Wednesday, April 4, 2012
the amazing egg race inspired by jan brett
Book: The Easter Egg by Jan Brett
Activity:
There are lots of activities that could be done with this book (check out Toddler Approved!). I came up with my idea from reading the book and noticing that Jan Brett uses the word "amazing" a few times. I decided to focus on this vocabulary word with our own Amazing Egg Race!
which took them to the wagon...
then they took the stroller...
to a ride on Daddy's bike...
and finally a drive in her cozy coupe...
to brother who had the big prize: Jelly Beans!
This activity could be adapted several ways. One twist could be racing with an egg without cracking it.
Activity:
There are lots of activities that could be done with this book (check out Toddler Approved!). I came up with my idea from reading the book and noticing that Jan Brett uses the word "amazing" a few times. I decided to focus on this vocabulary word with our own Amazing Egg Race!If you don't know about the TV show, it's is about partners who race around the world gathering clues to get to the final destination with the big prize. The Amazing Egg Race is similar in that partners travel around to find eggs with clues in them directing them to the big Easter prize.
Setup:
1) Gather up as many kid vehicles as possible and stash them at various places around your house, yard, park, etc.
2) Print out clues directing the partners from one vehicle to the next and place them in plastic eggs. Hide the eggs on the vehicles.
3) Have a fun prize at the end!
For our race my husband and daughter became Hoppi and the Easter Bunny who were racing around the campus where we live looking for the eggs hidden on one of our rides. They started with the tricycle...
which took them to the wagon...
then they took the stroller...
to a ride on Daddy's bike...
and finally a drive in her cozy coupe...
to brother who had the big prize: Jelly Beans!
This activity could be adapted several ways. One twist could be racing with an egg without cracking it.
Snack: Jelly Beans!
5 components of reading suggestions:
{phonemic awareness}
have your early bird make up silly words using the rime -oppi and adding new onsets
{phonics}
have your early bird hunt for short e sounds in the story
{fluency}
have your early bird read the text in italics and with exclamation points with the correct emphasis
{vocabulary}
have your early bird make a face like they would when they see something "amazing"; play a game making other faces like happy, sad, mad, etc and throw in amazing
{comprehension}
have your early bird draw pictures of all the different eggs that the bunnies made in the story
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- dshrock
- I am a wife, mom, teacher, and student. I love my husband, daughter, son, and pug! I'm currently finishing a doctorate in curriculum and instruction with an emphasis in reading from Baylor University, but also have degrees in elementary ed and school counseling from The University of Tulsa. I've taught in Memphis and Waco. We are now living in the dorms at a boarding school in Oklahoma for junior and senior high school students where my husband teaches.
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