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This week I am going to share a wonderful children’s book called The Awful Aardvarks Shop for School by Reeve Lindbergh. It is filled with fun and terrible destruction of mall displays.
The aardvarks head to the mall to search for the items on their back to school list and can’t help break every rule in the mall etiquette book.
They run. They pull things off the shelves. They play with the toys and don’t put them back on the shelves. They stress out the shopkeepers.
The book isn’t just filled with terrorizing the mall. By the end of the book with the help of a bagel boy employee tells them to clean up. Guess what they do! They really do.
I am not advocating tearing up the mall, but I love the humor in the book and I love the idea of cleaning up messes.
What did we do with the book The Awful Aardvarks Shop for School?
Aarvark Tracking Activity
A simple tracking practice folder can be made by drawing straight dotted lines and connecting them with straight line ramps.
Children can practice the tracking movement they will use in reading using the simple tracking folder. I added a cutout of an aardvark for JDaniel to push along as he practice tracking.
Clothes Pin Spelling Practice
A simple picture of an object with its name placed beneath it can lead part of a very simple spelling activity. The only other thing you will need are clothes pins with the letters of the word written on them.
A child can simply clich the clothes pin with a letter underneath the letter it matches.
Biting the Hand That Feeds Me has an amazing tribute lunch to the book The Pigeon Find a Hot Dog that I am in awe of.
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That sounds like such a fun book. We need to try the clothespin activity!
Cute pigeon lunch! I need to make that for Pierce!
In my opinion, we need more kid aardvark books – I don’t think we’ve ever read one before! I used to like the aardvark song on Sesame Street – talk about old school 😉
That book sounds adorable. I try to keep my son from going into the clothing racks, but they are sooooo tempting to him. Love the tracking and clothespins activities.
Looks like a lovely book. x
That book sounds great! I love the spelling activity with clothes pins!
Oh, this book sounds lovely. It’s exciting to be getting ready for a school year, isn’t it?
Loved the clothes pin idea for teaching kids how to spell!
Looks fun!
You are so creative! Sounds like a great book!
The tracking activity looks good, as it is something that we really need to practice (pen control).
OH I love the clothespin spelling! Great tip!
That’s a great way to match, with the clothespins! Awesome!
Sounds like a fun book!
great linky. I bet all you get a lot of ideas from other mommy bloggers and vice versa!!
Ok, so this is like the coolest linky ever! I love this idea! I’m gonna try and participate next week–this will require me to actually get cracking on creative ideas.
That pigeon sandwich is just too much! So cute!
that is innovative. Never would have thought of it.
This book sounds like what I envision happening whenever I bring my kids to the mall! 🙂
I LOVE this!!! I have never heard of this meme! I want to join in!!
Tiffany
My girls are reading the Harry Potter series and they made wands, A Sorting Hat and magical potions this week. I’m so happy they are enjoying these books as much as I did.
oh I love that tree. what a great post/linky thanks for sharing.
Looks like a cute book! And I just added clothes pins to my shopping list after reading your post. Thanks for your ideas.
this looks a cute book
-stephanie j
LOVE the clothes pin idea !!!!!!!!!
Is looks such a fun book, I love the activities.
Thanks for linking to the Sunday showcase.
The clothespin idea is genius!