Books are magical all on their own, but Holly of Tutus and Turtles found a way to make one story even more magical for her son.
Look! Bringing Books Alive
You probably remember the tale of the Crow and the Pitcher in which a thirsty crow drops pebbles into a pitcher to raise the water level enough so he can drink from it? Holly and her son recreated this scenario using marbles, pebbles and an Italian soda bottle. Literature, science and a great memory all rolled into one - fantastic!
Holly has a great blog for you to check out, Tutus and Turtles which she describes as a "frilly-to-functional collection of all things baby and child."
Have you brought a book to life with your child? Share it in the comments or send us photos at nursery(at)apartmenttherapy(dot)com.
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um...good idea except...make sure the kid doesn't swallow the pebbles! If they fit in the mouth of a bottle, they can be swallowed.
view Enamorada's profile
Yes - my daughter and I always refuse to let a pigeon drive the bus...
view Kaz's profile
@ Enamorada - this project was obviously well-supervised.
view HeatherAB's profile
I think her son is old enough to know not to swallow a pebble.
view CMcB's profile
In enamorada's defense, being old enough to know not to do something and actually not doing it are often two different things with kids.
I think he advice was, obviously, meant to anyone with kids who might be thinking about doing the same thing.
view Kaz's profile
I was hoping for more comments about what people did to bring books alive! We have read Dr. Suess's "Oobleck" and then made our version of Oobleck and played with it. (That's cornstarch and water and green food coloring). And we've read Robert McClosky's "Blueberries for Sal" while eating blueberries from small tin pails. My son's preschool read "The Gingerbread Man" and made a gingerbread man, and then he mysteriously disappeared from the cookie sheet and they had to go searching for him all around the block...good fun for the four-year-olds. Anyone else? I need some new good ideas!
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My son's favorite toddler story was Gingerbread Man, one night, I hid a little gingerbread cookie in the book to run out when we reached that page. He wasn't that impressed, but when we made one, the transformation of the flat cookie dough to the puffly baked big gingerbread man made his jaw drop.
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