The+Pirate+of+Kindergarten+(Aughenbaugh)

**Summary** Ginny is a kindergartener who bumps into chairs and her eyes play tricks on her. Ginny thinks everyone sees the way she does. Her double vision is discovered at vision screening day at school. She starts wearing an eye patch and becomes the pirate of kindergarten.
 * The Pirate of Kindergarten**

**Awards** Winner of the 2010 Schneider Family Book Award

**Discussion Questions**
 * 1) Do you agree that Ginny was very brave when she went to the eye doctor?
 * 2) What solutions would you suggest for other children who may be having trouble reading or seeing?
 * 3) What ideas can you come up with for helping a child who wears an eye patch to feel comfortable around othre children?

**Classroom Activities**
 * Put patroleum jelly on the outside lens of pairs of goggles, then have children put the goggles on and try to look at different items in classroom. Then discuss how they felt when they could not see clearly.
 * Have an optometrist come to class and talk about and show the equipment people with vision disorders may need such as eye patch, glasses, cane, and Braille or collect the items and lead the discussion yourself.

**Resource Links** [|George Ella Lyon's webpage] The author's webpages. There is a section called "FAQ From Children" where she answers questions children have written in and asked her.

[|Lynne Avril's webpage] The illustrator's webpages.

[|Kids' Health] This site describes strabismus and amblyopia in terms that children would understand.

**References** Avril, L. (2010). [The Pirate of Kindergarten cover] [Illustrations]. Retrieved from []

Lyon, G. E. (2010). //The pirate of kindergarten//. New York, NY: Atheneum Books for Young Readers.

//Submitted by Rebecca Aughenbaugh//