We had an adventure theme for the week of July 2nd and after looking at everything we pulled and gravitating towards all the camping books, I decided to go with a camping theme.
I read Maisy Goes Camping by Lucy Cousins and Explorers of the Wild by Cale Atkinson.
Some other books that would have been great for reading with an adventure theme are:
The Adventures of Beekle by Dan Santat
Jeremy Draws a Monster by Peter McCarty
I'm Bored by Michael Ian Black
Found by Saliina Yoon
Shh! We Have a Plan by Chris Haughton
Other books that are perfect for a camping storytime are:
Sally Goes to the Mountains by Stephen Huneck
I Love the Mountains by Steven Anderson
Do Princesses Make Happy Campers? by Carmela LaVigna Coyle
Duck Tents by Lynne Berry
We were having some trouble settling down during this one, so we did some flannel board matching with cars and their matching colored suitcase and then got to our craft of making a tent out of construction paper and Popsicle sticks. They liked decorating their camper.
If the kids weren't so antsy, we had a song and Five Little Froggies flannel to do too. It's the summer so I'm definitely competing for attention between going outside and reading, but we had a good storytime nonetheless.
I had to read this because Leonardo, the Terrible Monster has always been a hit during
storytimes and Leonardo makes an appearance in this book.
Summary: One day Sam, the
most scaredy-cat kid in the whole world, makes a terrifying discovery. It's not
Frankenthaler the monster. It's her friend-Kerry! Kerry, the second most
scaredy-cat kid in the whole world, also makes a terrifying discovery. It's not
Leonardo the monster. It's his friend-Sam! "AAAAH!" yells Sam. "EEEEK!"
yells Kerry. Something has to be done. Something BIG. But what?
Age Range: 5-6 years
"Sam had no idea what he should do! Kerry had no idea what she should do! So, they had that in common."
This book has a very similar structure, but I must admit wasn’t as great as Leonardo, the Terrible Monster. Nevertheless, I still think this is
a cute book to read to children because of the lessons in this book. And I would definitely recommend it to those who are absolute Mo Willems fans.
We can all be
scaredy-cats and we can all be different, but still get along and collaborate
to scare the monsters in each other's lives. Everyone is afraid of something, but then we realize we are much of the same and what is different is non-threatening.
The same illustrations and characters offer
a comforting familiarity to Mo Willems fans.
