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Read.Explore.Learn.- The Manger

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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 the ways you have learned with and explored books.

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My Book Tie-Ins of the Week:

Shannon of Milk and Cuddles sent JDaniel this book as part of the Christmas Book Exchange. Room for a Little One is a sweet story about a kind ox that has room for everyone animal that comes to his stable seeking a place to rest. The pictures in this book are beautiful. I love to just flip through and look at the illustrations. A pretty as the pictures are it is the message of this book that is the most beautiful. There is room for everyone in the stable. Jesus himself found a place to rest his head in a warm bed of straw in this stable one cold winter night.

 

What did we do with this book?
Retelling
First, we sorted through cookie cutters to find the animals from the story.  We didn’t have cutters for all the animals. Some of the animals had to be modified to make all the right animals when I traced them on paper. We didn’t have a mouse so I reworked a rabbit into a mouse when I traced it.
I held up the animals and JDaniel held the flashlight as we retold the story with shadows.
Then I retold the story a second time and JDaniel pointed the flashlight at the right animal.
Story Comparision

We read Around the Farm by Eric Carle and talked about what animals were the same in both books and which were different. We used the animal silhouettes as reminders of what animals had been in the Room for a Little One. 

 
 
 

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  2. The cover illustration of this book is tugging away at my heart strings. I think I am going to have to get a copy to share with my darling Reedlets. :o)

  3. This looks like a wonderful book, I’ve got to see if the library has it. Your story extension is a great idea. I love that you were able to turn the rabbit into a mouse, great job.

  5. My mother bought this book for my daughter last Christmas and it became an instant favourite for both of us. I cry every time I read it.
    Thanks for a great series idea!

  6. Sounds like an awesome book. Love the idea of the shadows and play!
    Thanks so much for your visit and have a great day!
    Coralie

  7. Oh, the flashlight idea is a fun one! My son would totally go for that – as one of his most favorite games on earth is to pretend the electricity is out.

  9. I really enjoy your Friday book posts…you should be a preschool teacher…I work afternoons in a preschool and I’m going to use this idea! Thanks! 🙂

  11. I love how you do your retelling! I’ll probably wait until next week to link up, as I’m going to do a few more activities with The Gingerbread Baby book.

  13. I love the retelling idea. Sometimes it’s hard to come up with something that is age appropriate for retelling. I just got a copy of a book that is based on the Christmas carol the Friendly Beasts. We are going to use your retelling ideas for it!!

  15. I love the shadow activity.

    I so need to remember next week to link up some of my activities, I just keep forgetting.

  19. This book looks wonderful, it has a warm, glowing feel to it. I love the activities you did with it too!

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