Hey all!! Jenn here with your latest Page Turning Monday post!!
Today’s book is:
Written by Jean Conder Soule and Illustrated by Denman Hampson.
This book was given to us by a friend and it is one of our absolute FAVORITES! I love books with fun rhymes and this one has tons! I have struggled with how to explain the story so I decided I would give you an exert:
You could make a goat a coat
With a collar trimmed in mink;
Or give a pig a wig
In a dainty shade of pink
But never tease a weasel;
This is very good advice.
A weasel will not like it
And teasing isn’t nice!
….see!! So much fun! I definitely recommend checking this book out! I love reading this story and my daughter loves hearing it (and randomly reciting parts of it)
Now for some things to go along with it:
-This book would be a great tool to use when working on rhyming words with your little one. You could read a page and then have your little one tell you the words that rhymed.
-This book has lots of small words that a beginning reader can sound out. Go through the story and let your little one practice their reading. You can read the story together.
-Talk about teasing and how it isn’t nice. Go over examples of teasing and talk about how it hurts people’s feelings. Discuss how it would make your little one feel if they were being teased, and how they don’t want to make someone else feel that way.
-Explain to them that teasing isn’t something that Jesus would do, and that we want to be like Him.
-Go over ways for your little one to handle being teased. Talk to them about confronting the person teasing them with talking and not by getting physical. Remind them they can talk to you about anything and they can pray anytime anywhere to God.
-Work on teaching them that teasing behind someone’s back (gossiping) is just as bad and shouldn’t be done. Point out what the Bible says about backbiting an gossiping.
Well that’s all I have, but I am sure you can come up with more!
Don’t forget to do something to make someone smile today!
Until next time,
Jennifer
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