Thursday Tot School: Green and Purple

We had a ROUGH day yesterday-Monkey slept until almost 6:30 so most of our activities were after dinner/before bed

Books Read:
Green board book (again part of a 4 part set-wish there was one for each color though!)
Let's Pretend (a library board book-it would be more fun to read to an over 18 month-er that wants to start playing house and dress up)
Harold and the Purple Crayon book mentioned in last post
-we read the first two stories and will read the rest tonight before bed

Monkey had a bubble bath and said "bubble" over and over (he LOVES chasing bubbles and having bubble baths).

Harold's Opposites

Harold and the Purple Crayon: Opposites
This was a really fun opposite book including all of the major opposites for preschoolers. It's a board book so it's really fun for toddlers. Great book to read with your child!

Harold books

Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson
This is the original book and it's a lot of fun! Harold decides to go on an adventure until he decides he's tired but can't find his window. This would be a great book for beginning readers and has fun pictures. We like Harold because Monkey looks just like him (lack of hair and all)! This is a must read! Seriously-go get it now!

Harold and the Purple Crayon: Dinosaur Days
Harold wanted so badly to ride on the back of a dinosaur so he decides to find out what it would be like with the help of his purple crayon. He meets all sorts of dinosaurs and helps them with odd problems. It was a fun book. The pictures were really fun.

Harold's ABCs
This book goes through the alphabet and tells a story. The pictures have the letter in them which makes it really fun. I want to get this book so I can teach Monkey the alphabet.

Some other books

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see? by Bill Martin Jr and Eric Carle
Fun book to teach about animals and colors-we read this one multiple times per day (still the one we read the most right now is the Very Hungry Caterpillar and Where is Baby's Bellybutton). Monkey got this from our friends for his first birthday (with the Very Hungry Caterpillar)

Little Bear by Else Homelund Minarik
This is a level one I can read book. I remember reading this book as a child. It was just as fun to read it to my son! This is a classic and a must read!

A Picture for Harold's Room by Crockett Johnson
We love Harold. In fact Monkey reminds me of Harold! He looks a lot like him. We also like the tv show. We recorded a bunch of episodes on DVR when we had free HBO. This book is another level one reader. It's a fun book. Harold starts drawing a picture and steps in to it. He realizes he's bigger than everything and eventually is smaller than everything. He remembers he's in a picture and checks to see if his door (which he draws) is the right size. A fun book to help little imaginations grow!

Harry and the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion
We have the board book version but it's the same book. This was one of my mom's favorites so she had to read it to Monkey yesterday. If you haven't read it GO GET IT NOW! I love this book. It would be great to read to any kid but especially one who won't take a bath :)

Going to the Firehouse By Mercer Mayer (A little critter book)
This is a My First reader. This is a book to help kids learn to read by reading it with your child. The pictures are a lot of fun and the book was really cute. Little Critter and his class go to a firestation. They get to see what happens there. Cute book.

New theme?

So what's our new theme?
Curious George!

George is Monkey's FAVORITE! It's the only show he will watch on TV. He has a stuffed George. He even had a George birthday party! Mixed in we're also doing Harold and the Purple Crayon and we'll review all the books in our personal library :)