It is on the same line as Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? I went walking and what did you see? I saw a black cat looking at me. What I love about this book is the the animals are not immediately noticeable in the pictures until you turn the page. The child has to guess what the animals are based on visual clues.
For the tot version of this book, I went with a farm theme. Most of the animals seen can be found on a farm. So here is what we did.
Here is a picture of my activity bins for the week. All of the activities are from my I Went Walking tot bag. You can find the post for my tot bag here.
Kaleb and I read the book and then used the props to retell the story. We practice animal sounds, which he is very good at.
I let him work with the horse sewing card. I did not add of the sewing cards in his basket, only one or two will do. I did not want him to get overwhelmed.
I added the tonging activity and he surprised me by actually grasping the pom poms with the tongs. This can also be a color sorting activity but I just started him with putting them into the bowls.
He loves magnets, putting them on...taking them off. I gave him the animal sort and he placed the animals on the cookie sheet. Again, we worked with the sounds the animals made instead of the sizes, which will come later.
Here is a picture of my activity bins for the week. All of the activities are from my I Went Walking tot bag. You can find the post for my tot bag here.
Kaleb and I read the book and then used the props to retell the story. We practice animal sounds, which he is very good at.
Kaleb then played with the magnets that I made. He could name most of the animals on the board and we practice (with help) matching each animal.
I added the tonging activity and he surprised me by actually grasping the pom poms with the tongs. This can also be a color sorting activity but I just started him with putting them into the bowls.
He loves magnets, putting them on...taking them off. I gave him the animal sort and he placed the animals on the cookie sheet. Again, we worked with the sounds the animals made instead of the sizes, which will come later.
He loved the puppets. We played with them for awhile.
I then hid all of his farm animals in his shredded paper sensory bin. He had to find them. Instead of moving the paper around to find the animals, he just dumped it out.
Lastly, I gave him some brown play dough and some farm animals to play with. He made tracks in the mud dough. He is still trying to figure out play dough so I don't give him too much to play with. We still have an art project that will involve chocolate pudding, yum! All of these activities will be in his bins all week in the hopes that he will work with them while I teach J. I hope these tot bag posts will encourage you to create your own tot bag.
I then hid all of his farm animals in his shredded paper sensory bin. He had to find them. Instead of moving the paper around to find the animals, he just dumped it out.
Lastly, I gave him some brown play dough and some farm animals to play with. He made tracks in the mud dough. He is still trying to figure out play dough so I don't give him too much to play with. We still have an art project that will involve chocolate pudding, yum! All of these activities will be in his bins all week in the hopes that he will work with them while I teach J. I hope these tot bag posts will encourage you to create your own tot bag.
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