Preschool - Week 7 - Jenny's Surprise Summer

Last week we read this great book - Jenny's Surprise Summer.  I loved the illustrations. It was a simple, but sweet story with lots of great opportunities for discussion and learning.  We also did some "find it" activities on the pages, counted things on other pages, and talked about beach/ocean animals. E loved this book!

There were several kinds of birds in the book. I recognized the robins and seagulls, but had to ask my mom to identify the others: "The birds in the air are Terns.   They fly over the water and dive into the water to catch fish and eat them.   The birds on the ground are Sandpipers.    You find them on the beach and they peck in the sand to find little creatures that live in the sand and eat them."

As usual, I found some activities to go along with our daily reading.

 A cat magnet page: (Lisey ended up cutting out her cat)

A cat clothespin card:

A math game from homeschoolshare.com. You are supposed to draw a "body part" card and then select the correct number of "cat cards" that fits the body part card. (Not a big hit with E. So far she does not show the excitement and love of math that C had at her age. But that's ok.)

This was a VERY fun activity. In the book, there are pages that the artist has drawn so that you can see both on top of and beneath the water's surface. I drew a similar background on some white paper, and then searched Google images for pictures of the animals we learned about in the book. For example: hermit crabs, mussels, sea stars, sandpipers, seagulls, etc. I printed them out and ran them through my Xyron machine to turn them into stickers.  E helped me cut them out and then placed them on the scene.

She also drew some seashells underwater (not pictured below) and the green glass bottle, just like the book.