Have you ever thought about where you live? You live in your home...but where is your home? It's in your neighborhood...but where is your neighborhood? Where Do I Live? by Neil Chesanow uses easy to read words and colorful illustrations to explain to children exactly where they live. Chesanow takes the reader on an adventure that starts in their bed room, in their home, in their yard, in their street, in their neighborhood, in their town, in their state, in their country, in their continent, in their world-then moves out to their planet Earth, the solar system, the Milky Way galaxy, and the universe. Then the book traces back through the universe all the way to the house where you live! This book helps to explain the importance of where we live and where we call home.
Chesanow's nonfiction book is great to use in the lower grades like kindergarten when they are learning their address. Where Do I Live? correlates with the GPS standard, SSKG3 The student will state the street address, city, county, state, nation, and continent in which he or she lives because it gives students a perspective about where they live starting with their bed room and expanding to North America. Students will enjoy reading this book to learn where they live. Teachers can use Where Do I Live? to explain to their students that they live in the same country and state but some may live in different towns and neighborhoods. Everyone has a different house number and street address. Teachers can even use this book for social studies vocabulary. The book has simple words to describe and define a street, neighborhood, town, state, country, and continent. For example, "your country is: a group of fifty states." Chesanow includes a few fill-in-the-blank sentences about "How much do you know about where you live?" on the last page of the book. The fill-in-the-blanks include "This is the number outside my home _______, This is the name of my street_________, This is the name of my state _________." Students can fill-in-the-blanks to answer where they live. This is a great book to educate children on where they live! Where do you live?!
