Book: Ask Mr. Bear by Marjorie Flack
Age: 36 months, 24 months, 18 months
Verse: 2 Corinthians 9:7
Letter: B is for Bear, G is for Goat (used printables from
1+1+1=1 from our alphabet files)
This was a FUN week!!! I carefully selected this book for this week for two reasons: Raelynn's cousin Adele is visiting (24 months) and I knew she knew her farm animals and would like that. The other reason is that it is about a boy named Danny and he is searching for a birthday present for his mother. It was perfect because we could play up the birthday theme since it was both Raelynn and my birthday! Such a perfect book for this week.
I didn't get a lot of pictures this week, but we did get a lot of fun activities in. We read the book A LOT. Little Adele kept asking for me to read "Danny" and "Read it again." :) I definitely have the book memorized by now!
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| We all got in on the reading this week! |
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| We even read it in a fort! |
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| these were fun! the kids colored them then we used them as props in retelling the story |
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| Raelynn reading to Adele |
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| Celebrating my birthday and getting my big bear hug!!!! |
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| Playing with "cloud dough" and making cupcakes for our birthday theme |
I'm getting better about rotating my 'tot trays' and making certain toys/activities available for the kids all week based on the theme of the book. Some of the things we did this week:
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| farm animal stickers |
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| farm animal magnets (Melissa and Doug) |
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| had the felt board out all week and I added a bear for this story |
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| Little people farm--this was fun to use to act out the story--and now our little farmer is officially named Danny! |
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| A farm animal and birthday themed clothespin match |
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| farm animal lacing |
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| farm animal puzzle |
Other fun things we did with the book that didn't get pictures of:
-Zoo trip! We made sure to see the bears and pet the goats
-walked like the animals (in the story it gives several ways they moved like gallop, trot, run, walk)
-act out the story and gave lots of bear hugs
-sang Old MacDonald
-farm animals lap book--will post about this later with link
Other ideas we didn't get to but I hope to next time around:
-sensory bin with farm animals for imaginative play
-animal match with baby and mama animal names
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