Where's the Cat?

I ordered this board book (good quality) to teach prepositions to my 6th grade students. Although it is a great book for toddlers, the students think it is fun to have "story time". Each page starts out with "Where's the cat?" and the colorful picture may show only a part of the cat peeking out (a tail, nose, paw) from behind something. My students shout out things like: "behind the chair", "in the chair", "near the chair", etc. When I turn the page it gives the full picture of where the cat is and uses a prepositional phrase such as "on the chair". It doesn't take long before the kids realize that the first word is a locational preposition.

This is an excellent book to use with beginner English Language Learners (ELLs) for several reasons. It has repetition of a question that they can use with chanting. It has clear illustrations that are a picture puzzle. The limited amount of text makes it easy to memorize. Finally, school-age ELLs apply the newly learned question to asking about their own environment.

A very brightly colourful book. The question is asked on each page : "Where's The Cat?" A visual clue (part of the cat's body) is shown on each page. The page is then turned and the answer revealed, with the written answer. Each answer begins with a preposition, and each pair rhymes (eg on the chair, up the stair, under the bed, behind the shed). An excellent book for pre-schoolers and beginning readers.