A couple of days ago I headed over to The Milk Bar with my eldest son to check out some books that Wendy Bathgate, a representative for Usbourne Books in Rome, had on display. I swiped the first book that caught my eye immediately, That's Not My Santa...I'm a sucker for touchy-feely books, but more on that in a later post. I also found a classic that used to be one of my favorites when I was a kid, The Emperor's New Clothes.
As an adult I can now see so clearly that the clothes are a metaphor for just about anything. Designer duds pops up in my mind the strongest.
Anyway, that same afternoon I had a private lesson with Rebecca. By character, she's a reserved, demure girl. Her sister, who I also give private lessons to, is the opposite. I love and appreciate them both.
So Rebecca and I read the book...
and discussed it once we were finished reading. The illustrations had Rebecca rolling on the floor, particularly this page-
Then we moved along to the craft-
A few months ago I had this cool idea of using regular old brown bags as story telling/retelling props.
I call the idea "Book in a Bag".
So you use the bag as the setting of the story and decorate it on either side accordingly...
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| a view from inside the Emperor's palace |
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| and a view of the royal procession |
We made copies of a few pages of the book that featured the main characters of the story, and cut and paste to make character stick puppets...
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| the Emperor's old clothes |
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| and we acted out the story a bit |
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| and this, ladies and gents, is what homework for young kids SHOULD look like. |
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