Bin 12: Book Buddies
Featuring the Sesame Street characters, our Book Buddies bin has a variety of PBS KIDS books as well as cuddly, stuffed “buddies” for children to read with. Plus this bin features a puppet theater to bring story time to life! Recommended for children age 3+.
Early Learning Standards Met:
North Dakota - Language, Communication, & Literacy, Social, and Emotional Development.
Minnesota - Language, Literacy and Communications, Social and Emotional Development, and Approaches to Learning.
Do Together
Ideas for how to use this bin:
- Choose a Book:
- Pick a book you want to read with your Book Buddy. Does your Book Buddy like the same books as you?
- Reading Time:
- Find a cozy spot to read with your Book Buddy. Take turns reading pages or looking at pictures together.
- Story Exploration:
- What’s happening in the story? Talk about it with your Book Buddy. Can you guess what might happen next?
- Act it Out:
- Pretend to be the characters in the book.
- Use your Book Buddy to act out parts of the story.
- Draw a picture of your Book Buddy with the book you read.
- Create a new adventure for your Book Buddy. What happens in the story?
Watch or Play Together
Use this media connection to spark interest, model skills and approaches, or explore a concept:
- "The Three Little Pigs" Puppet Show | Circle Time at Home (Video 3:29)
- What are Puppets? | Young Explorers (Video 1:50)
- Trickster Tales | Arts After School (Video 6:50)
Talk and Wonder Together
Maximize learning using these prompts during or after the activities:
- How is the puppet feeling? How could you show that?
- How could someone help the puppet feel better?
- What is your puppet doing?
- How many characters are in this story? Who are the main characters?
- What happens in this story? How does it begin, what happens next, how does it end?
- What was your favorite part of the story?
- How would you change the story?
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