An example is "We're Going on a Bear Hunt" by Michael Rosen, illustrated by Helen Oxenbury, that the girls and I are enjoying reading. It's one of the books included in the Before Five in a Row "curriculum" that we are using.
"We're Going on a Bear Hunt" is a fun-filled, adventure-ridden book that sees a family go through a meadow, river, forest, and even brave dirty mud and swirling snowstorms to hunt for a big bear. It's high in drama as you need to act out most parts in order to fully experience the story with your tot. By all means, skip, carry, huddle, and let your child ride piggyback like how it's done in the book. Sometimes, my toddler even let her stuff toys join us in the hunt.
Because of the action, however, I am finding it hard reading it because I need to hold the book up, support a baby who's just learning to walk, and sometimes hold hands with my toddler. By the time we get to the part where we need to go through the thick, oozy mud, I am already out of breath.
I thought of writing cue cards to help me so I need not use the book, and sought help from my toddler who said she wanted to draw the mud scene. So we drew all the scenes instead and put in the words to help me. Then we pasted each sheet all over the house. By the end of our second run of bear hunting, the baby's all knocked down and the toddler's asking for some rocking time.
Now, I am thinking of hunting again at night with daddy as the big bear chasing us all over the house and maybe we can make the girls go to bed a bit early. A mom can hope.
What are you reading to your child now, mommies?
Join us as we go on a bear hunt.
We go through the long and wavy grass several times.
We stumble and trip as we go through the big, dark forest.
Going inside the narrow, gloomy cave brings us to another part of the house.
- Mommy Smiley
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