I started off today by reading “How
many bugs in a box?” by David A. Carter. This is the pop-up
counting book that I shared with Teacher Allen last night. In the
intro question before starting the book I asked “what is on the
cover?” The children were able to answer “insects”... we
counted the number of insects on the cover. I then introduced the
title by pointing to each word as I read it.
The children enjoyed all of the colors
and counting the bugs on each page. On each page there is a colored
box with some pop up design hiding the bugs. At first the children
did not look interested when I showed them the red box and asked “How
many bugs are in the red box?”. They look at me like I was crazy
as they could not see inside the red box. After I lifted the flap
there was intrigue to see what was in the next box. There was one
page where the bugs in the box “disappear” when you fully open
the book... they are the four fast fleas. The children giggled over
how they disappeared and made me go back to that page. At the end,
there are 10 bugs in a box and you have to carefully open the lever
to see inside the 3 dimensional box... the children were timid to
look inside but were really interested to find out how many bugs were
there. This book brought lots of interest and the need to read it a
second time. As in the other days, I had quite the crowd of not
just children but also adults. Pastor Jackson and Mamma Vencencia
stopped what they were doing to “read” the book with us. Even a
pig came sauntering by in the midst of our story! Oh, the joys of
the village!
(See “Intro to e-books” for part 2)
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