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Friendship: Stickfiggy and Lott Share

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Welcome to Read.Explore.Learn.! This meme was designed to be a place for you to share the learning opportunities, crafts, field trips, and other activities you have done this week that tie-in to children’s books. I look forward to seeing ways you have learned with and explored books.
I am participating in the MeMe Tales  #readforgood Readathon 2012 this summer. During the Readathon,  anyone who signs up on the MeMeTales site is given access to the books being featured for free. Each week the books follow a theme. The theme this week is friendship. The books being spotlighted this week are StickFiggy Makes a Friend, Lott’s Tea Party, and Arthur (A dog looking for a home.).

My Book Tie-Ins of the Week:


While MeMeTales featured three books on friendship on the Readathon this week, we are just going to look at two. Both of the books I am going to share with you feature stick characters that reach out and do something for friends.

 Stick Figgy Makes a Friend



StickFiggy Makes a Friend is a very cute story about StickFiggy and an egg. While heading out to play StickFiggy comes across an unattended egg. He decides to stop and watch it until its mom returns instead of going off to play. It takes awhile for the mom to come back. By the time she does it is no longer an egg, but a chick.

 StickFiggy Lott's Tea Party

Lott’s Tea Party is the tale of a little stick girl that plans a party for her friends. Readers of her story see all that she has to do to get rid of the party and read what it happening in each stage of planning in a single word that is placed on each page. One word is all that is needed to share all that she does to get ready for her friends to come.

What did we do to explore the themes of the books?

 

Invited a Friend to Play

 
JDaniel has been missing his best friend from school. I decided to invite him over for a play date so both boys could spend time together. 

Made a Friendship Bread

Stick Figgy-Friendship Bread

I found a great recipe for Friendship Bread online that didn’t require starter yeast. JDaniel and I had a wonderful time making it. JDaniel had a wonderful time decorating it.  We worked on making a StickFiggy character with painted popsicle sticks and a cardboard circle to help us remember to share the story with his friend.
Stick Figgy- Making Friendship Bread

JDaniel and his friends ate one piece. My husband and I inhaled most of the rest. It is really delicious. Maybe it is the chocolate pudding you add to the mix that gave it that little bit of extra something.

Created an Outdoor Tree Play Area

Stick Figgy - Tree Play Area
 

There is a tree line that separates our yard from the next door neighbors. At the end of the tree line is a large magnolia tree that JDaniel and his friend love to climb and play under. The branches of the tree bow down and form a tree play area.
JDaniel and I hauled out a blanket, some learning activities, and some toys out to the tree to fill the tree play area.

The area contained the following:

1. Chalk to draw on the tree with.
2. A writing a drawing activity that was based on the StickFiggy Finds a Friend story.
Stick Figgy- Coloring and Writing Area
 3. A cardboard tube that could be leaned against the tree to create a ramp of different levels for a toy truck.
4. Activity mats that could be illustrated with small sticks JDaniel and I gathered.
Stick Figgy - Illustrating Words

JDaniel decided that there were leaves all over the ground and that they would be fun to play with too. He thought we should reattach them to the tree with clothes pins. I thought was a great idea.

Stick Figgy - Reattaching Leaves

When his friend arrived, they explored most of the playthings and climbed the tree. It was a perfect place for friends to hang out.

What are your favorite books about friendship?
Disclaimer: I have been given access to the MemeTales: Readathon books and will receive copies of the books. All the thoughts and information in this post about the books are my own.

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Comments

  2. I love that this activity involved sharing everything with his friend. It is amazing the genuine relationships and bonds they form at such a young age. And that bread looks great!

  3. I love his spot under the tree. What a great place to hang out! When I was little, we had a secret hideout in and behind our neighbors shrubs.

  10. What creative ideas! I’m sure your sons friend will be back for more fun soon.

  11. This is such a great idea. I love the activities tied in with the theme…reminds me of library story hour

  13. What a special play area! All the activities are so inspiring and even better when shared with a friend.

  16. Oh, I love the tree shade area!! We have a couple of good options for something like that in our backyard! I can’t wait to set up something similar.

  17. Bobo would love your magnolia tree. His favorite thing right now is climbing his special tree.

  18. This post reminds me that I need to find more books about friendship. Figuring out what it means to be a friend is so important for children!

  21. What a wonderful playdate. I love the idea of reattaching leaves with clothespins and the activity mats with sticks. 🙂

  25. lovely time! it’s all so cute. wish it wasn’t too hot to bake, go outside, or …move… here. lol 🙂

  26. Great activities, my girls are older just finished summer school. We will hit the library, and other tourist spots! Stopping by from SITS!

  27. We love your Friendship Bread and the book tie in. What a super project you put together with your little boy! We would LOVE for you to share your Friendship Bread photos with our website and the recipe you used for your bread. We will give you full credit and even link it to your blog. Here is our site and the link to the submissions!

    This is just for photos: http://www.friendshipbreadkitchen.com/recipe-box/submit-photo
    This one is if you care to share the recipe: http://www.friendshipbreadkitchen.com/recipe-box/submit-your-recipe

    Thank you! Keep on having fun with your little guy!

    Susan
    FBKitchen Assistant

  29. It sounds like you had terrific time with these books. I need to look for them in print, since we are trying not to spend too much time online in the summer. Jellybeans series by Laura Numeroff are lovely, but might be a little lengthy and feature girl friends.

  30. I love how you provided lots of different activities – what a great way to explore different parts of the book and enhance comprehension!

    Also, cannot believe I’ve never seen this link-up before! I love love story inspired play, I’ve been so inspired by the ideas shared so far!

    Thanks for stopping by The Sunday Showcase, hope to see you there again next week!

    Charlotte
    makedoandfriend.com

  33. Dear friend,
    Great pictures and interesting post. Anyone can see you are a great mom.

  37. I learn so much from you! I have never heard of Stickfiggy but I think I am in love with him!

    You are such a fun Mom!

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