The Rainbow Fish Child Development Theory

1. Title of the book: The Rainbow Fish

Author: Marcos Pfister

Illustrator: Marcos Pfister

Brief Summary: The rainbow fish thinks he is all that, and won’t share his shimmering scales with everyone. Until he got really lonely for no one seemed to want to hang out with him, which made the rainbow fish sad. So he went to talk to the octopus who said to gain acceptance and not feel lonely anymore you must give away your rainbow scales to the other fishes.

Child Development Theory: Behavioral learning theories

Reason for Selecting the Theory: I choose the behavioral learning theories to go with this book is because of operant conditioning. Behavior can only be shaped gradually in small step, which is what the octopus suggested when saying he must

Title of the book: What Can You Do with a Paleta?

Author: Carmen Tafolla

Illustrator: Magaly Morales

Brief Summary: This book shows the joy of a paleta. Shows the traditional Mexican popsicle treat sold from the wagon with the twinkly bell that brings children running from every direction. The paleta is their kind of dessert that comes in many different flavors and tells something about their culture.

Child Development Theory: Dynamic systems theory

Reason for Selecting the Theory: This is dynamic systems theory for is has values or culture and attitudes on what is a paleta. This is on culture because this book can be read in both Spanish and in English. This book tells about a cultural ice cream/ Popsicle and how kids and people in this culture can do with a paleta’s. Morales detailed paintings and words taught kids another language and identified key Spanish words with the story pattern about another socio-cultured world other than their

Title of the book: Where the Wild Things Are

Author: Maurice Sendak

Illustrator: Maurice Sendak

Brief Summary: Max is into so much mischievous and wildness. He goes to be without supper for acting up. In his bedroom he gets so mad that he imagines a wild life to rampage in. His forest increases as his mind wonders off in his imagination. At each page the illustration bring to life Max’s wild imagination where he fights, finds new creatures, and eventually becomes kind of the wild.

Child Development Theory: Cognitive stages and structures

Reason for Selecting the Theory: I picked cognitive stages and structures because of what Piaget said. Piaget says that children construct their own understanding of their world through involvement. Well for Max he had no involvement, so he went out in his imagination world called the forest to make his own understanding of the world. In his world I think he thought of everything to be scary looking and wild looking. The child’s ability to create a monster with mismatch body parts and manage them to look scary is really imaginative as his own understanding of himself being called wild and his interactions with his family.

5. Title of the book: Giraffes Can’t