December Books
This is a cute little book that was
given to me by my friend, Kerry, in British Columbia. It is a very
tiny book that measures: approximately 8 1/2 inches wide x 2 inches.
The cover is pictured in the sample. Please click to enlarge the
photo.
Kerry explained it better than I could
ever do! Start with a pocket chart:
A _________light,
A_________ light,
A_________ light,
A_________ light, (use as
many pages as you have colors for lights)
...on houses at Christmas time!
We add the colors to the blank spaces
and practice reading. There are pictures on each line and then a row
of houses on the last line.
Then we make the book using this frame.
The title is "Christmas Lights". You can add as many pages as you
have colors of paper for the lights. Each page
has the blackline drawing of a Christmas light. We cut pieces of
foil wrapping paper in the shape of a light (one for each side.)
They use the color chart to copy the words for the blanks.
The final page is the row of houses.
Use a toothpick to put glue dots on where Christmas lights would be on
each house. Then you can use glitter on the glue. They turn
out really cute! A discussion of where people put the lights on the
house helps. For example, on the roof line, across the porch, around
the door, windows, etc. They can decorate the houses with markers or
crayons to look like real houses at Christmas. Without the
discussion, the kids get carried away and pile on the glitter!
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