TURN
Teacher’s Aid

TURN offers teaching opportunities appropriate for lessons, projects or even an entire unit. Explore some great starting points below!

Aesthetic

Build your own kaleidoscopes. Numerous online guides make it accessible:

Analyze the book by asking questions like:

Can you find spreads with only warm colors? Only cool colors? Only dense shapes? Only thin shapes? Only shapes with corners? etc.

Affective

Endings are hard. Turn offers opportunities to teach about emotional regulation surrounding good things coming to an end. What strategy did the shape character use to manage their feelings about endings?

Cognitive

Explore number; size; shape; similarities and differences; position of objects in space; relations among objects; and changes in the functioning, position, or characteristics of objects.

How many arrows appear in TURN? (Hint: A WHOLE BUNCH!)

Physical

Twist and turn! Show spatial awareness and practice nonlocomotor skills and balance. Spread children out with just enough room for each to spin, twist and turn safely. Have them explore their personal space and ask questions like:

  • How did you keep out of other people’s space?

  • What happened when someone unintentionally got into your space?

  • How far does your own space go?

Reading

Ask students about the relationship between illustrations and the story. What changes?

Why does the character seem happy on some pages and sad on others?

Social

If you were the main character’s friend, what would you tell them to help them feel better? What would you tell them if the book could never be read again?