Cheaper by the Dozen

We have had many wonderful classroom read-aloud stories this year, but one the children particularly enjoyed was Cheaper by the Dozen.

We followed the book up with some special video resources. This is rare in our classroom, but I thought the children would get a lot out of it!

To begin with, yesterday we watched some excerpts from Frank Bunker Gilbreth's original motion study silent films:

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19:44 to 20:30

21:46 to 22:55

Then today we watched the 1950 movie version of Cheaper by the Dozen (which is an adaptation of the book; later versions are not).

Note that Amazon Prime labels this movie as being PG-13 but I'm not sure why. There's nothing objectionable in it. Here is the IMDB Parent's Guide.

The children really enjoyed seeing if their favorite parts of the book made it into the movie, and comparing the two of them. We finished up with a bit of Lillian Gilbreth: First Lady of Engineering from Purdue University.

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1:57 to 3:15

Here is the complete list of our lunchtime chapter books so far:

Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum

Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren

Pippi in the South Seas by Astrid Lindgren

Comet in Moominland by Tove Jansson

Cheaper by the Dozen by Frank Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

We will finish the year with Minn of the Mississippi by Holling Clancy Holling.

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