The books I ordered from the library for last week's play group did not arrive until the day after the session. So the boys and I have been reading them. They are written by several of our favorite authors. Louis Ehlert, Nancy Tafuri and Don Freeman and then a new for us nonfiction author Lisa Bullard (her book actually being about leaves). In anycase, they are a good collection of stories that show how squirrels live in the wild and also through interactions in an urban environment and with people.
A couple of days after reading the stories, I noticed the boys using their stuffed finger puppet squirrel in new creative ways. Also yesterday when we were staying in from the rain and were looking for movement activities we pretended to be squirrels finding nuts:scampering around the house, pretending to climb trees and eat, as well as stuff (puff out) our cheeks and carry food back to our homes.
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