2007 2x2 Award

Counting Ovejas
A Spanish-English Picture Book by Sarah Weeks
Art by David Diaz


One night a boy is unable to sleep. He tries counting sheep. Una oveja blanca. / One white sheep. Dos ovejas marrones. / Two brown sheep. But the sheep keep coming! How will he get any sleep when he is trying to get the sheep out of his room? Will his work in trying to get the sheep out finally put him to sleep?

You will love learning counting words and other words in Spanish. To be sure you pronounce them right, the author puts a pronunciation guide under the Spanish words!

Be careful! Don't drive while you read this story. It just may put you to sleep.

Internet Extensions for Counting Ovejas

Author's Website

Illustrator's Website

Free Spanish Lessons

Spanish Theme Page

Beginning Spanish Units

Spanish Just for Kids

Preschool Spanish Activities

 

Spanish/English Literary Connections:

Bebe Goes Shopping by Susan Middleton Elya with Kids' Wings Unit in Reading Seeds

Rooster Gallo with Unit in Book Buddies

Te Amo, Bebé, Little One by Lisa Wheeler with Unit in Book Buddies

¡Pío Peep!: Traditional Spanish Nursery Rhymes by Alma Flor Ada and Alice Schertle

Dream Carver by Dianna Cohn with Unit in Tickles, Tricks, and Treasure

Mice and Beans by Pam Munoz Ryan with Unit in Tickles, Tricks, and Treasure

The Runaway Tortilla by Eric A. Kimmel in separate unit available for $5.

Ghost Fever by Joe Hayes--Chapter Book for Grades 3-7 with Unit in Forever Friendships

Any Small Goodness by Tony Johnston--Chapter Book for Grades 3-7 with Unit in Mountains and Valleys

Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez--Chapter Book for Grades 3-7 with Unit in Mountains and Valleys

The Pot that Juan Built by Nancy Andrews Goebel with Unit in Mountains and Valleys

How Tia Lola Came to Stay by Julia Alvarez--Chapter book for sGrades 3-7 with Unit in Treasure Trackers

Juan Verdades: The Man Who Couldn't Tell a Lie by Joe Hayes with Unit in Treasure Trackers

 

An 8-page unit for Counting Ovejas
 is part of a collection of 42 units in Reading Seeds.
including:
Pre-Reading Discussion Cards
Readers' Theater
Spanish/English Matching
Logic Puzzle
Other Counting Book Activities

 

 

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