Vocabulary and Basic Concepts: big/little, same/different, wet/dry, on/off, heavy/light, What/Where/Who/When, colors, shoe laces, Velcro, buckle, cry, wear
This week Miss Carrie read a book called Pete The Cat I Love My White Shoes by Erik Litwin and James Dean. (Miss Carrie dressed up as Pete The Cat for Halloween.)
In the book, Pete The Cat LOOOOOOVES his white shoes. He even sings about it. Pete kept stepping in things that changed the colors of his shoes. Did Pete cry? GOODNESS, NO! The kids loved singing the song with Miss Carrie. It was groovy and awesome. There was a lot of discussion going on.
Next, Miss Carrie brought out two bags of shoes. There were shoes that were the same and shoes that were different. There were big shoes and little shoes. There were lots of different colors! We matched shoes and compared them to the shoes we were wearing. We compared weight, shoe fasteners. We talked about if we had shoes like this at home.
DO THIS AT HOME: Read the book! There are some great repetitive phrases as well as opportunities for kids to predict what will happen next. Go on a shoe hunt around the house and compare shoes. Talk about size, color, and fasteners.
