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He knew that even polite adults could not fake a laugh. To fix this dilemma Willems started writing funny stories.
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However, he was disappointed when adults would praise his work out of politeness. Willems enjoyed writing stories about his characters to share with others. When he was 3 or 4 he started to draw and create his own characters. Willems first became interested in cartoon art when he was just a child. He graduated cum laude from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. Sorting- Have the birds sort the cookies into Nuts and No Nuts piles.Willems was born in the Chicago suburb of Des Plaines, Illinois and was raised in New Orleans, where he graduated from Trinity Episcopal School and the Isidore Newman School. Story Retelling- Act out the story using the figures and cookies.Ĭounting- See how many cookies the pigeon and duckling can eat! Practice asking for cookies and giving them to the birds when they succeed at asking politely.
PIGEON BOOKS HOW TO
Practice Politeness- My daughter really liked showing the pigeon how to ask politely, like in the book. Press the pigeon and duckling circles onto the clothespins so that the tip of the clothespins stick out like their beaks. Using your glue stick add glue to the top of the clothespins about half inch from the end that opens. Once dry, use your scissors to cut everything out. Print the document, preferably on card stock, and set aside to allow ink time to fully dry.
PIGEON BOOKS FREE
Pigeon and Duckling Printable (Get your copy in the Free Printables section of my Shop Page, no sign up required) I will say I totally recommend prepping this the night before so everything has a chance to dry before you play! Printable Book Extension Activity
PIGEON BOOKS PDF
If you would like to put together your own set of Pigeon and Duckling clothespins, the PDF is available in the Free Printables Section of my Shop Page.
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My son loves using clothespins so just clipping and unclipping the cookies was super fun for him. My daughter really loved using them for pretend play and to retell the story. When I saw the images of the birds holding the cookies it made me think of clothespin beaks so I tried my hand at a printable to do along with the book! My son is almost two and my daughter is 4. I'm adding some of the author's other titles to my son's birthday wish list. I will tell you, The Duckling Gets a Cookie!? was new to us and both kids SERIOUSLY loved it. We read them once, twice, three times in a row and it is the only time besides eating and sleeping that he sits still! He loves books and will regularly bring me longer, paper page books. We still have a lot of board books out because my son was a “book shredder” for a while. When we get new ones my kids devour them and we read them over and over. We are however, kind of STUCK on the same ones. We have a ton of books in our house because my family and friends all gave us books in place of greeting cards at my baby shower. Welcome to my first post for the Virtual Book Club for Kids! Today's book extension activity is inspired by a super fun book by Mo Willems called The Duckling Gets a Cookie!?