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Books Alive

I have high hopes for this page!
I am really looking forward to making at least 1 book a week come alive in our in home classroom.

Meow Pots and Pans
Three Little Pigs

 Put Me In The Zoo  


Ten Apples Up On Top 

 Giraffes Can't Dance 

 Goldilocks and The Three Bears 

 Alice in Wonderland

Items used

  1. Cookie Sheet
  2. Foam Flowers
  3. Foam Alice
  4. Foam Troll 
  5. Magnetic Butterflies
While making the foam flowers for another project I kept thinking of Alice in Wonderland and knew the kids would really enjoy bringing this story alive.  
Funny though I was telling my sister about the 'giant flowers' and she thought of The Troll in Central Park movie.  This is where the troll comes in.  
Athena was really intrigued with this she did say "Where are the bread and butterflies?"  I will have to craft some of those ;). 


Ten Flashing Fireflies
Items used
  1. Mason Jar
  2. Yellow Foam Fireflies (circles)
  3. Elephants (to incorporate the letter E)
  4. Stick people 
Numbers 3 & 4 were not in the story but I provided them to give more options for imagination.

Horton Hatches The Egg
Items used
  1. Stuffed elephant
  2. Toilet paper roll with a green felt cut out
  3. Eagle plastic mini
  4. Plastic Eggs
  5. Three stick puppets


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