Mo Willems is our Author of the Month...again. It was just too hard to resist and I thought, do I have to wait a whole other year before I read these books to the class?? No way!
So it didn't take long before the Grade One class joined the Grade Twos as ardent fans of Pigeon and Elephant and Piggie.
If you watched the video clip above it mentions how Mo has made his characters easy enough to draw that kids can take his characters and play with them and make their own stories.
Well.
Isn't that EXACTLY what the kids have been doing?!! All on their own, they begged for paper and have been busily working on their own Pigeon books and their own Elephant and Piggie books. They've been mixing characters and having a grand old time.
And the teacher has looked on in gratified amazement.
Ok, how could I resist giving them some time in class to work on it? :)
Pigeon in 3-D!
3 comments:
Like I've heard it said:
Mo Willems is completely irresistible, whether you're five or fifty...
Thanks so much for discovering him and sharing the treasure Miss J!
Ah treasures like him are meant to be shared!
Love it.....:) I now have a whole slew of these books in my class as well...they are great....even in kindergarten:)(thanks for your in put on this author Miss J)
You can see how the kids get attatched to them...the pics tell it all:)
Great work Miss J!
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