Click, Clack, Moo Cows That Type

CLICK, CLACK, MOO COWS THAT TYPE

By Colton Glover

             

       Click, Clack, Moo Cows That Type is a great read for younger students. This book provides students with a great example of personification. Any time animals, in this case cows, are acting as humans students seem to be very entertained and engaged. This book also provides great pictures throughout to help students visualize what is taking place. You can read a part of the story and have the students try to create their own image of what is happening throughout the story. Even though this is a fiction book with cartoon sketches, providing students with a fun activity can help them maximize their learning potential.

            The cows in Click, Clack, Moo Cows That Type happen to find an old typewriter in the barn they are in. After finding this typewriter they begin to type letters to the farm owner advising him they are not producing any milk until they are given the electric blankets they have requested. The farm owner is in disbelief that the cows can even type but that they are not going to produce any milk for his farm. After the farm owner tells the cows he is not going to give them their electric blankets the cows get the hens involved and they also leave the farm owner a letter stating they will not produce any eggs until they also have electric blankets. The farmer was furious that he has, “Cows that type. Hens on strike!” There is a duck that is a neutral party, and he was taking the farmer’s rejection letters to the animals and advising that he demand milk and eggs from them. The cow’s last message advised they would trade their typewriter for the blankets they requested! So the duck brought the blankets and the cows turned over their typewriter to the duck. The next morning the farmer got a note from the ducks stating their pond was quite boring and that they would like a diving board.

            Even though this is a fictional book it allows the students to get the mind going and allows them to create visual images of cows typing, an angry farmer, and a duck transporting letters and jumping off of a diving board. Fun activities may seem silly to some, but who is to say they are silly if they turn out to be very productive.