Gus and the Moonlight Garden

Gus is a make-believe garden gnome who stands still all day and waters the plants at night. K-2 students learn garden words, answer what, when and why questions about his story, read how a baby bird feels, choose a kind way to help, put the story in order, practice plurals, keep a chat going, and find Gus's hidden tools. Every direction is read aloud.

• 13 interactive scenes with narrated directions
• Picture choices, flashcards, story ordering and a find-in-picture game
• Spoken hints after a wrong answer and an end-of-lesson score

• Name garden words: watering can, shovel, seeds and nest
• Answer what and when questions about a picture story
• Infer how a character feels and why, from pictures and words
• Choose a kind way to solve a problem, and a reply that keeps a conversation going
• Say plural nouns by adding -s