Hidden character scavenger hunt: Mo Willems often hides other characters in his books, so I had my littles picture walk through several and count how many of each character they found (ie. Then we used fractions to bake chocolate chip cookies (with or without nuts!) “The Duckling Has a Cookie” baking with fractions activity: First we read “The Duckling Has a Cookie”. Mo Willem character number comparison: I printed this Mo Willem number comparison from Teachers Pay Teachers, then had my little identify each number, circle the greater one and figure out how much greater it was by using the “count on” strategy (start at the lower number, count up to the bigger number using your fingers- your fingers tell you the answer). I got this activity from Teachers Pay Teachers. Pigeons are all blue, Piggies are all pink) then count them and graph them. You have your little hunt for, find and color each character the same color (ie. Mo Willems character graphing: We’ve been working on graphing often lately, so I was excited when I found this horizontally oriented graph.
Shape Knuffle Bunny: I gave my littles all the pieces they would need to make a Knuffle Bunny, then gave them oral instructions using shape words to help them put the pieces together correctly. You could also have your little write their own story about Pigeon after reading a few of his adventures. Mo Willems story prompt: This week I had my little write a story about his favorite stuffed animal (much like Knuffle Bunny is Trixie’s favorite stuffie). Just use a picture from one of his books as a guide, and describe each part to your little and have them draw it. Pigeon is fairly easy to draw, but you can do any of the Mo Willems characters. Pigeon guided drawing: Guided drawings are so much fun and are a great way to get kids listening carefully to oral language. “Lets Go for a Drive” retelling: We read “Let’s Go For a Drive” then chose characters and reenacted the story together. Knuffle Bunny timeline: Read all 3 Knuffle Bunny books and have your littles tell you what the main events were for each book. After reading both stories, I had my little tell me how they were alike and different and I wrote his thinking on a Venn Diagram on our board. Story comparison: We read and compared “I will Take a Nap” with “Don’t Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late”. I figured it was time for another author study, and who better to choose than the legendary Mo Willems! Author of the Knuffle Bunny trilogy and the Pigeon books as well as the Elephant and Piggy series, his adorable illustrations and easy text make his early reader books both accessible to beginning readers and also fun to read! Let’s just call him the new (more PC) Dr.
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