Little Readers June

Hello all!

Well here is the end of another month, and this month's Little Readers book club saw more participants and little faces. What fun! The month of June was all about animals, in every shape and size and colour. There were "field trips" to the Fort Edmonton Park to visit farm animals, toy play, imagination play, and crafts all devoted to learning about animals. So naturally, we focused our kiddo book on animals as well.

"Baby Bear, Baby Bear What Do You See", by Eric Carle/Bill Martin Jr., is a new adaptation of the classic "Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See". The difference? This cute new book published in 2010 focused on animals you would see in North America. So often when we read books there are pictures and images of exotic animals and other atypical species. We all know which animals these are, but in case you don't... Cats, dogs, chickens, cows, farm animals in general, lions, tigers, safari animals in general... And let's not forget our sea friends, either. In this book we see the faces of some classic North American animals, from baby bear himself to a flying squirrel, skunks, and mule deer! Speaking of Mule deer, when we first read the book in our house I read the page aloud and then our little man pointed and corrected me enthusiastically saying "Broken deer, broken deer!". The infamous drawings in the book are a cut and paste effect, so the deer does look broken... Just saying!

Baby Bear, Baby Bear, What Do You See? is one of several books from the "What Do You See" series by Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle.The repetitive text helps children work on prediction skills and also helps boost reading confidence. After hearing the story read aloud a few times, most children are able to chorus read the story and remember the repetitive line of text without difficulty subhana'Allaah. Children also seem to enjoy the artwork of Eric Carle.


If you haven't had a chance to pick up this book and read it aloud together, I cannot say it enough how much we have enjoyed it... Or how often I hear from other mommas and tots either! The library has a great stock of books to enjoy, or you can look for it at your local bookstore/online.


Here are a few activities you could do at home to expand off of this book:


http://www.brownbearandfriends.com/classroom/BabyBearClassroomGuide.pdf


http://typeaparent.com/educational-story-stretchers-for-baby-bear-baby-bear-what-do-you-see.html