Betty had a great time reading this book, but not only did she like it, but the boys stopped everything to listen to it too.
We learned about some animals we didn't know about before and Betty learned about sequencing and anticipating what might happen next in a story. We used some of the activities on the Jan Brett website that went along perfectly with the book. We also enjoyed the printables and activities from the Prekinders sites below.
We were trying to tie the book in with the Letter U activities from Confessions of a Homeschooler, she was more interested in the book than what I came up with for the letter U. I had big plans of doing different activities for each day. Monday was Umbrella - she did that, Tuesday was Up in the Sky - she did that, Wednesday was Underground using ideas from Delightful Learning blog below - did NOT do that, Thursday was Underwater using some ideas from Homeschool Creations - did NOT do that either. She either just wanted a break from the workboxes (which is very unlikely since she is so gung-ho about every other day) or more likely, saw the underground creepy crawlies and figured it wasn't for her. Either way, there are some great links if your little one would care to use them. :)
My only "U" shot was this one. She glued some clipart images that I found of things that she might find UP in the air like airplane, helicopter, sun and rainbow, hot air balloon, balloons, clouds, birds, stars, etc.
Helpful Links:
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/lessonplan.jsp?id=1033
http://www.first-school.ws/activities/alpha/u/umbrella.htm
http://www.everythingpreschool.com/themes/umbrella/
http://www.notimeforflashcards.com/category/umbrella
http://www.homeschoolshare.com/umbrella.php
http://prekinders.com/weather-theme/
http://prekinders.com/rainforest-theme/
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