- Drama by Telgemeier
- Amelia series by Moss
- Dear Dumb Diary series by Benton
- Alvin Ho series by Look
- Popularity Papers by Ignatow
- 8th Grade is Making Me Sick by Holm
- Justin Case series by Vail
- Origami Yoda series by Anglebarger
- Big Nate series by Peirce
This summer I offered a parachute playtime for kids 2-3 and 4-5. The idea for this program came from the genius that is my close personal friend Miss Lisa, so make sure you stop by her blog to see what activities she includes in her parachute programs. In addition to her program, I also got ideas from Parachute Play by Liz and Dick Wilmes
I like to do a lot of nursery rhymes with the parachute for a few reasons:
Parents/kids are more likely to participate in activities where the content is already familiarI already know them so I don't have to learn a whole bunch of material at once (just being honest here)Easy for the families to replicate this activities at home with whatever props they might have. If they (or you!) don't have a parachute, a bed sheet or blanket can be substituted easily. Even a beach towel would work for one parent and one child to play together. This is my mean reason and I tried to hammer this in at all three programs I did the past two weeks! Parachute …
I like to do a lot of nursery rhymes with the parachute for a few reasons:
Parents/kids are more likely to participate in activities where the content is already familiarI already know them so I don't have to learn a whole bunch of material at once (just being honest here)Easy for the families to replicate this activities at home with whatever props they might have. If they (or you!) don't have a parachute, a bed sheet or blanket can be substituted easily. Even a beach towel would work for one parent and one child to play together. This is my mean reason and I tried to hammer this in at all three programs I did the past two weeks! Parachute …
Now the question is what to do when all those series are checked out too because that's usually the case in my library. Cannot keep anything "Diary" like on the shelves.
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I will totally tell my director that, lol. No more Dork Diaries? Wimpy is off the shelves! Library, we need to close!
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