Little Stars Reading Club - Spring

Date: 10-May-2015

For our annual celebration at the reading club, here are the books we read and this is what we did!!

'The Tiny Seed' by Eric Carle

Eric Carle's classic story of the life cycle of a flower is told through the adventures of a tiny seed. With striking collage illustrations and simple, yet dramatic text, it is apt to introduce young readers to the life cycle of a plant. When the tiny seed is blown away from its parent plant, it travels a very long way - overseas, deserts and mountains. The tiny seed survives the hazards of the journey and finally falls onto fertile earth. It grows and grows, becoming the tallest, biggest flower for miles around. Then one day the wind blows and thousands of the flower's seeds begin their own journeys. There is also another heartening message to take away, that of the tiny seed's steadfast perseverance in the face of many hazards and obstacles until its final joyful success.

We teamed up the book reading with a related activity – craftwork to depict the lifecycle of a plant in its simplest form! Used some seeds, cotton wool for clouds, finger prints to depict rain, brown wool as soil, a yellow button for a sun, and finally a stick-on flower and a visitor (butterfly)! :-) Must admit, the kids as always seemed to enjoy the craftwork more than the book reading!

'Mad about Minibeasts' by Giles Andreae and David Wojtowycz

What a fantastic book about bugs that we can find in our gardens. There is a simple rhyme explaining the characteristics of each of the minibeasts! In simple lyrical text, the rhymes are full of humour and great to read aloud. From snails and slugs, to bees and butterflies, the kids were totally engaged throughout. The bright and colourful illustrations add to the pleasure of reading and listening!

To complement this book, we took the children out on a spring walk to a nearby lake. Not only was it a leisurely and fun walk, but they were also on a mission to spot the 8 different objects listed on the nature-card!

Also as it was our annual celebration, we played picture bingo (with a spring theme)! Bingo, the ever popular game, is always a hit with little ones. They were delighted to receive goodie bags as well at the end of it!  :-)

If you fancy playing bingo on a lazy Sunday afternoon at home with kids, check out:

http://www.dltk-cards.com/bingo/bingo1.asp. It is absolutely fantastic to generate themed bingo cards.

All in all, a Sunday well spent.

And our reading club is a year old now, yeahhhh! :-)