Inspiration comes at the weirdest times. Thursday morning brings the Toddlers to JPL. Mrs. Janet had prepared a wonderful Penguin Toddler Times. My toddlers and I especially loved the lively story of Fluff and Billy by Nicola Killen. Imagine a room full of energy climbing, sliding, screaming (my personal favorite), swimming, splashing, running and jumping. After stories the tots and their parents created a penguin that they dressed in earmuffs and scarves- very cute.
While cleaning up from the morning's program and sorting through what was left from the previous night's I Can Read Club- Memoirs of a Goldfish program a light bulb went off for an idea for the teen parents and their children.
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I Can Read Club-Memoirs of a Goldfish
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The Master Plan
We will read together a lively rendition of
Fluff and Billy. We will dance to Sesame Street's
Doing the Penguin song. We will learn and sing some other penguin songs. Then, the parents and kids can create the penguin with the earmuffs and scarves. Parents can talk with their children about winter, getting dressed to go outside, and share what they know about penguins while making the project.
Parents can use the final product as a cover for a book that they will make for their kids. To appeal to the youngest babies, the parents will create different shaped, black and white penguins to fill the 6"x 8" pages. These sharply contrasting images will surely grab the newborns' attention. The toddlers will be fascinated with a concept book that will provide them lots of opportunities to practice learning the names of shapes.
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| Cover for the board book |
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| Sturdy construction of these blank books make them baby/toddler friendly |
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| Draw attention to the words on each page to promote print awareness |
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Provide copies of the songs and rhymes used during group to add at the beginning or end of the book
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Sources
http://www.classroomfreebies.com/2012/12/silly-shaped-penguins.html
http://www.preschooleducation.com/spenguin.shtml
http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/songspoems25.html
http://www.rhapsody.com/artist/various-artists/album/sesame-street-hot-hot-hot-dance-songs
http://www.barebooks.com/chunky.htm
http://www.orientaltrading.com/
1 comments:
This session was more fun and more successful than I hoped.
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