![]() The book is entertaining, colorful, fun and follows a predictable pattern. ![]() This story is part of a very beloved and familiar series in most preschool and early elementary programs. The story I have chosen to use for the story box project is If You Give A Moose a Muffin written by Laura Numeroff and Illustrated by Felicia Bond. We are sharing them on Paths to Literacy and hope that others will use them! As part of the graduate coursework for Visual Impairments and Multiple Disabilities in the Teacher Preparation Program in Visual Impairments at the University of Kentucky, students were asked to complete four projects: a Story Box with at least 10 objects that correspond to the story, picture communication symbols and tactile communication symbols designed to go along with the story, and a talking book to go along with the story or represent concepts from the story. ![]()
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