I'm not sure about the etiquette of copying a pasting another blogs post...but it was about our package and I'm giving them credit so hopefully we are okay. I really wanted the post to show when I print our blog book later. So with that said, as part of our love books exchange we did our post on the package they sent us and here is their post on the package we sent them.
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Growing Book by Book participated in a summer book exchange hosted by
The Educators’ Spin On It. Twenty different bloggers exchanged a children’s book and follow-up activity with a partner. Our partner was
The New Vincent Family. So, what book did we get? Take a look…
Little Blue Truck by
Alice Schetle and Jill McElmurry has been a favorite of my 19 month old
now for the past two months. And, I have to admit, it’s probably my
favorite one to read to him too. Little Blue travels through the
country saying, “Beep, Beep, Beep,” to all the animals that greet him.
Then along comes a not so friendly dump truck which gets stuck in the
mud. As he cries, “Honk,” for help, the animals ignore the plea. When
Little Blue comes along and tries to help, he gets stuck too. As he
calls, “Beep, Beep, Beep,” the animals come to help push him and the
dump truck out of the muck. Dump truck learns an important lesson about
being nice and having friends to help you out of tough spots. The book
ends with Little Blue taking all the animals back home.
I love the message of kindness in this book. It has great rhythm
which makes reading it aloud so fun. Since my son is really into animal
sounds, it fits the bill in that department too.
The New Vincent Family sent us a 2 pictures of a blue truck, an empty
cereal box and a piece of ribbon to create our own truck to pull. We
were also given an assortment of farm animals to pull in our truck.
We
were able to work on identifying animals and imitating their
sounds during this activity. The New Vincent Family also suggested that
we could work on color words since the text of what each animal says in
the story is a different color.
It’s great to have another copy of this book, since our original is
getting a little worn. We are also excited to check out the newer
Little Blue Truck Leads the Way.
Thank
you to The New Vincent Family for the fun package. And, thank you to
The Educators’ Spin On It for hosting such a great project.
Have you ever participated in a book exchange? If so, what book(s)
did you send or receive? We are always looking for ideas for next time!
Stay tuned to see what Growing Book by Book sent The New
Vincent Family and for an opportunity to receive a special care
package sent to your house from Growing Book by Book!"
