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Squish Rabbit by Katherine Battersby has become JDaniel’s favorite book. He absolutely loves to have this book read to him.
Squish is a really small bunny that seems to be overlooked by everyone, because of his size. He has other troubles too. He can’t reach balloons that float by. He can’t get people to hear he wants to share. He is really lonely.
Finally, Squish sews a friend with a needle and thread. He has a great time with him at the beginning, but there is only so much a stuffed cloth friend can do.
He tries to play with a tree, but that doesn’t work. When it doesn’t work, Squish gets mad. He is so mad that he throws a tantrum and kicks one of the apples that has fallen from the tree.
A squirrel notices that the apple is going to all into the river and tries to save it. Thankfully before the squirrel can fall into the water Squish yells, “Stop!”
Thankfully the squirrel stops and decides to play with Squish instead. Yes, that means he now has a real friend and a stuffed one to play with.
The pictures in the book are amazing. JDaniel loves the emotions that Squish conveys with his eyes and his arms. This book could easily be told by the pictures alone, but I am so glad it has words too.
What did we do?
Homemade Playdough Play with a Friend
We had JDaniel’s best friend over on Tuesday after preschool to play. They have the best time together when JDaniel isn’t in charge of all the toys and when they are played with.
To avoid a lively discussion about toys and their play times I made a batch of homemade playdough with the recipe below. I have not been successful with other recipes I have tried, but this one worked out well for me.
The boys had a great time squishing the dough and using a variety of cookie cutters to create creatures of their own.
Here is the Playdough Recipe I used:
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Oh I love getting to play with play-dough with the kids! My 5 and 8 year olds still enjoy it sometimes. We like to make edible play-do. It’s not the greatest to eat, but it smells really good!
I need to try edible playdough with JDaniel.
Thanks for hosting! Sounds like a cute book and we’re always up for some play dough around here!
It really is a cute book!
Squish sounds like a cute book. I will have to see if I can find it. Thanks so much for hosting. I love to see the books others are reading and the exciting learning opportunities that stem from the books.
You will love this book. I bet you could make an amazing lunch based on it.
Squish rabbit is a great name for a children’s book – we’ll have to look for it!
It really is a cute name! Your guys would love this book.
The cotton ball bunny tail game is a such a great idea. I’ll have to try it with my son. I’m sure he’d enjoy the book as well.
Let me know if you end up playing it.
This book sounds adorable. I am glad that JD had a good time with his friends without arguing about toys.
I am so glad when agruing isn’t happening. Four must be the year to agrue.
Love the homemade playdoh. I have yet to try making that.
This recipe is so easy. You so need to try it.
this play dough is so wonderful!! and lasts a very long tome if you keep it in a sealed container. have fun!!
We have really loved it too.
Looks like a really fun playdough recipe!
It is so easy and I loved that it didn’t require using the stove.
We used to have a play-dough factory, but we haven’t visited that in a while. Most of the play-dough was left out too long – which is completely my fault!
My son loves helping us cook, so the homemade play-dough recipe sounds like a great activity for him to make food with which he can actually play!
I loved that this recipe has hot water poured into the ingredients and didn’t have to be cooked on the stove.
Ok, I’m a newbie! I’ve just made added a link to my blog for a book-related activity, but I’mnot so sure how to put your badge on my post to link it back to you. I have the image…do I just add it and put a link below it? Or is there a way to make the badge the link?
Welcome! The easiest way to add the badge is to go to the text box under the badge on the right, click your mouse in the box, hold down the control key and the a key to select all of the text, copy paste the text into your post in HTML mode.
OK! Thanks!
The Bunny Counting game looks like so much fun! Again another great idea 🙂
We had fun with it.
This book looks great! My baby girl loves books. I love the activities you did along with it too!
We just checked that book out of the library last week!! I didn’t think of playdough for an activity but playdough with friends is perfect to go with that sweet story of friendship!!!
What a great book … and I love your activities to go with it. The Bunny Tail Counting Game is very creative! I stumbled your post and pinned it to my Kids’ Spring Activities board at http://pinterest.com/debchitwood/kids-spring-activities/
What a fun book. I haven’t read it yet…will have to check it out the next time I’m at the library. The counting game looks like so much fun too! Thanks so much for linking up to the Weekly Kid’s Co-op.
how fun!
that book sounds cute…. but what gets me is your creative activities… oh how i wish you were close enough to be broxtons teacher… lol, and of course, teaching again 🙂