Listen Up!: Alexander Graham Bell’s Talking Machine (Step into Reading)
IT’S 1876 AND THE whole country is celebrating the 100th birthday of the United States. The biggest party is in Philadelphia at the World’s Fair, where the latest and greatest inventions are on display for all to see. Alexander Graham Bell is headed to the fair to demonstrate his invention – a talking machine he calls the telephone. But will anyone come to see him at the world’s most important science fair? And more importantly, will his machine work? This Step 3 reader celebrates the resilient, quirky spirit of inventors.
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Truly priceless, lead to three days of additional learning. I have purchase at least six of this series of readers, the kids love them. Not only are they reading , they are learning real history. The younger ones that cant read sit an listen as the story unfolds. Big brother reads aloud, builds his confidence, the story “Who knew” talking wires of a piano string. Lead to conversation about telegraph keys and Morris code, signal flares, mirrors and flash lights that lead to old school manual type writers, electric typewriters prints and iPad. One…
perfect choice for elementary school reading This is a good series for early elementary. The writing is lively and the colorful pictures are appealing to children who are used to cartoons. Each book describes an important historical figure or invention. This one describes the excitement when Bell invented the telephone. I think it’s a good idea to choose one important characteristic to catch the child’s imagination. Even though it doesn’t begin to describe the whole character, it might help the children remember the name and perhaps even…