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Duck on a Bike- Virtual Book Club

April 15, 2013 • 7 Comments

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It’s Virtual Book Club time.  Each month a different author is featured.  Everyone participating then selects a book by the chosen author and creates an activity to accompany the book.  The featured author for April is David Shannon.  We decided on Duck on a Bike.

Duck decides to ride a bike.  On his ride, he convinces the other animals that a bike ride sounds like a lot of fun.  So, all the animals enjoy a ride around the farm.

Outdoor Literacy Extension

Turn an ordinary bike ride into a literacy adventure!  You will need representation of each animal from the story (cow, sheep, dog, cat, horse, chicken, goat, pig and mouse).  We used stuffed animals, puppets and plastic figurines.  For the mouse, we had to print out a picture.  A marker, tape and scissors will be needed to prepare your word circles.   You will also need 9 each of the following:  plastic lids, self-adhesive magnets, and index cards.

On each index card write the name of each animal.  We made the first letter of each word in a different color because my son is just working on letter identification.  Attach each card onto a plastic lid.  On the back side of each lid place a magnet.

You are now ready to head outside.  Place the animals along your “bike path”.  Place the word circles at the “starting line”.   Have your child select one word circle from the pile, read it, stick it on their bike and ride to the corresponding animal.  After dropping off the word circle to the correct animal, they return to the starting line and select another word circle.  Play continues until all word circles have been correctly distributed.

We loved that we were able to incorporate books, literacy activities and the outdoors.  How do you incorporate literacy and the outdoors?

Below are other wonderful bloggers who have also selected a book from the featured author and created an activity to accompany their book choice.  Please visit each one!  Also, link up your post about your favorite featured author book too.

Toddler Approved – Rainy Day Mum – Adventures in Reading with Kids – 3 Dinosaurs – Royal Baloo – The Educators’ Spin On It – Inspiration Laboratories – Pleasantest Thing – Edventures with Kids – Two Big Two Little – Playing With Words 365 – Kitchen Counter Chronicles – Outlaw Mom – Mommy and Me Book Club – Crafty Moms Share – No Twiddle Twaddle – The Good Long Road – Ready. Set. Read 2 Me – Reading Confetti – Mama Smiles – Juggling with Kids– Mom to 2 Posh Lil Divas – Creekside Learning – Creative Family Fun – The Usual Mayhem – Teach Preschool – PlayDrMom – CraftoArt – Here Come the Girls – Being a Conscious Parent – Smiling like Sunshine – Crayon Freckles – Train Up a Child – Smile Play Learn – Enchanted Homeschooling Mom – Coffee Cups and Crayons – Having Fun at Chelle’s House– Love, Play, Learn – Juggling With Kids – Motherhood on a Dime – Growing Book By Book – This Reading Mama – Fantastic Fun and Learning

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About Jodie Rodriguez

Jodie Rodriguez is a mom of two young boys and an early childhood/elementary educator with over 20 years of experience. Jodie's passion is helping parents, teachers, librarians and anyone else interested in nurturing and reaching ALL of our youngest growing readers.

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  1. PragmaticMom says

    April 21, 2013 at 8:58 am

    I love this book! I have it on my Ducks in Picture Books list http://www.pragmaticmom.com/2011/03/top-10-fashioned-picture-books-spunky-ducks/

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    • JodieRodriguez says

      April 22, 2013 at 9:01 pm

      That’s a great list. I’ve added it to my new Pinterest board- There’s a Book About That.

      Reply
  2. Megan @ Coffee Cups and Crayons says

    April 17, 2013 at 2:56 pm

    I love how active this is! What a great idea!

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  3. Jackie Higgins says

    April 15, 2013 at 9:06 pm

    I love this. We’re totally going to do it. It goes great with a literacy outdoors roundup I did last week. Can I update the post and add your idea?

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    • JodieRodriguez says

      April 16, 2013 at 7:32 am

      Absolutely Jackie! Thanks so much!

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  4. Erin - The Usual Mayhem says

    April 15, 2013 at 2:45 pm

    I love it! We read the same book, so I think we’ll have to try out your activity next. Thanks for sharing!

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