Theme: Press Here, by Hervé Tullet
Age: Honey Pot is 2 years and 3 months old
Hugely inspired by one of my very favorite blogs, Mommy and Me Book Club, I decided to include some structure to one of Honey Pot’s play
dates this week. I chose one of her current favorite books, Press Here by Hervé Tullet. This is a wonderful and unique book that requires
audience participation. They are asked to press, shake, tilt, clap, etc. and
observe the results of their actions. It is very fun, and very cute to see
the children react to the new arrangement of dots.
Originally I had created an entire tot school theme out of
this, with multiple activities and even a dot-inspired snack. But because it
was my first time, and I wasn’t sure how interested the children would be, I
kept it quite simple.
First we read the book.
Then I provided the three girls with booklets (made just
from two sheets of printer paper folded in half and stapled together) and dot
markers. These I purchased from Amazon, and we love them! For older children,
after they are done creating their dots, you can ask them to create the captions
for their books.
For this idea and others for Press Here check out this blog post at Crayon Freckles!
