Spring in the .Kingdom of ying by Liza Charlesworth Illustrated by Ellen Joy Sasaki Yippee! It's spring in the Kingdom of Ying! 11"- The striped bells of the tower begin to ring. The polka-dot bullfrogs all start to sing. The courteous cows push pigs on a swing. The teeny-weeny raindrops whisper, "ping, ping, ping." ,.,,- '- .y""- ... \ ,,/. , "-, , <, The very happy honeybees decide not to sting. Two dogs make bouquets from the daisies cats bring. 7)t The rooster unwinds his great ball of string, sending his kite up in the air on a fling, beckoning the blue jay to wave "Hi" with her wing, 1(10 bringing a smile to the face of the king. 11)1'- For all of the land is loaded with zing- 1(12 what a wonderful, wonderful, wonderful thing! 131" listen to the riddle sentences. Add the right letter or letters to the -ing sound to finish each one. J You should curtsy or bow when you greet the _ing. 2 ,- Early in the morning the birds like to _ing. My kite is attached to a long piece of ~ Listen! Can you hear the telephone _ing? The winter is over. Now it is __ 1(14 ing. mq, § If you frighten a bee, it may try to _ing. 7 We can tie this tire to a branch to make a ",,- great . Ing. I've been invited to a party. What shall ling? " The rubber band snapped with a _ing. 9 A duck can sleep with its head under its _ing. Now make up some new riddle sentences using - ing Give a great holler, a cheer, a yell For all of the words that we can spell With an I, N, and G that make the sound -ing, You'll find it in king and ring and sing. Three little letters, that's all that we need To make a whole family of words to read! Make a list of other -ing words. Then use them in the cheer! 1(16 Here are some quick and fun ways to use this story to help children learn the word family -ing. "f( Explain to children that you are going to read a story that has many words with the -ing sound, made by the letters I, N, and G. All these words belong to