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Quick as a Cricket Lapbook
| Author: Audrey Wood Illustrator: Don Wood ISBN: 0859531511 Summary: Whether brave or shy, strong or weak, in the end the young boy celebrates all different, apparently contradictory parts of himself. With a confident grin, he lifts his arms up and declares, "Put it all together and you've got ME!" Level 1 Lapbook by Ami Brainerd |
Phonics- Letter Q
Quick starts with the letter Q and you may want to use this
book as an opportunity to introduce your student to Q and the
sound it makes. You can use the
Q Mini Books to learn about
Q (activities include the words quick, queen, and
quilt).
Nursery Rhyme: Jack be
Nimble
Discuss the word quick. Do some things slowly and do some
things quickly (walk slowly then quickly, spin slowly then quickly, you can even
pretend to do things like brush your teeth slowly and quickly). Have fun
acting this rhyme out. Let your student color the picture with the
rhyme in the Q Mini Book file.
Opposites
Discuss the opposites in the book and use the
Opposites Minits to
reinforce the concept. You may also want to use the
Quiet & Loud Pocket Book with
Cards for some sorting fun. If you are learning the letter Q,
be sure to emphasize the beginning of the word quiet.
Drama Fun
Act out the different animals and adjectives in the story. Jump and chirp
like a cricket, growl like a tiger, move slowly like a snail, and swim like a
shark . Pretend to be tame and pretend to be wild. You could
also make motions for the story and act them out each time you read it together.
Write Your Own Animal
Comparison
Ask your preschooler what animal he is the most like and why. Have him try
to draw the animal (help if needed and let him color it in) and write "I'm as
__________ as a __________" underneath the picture. You may
want to paste this to the front (or the back) of your lapbook.
Retelling the Story
After you've read the story (a few days in a row), let your preschooler have
a turn "reading" the story to you!
Sequencing Sizes
Have your student place the
animals in order from smallest to largest or largest to smallest.
Science- Crickets
Learn more about crickets while reading The
Very Quiet Cricket by Eric Carle.
Links
Story Patterns for Quick as a
Cricket
~You can make puppets with the story
patterns or a coloring book with the black and white patterns.
~You could also use alphabet magnets and have your student match the first
letter of each animal to a magnet.
~You use these patterns with the drama activity above. Place all the
animals in a bag and let your student pick one out. Act out the animal
together.
~The patterns can also be used for counting the animals in the story.
Q is for Quilt
Activities at Making Learning Fun