My New Favorite Book!

This past week we learned about weather. While searching for activities and books that would be great to incorporate into the topic, I came across this gem. The book is titled, Windblown by Edouard Manceau. It is relatively new and just came out in April of 2013.

This book is easy to follow, simple enough that a young child can understand it but also can be complex enough that an older child would still like it. The activity that goes with the book is also very versatile for different ages.

First you cut out the shapes that are found in the book. So in the end the child should have 1 large blue shape, 1 red shape, 1 orange shape, 2 small black dots, and 2 dark gray circles.

After the child gets the shapes, the should also be given a glue stick, a black marker, and a white piece of paper. Now, ask them to make a picture with it.

The point of the activity is that they make a picture depicting what they see with the shapes. In the book, the shapes come together to make different animals. Some of the kids wanted to remake the ones in the book but we tried to guide them into making their own animal. We got some great pictures in the end! We had so many, I ended up making a bulletin board out of it.