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I’m embarrassed to admit that I hadn’t read this book until yesterday as I was reading it thru to prepare for volunteer reading today. This is one of those books that I enjoy more with each reading. And the kids love it! I think it really captures their imagination.
My mentor*, a much more experienced Pre-K reader than I, had suggested it to me as a great book to practice ABCs. The reason I asked her advice about this was because it was the beginning of the school year and this is a topic that the kids were really interested in. Perhaps they feel it’s one they can really master. One little girl that I read with last week was so fascinated by the letter “A” that it was one of only two words she spoke with me that day (the other was “mommy” - awww, I know, right?!). The children have been writing their name with me too. I was surprised how much they enjoyed learning their letters.
After reading the book, I did an activity with them. I’m relatively new at this but I’m realizing quickly that incorporating an activity with a book can make it so much more engaging and easier to keep the children’s attention, especially at the beginning of the school year. So, I introduced a ‘mystery bag’ today (small drawstring bag). I told the kids that they never know what they might find inside my mystery bag. The kids were intrigued. I bought small felt letters at my local art supply store and put them in my mystery bag. Each child would reach in and select one item (in this case a letter). “What did you get?”, I would ask. They would name the letter if they could. And then we would think of words that begin with that letter. The kids really seemed to enjoy this.
* Kudos to my reading mentor, Sara T., for recommending Chicka Chicka Boom Boom and for telling me about the magic of using a mystery bag. She has been such an inspiration to me!
This book is recommended for ages 3 to 6 years old.
I’m embarrassed to admit that I hadn’t read this book until yesterday as I was reading it thru to prepare for volunteer reading today. This is one of those books that I enjoy more with each reading. And the kids love it! I think it really captures their imagination.
My mentor*, a much more experienced Pre-K reader than I, had suggested it to me as a great book to practice ABCs. The reason I asked her advice about this was because it was the beginning of the school year and this is a topic that the kids were really interested in. Perhaps they feel it’s one they can really master. One little girl that I read with last week was so fascinated by the letter “A” that it was one of only two words she spoke with me that day (the other was “mommy” - awww, I know, right?!). The children have been writing their name with me too. I was surprised how much they enjoyed learning their letters.
After reading the book, I did an activity with them. I’m relatively new at this but I’m realizing quickly that incorporating an activity with a book can make it so much more engaging and easier to keep the children’s attention, especially at the beginning of the school year. So, I introduced a ‘mystery bag’ today (small drawstring bag). I told the kids that they never know what they might find inside my mystery bag. The kids were intrigued. I bought small felt letters at my local art supply store and put them in my mystery bag. Each child would reach in and select one item (in this case a letter). “What did you get?”, I would ask. They would name the letter if they could. And then we would think of words that begin with that letter. The kids really seemed to enjoy this.
* Kudos to my reading mentor, Sara T., for recommending Chicka Chicka Boom Boom and for telling me about the magic of using a mystery bag. She has been such an inspiration to me!
This book is recommended for ages 3 to 6 years old.