Family Theme
This week in Language Group, we read the book
"Are you my Mother?" by P.D. Eastman. In this book a baby bird goes out to search for his mother. He comes across other animals and some big objects. After his search he makes it back to his nest and his mother comes home.
For our activity, one child was chosen to be the baby bird. The other children were given pictures of the animals and items in the book (i.e.: kitten, cow, airplane, boat). One child was given the mother bird picture. The Baby Bird walks up to a child and and asks “Are you my Mother?” the child answers “Yes” if they have the mother bird card or “No I am a ___” and fills in the ___ with their picture.
This activity worked on:
1. attending to the story
2. labeling pictures
3. taking turns
4. approaching other children
5. asking a question
6. answering yes/no questions
Activities you can do at home include:
1. Ask your child yes/no questions about items in your home.
2. encourage your child to ask questions and model the appropriate word order if needed.
3. Click the link and print out an animal mother/baby matching.
4. Play the same game we played at your house!
Miss Diane & Miss Linda
