of ideas for interactive, memorable lessons for early grade school students. More reference links: http://mrscowan.com/InchbyInch.doc http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plan/inch-inch-lesson-plan
