Mariana Zollinger

Louis the Water Drop Mariana Zollinger

About the book: Louis is your average water drop living in the ocean. Her parents have always warned her to stay away from the surface, but one day Louis decides she wants to investigate the world above the waves and disregards her parents warning. Without knowing it was a very hot day she goes to the surface and Poof! evaporates beginning her journey on her very first water cycle! Join Louis as she travels through one of the most important natural processes on the planet! The book is bilingual having been written in both English and Spanish to ensure that children from a wide variety of backgrounds can bridge the concepts and have the opportunity to learn about the water cycle. The book also includes additional teaching materials in both English and Spanish: The interactive activities allow children to visually see Louis and develop a real-world connection between the story and the physical water drops they see every day. The song which includes accompanying hand movements creates a total physical response in students developing a link between the important vocabulary seen in the book, and the movements the students perform. The glossary provides definitions for the important scientific vocabulary in the book, serving as a word bank, further driving comprehension and learning of the water cycle. The simplicity of the illustrations, invite children to recreate the book by themselves, become authors and draw different endings for the book, providing further engagement and high order thinking skills. Louis the Water Drop has been designed to attend different learning styles, engaging children multiple intelligence's in a fun and didactic way to develop their love for learning fundamental STEM concepts.