Big and Little
Dec 14th, 2008 by Elizabeth
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I, Elizabeth, filled in for Henry this week. Henry was off puppeteering. We investigated big and little and the relativity of it all. We read some great stories. The first was Charlie the Chicken by Nick Denchfield. Charlie has many large body parts that pop right out. But if you think Charlie is big, you should see his mother!
Then we got big and little ourselves with “My Ups and Downs” on Jim Gill Sings Do Re Mi. We also took turns looking into both ends of a pair of binoculars. Next was I’m the Biggest Thing in the Ocean by Kevin Sherry, a boisterous, buoyant tale about a giant squid who is convinced that he is the absolute biggest.
We rounded things out with Eric Carle’s Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me, in honor of tonight’s full moon. This is a story that not only serves as a wonderful introduction to the lunar cycle, but is also a stunning example of picture book art. Monica wants her father to bring her the moon. Alas, it’s too big, so they wait until it is small enough for him to carry it to her down the longest ladder ever seen.
When we started to explore the world of big and small through art, Meadow, Daniel and Olivia created underwater scenes with creatures of various sizes and shapes. Jacob focused on crabs and the color red. Unfortunately, neither Henry’s nor my camera batteries was charged, so only two pictures lived to tell the tale. Below is Jacob’s red crab panorama.
