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Stories for Kids: Hopper Hunts for Spring

March 10, 2014 • 8 Comments

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It’s time to fill your reading basket with stories for kids by Marcus Pfister.  This talented author and illustrator is the featured author for this month’s Virtual Book Club for Kids!

Since a new season is around the corner, we chose to feature Hopper Hunts for Spring!

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Hopper Hunts for Spring is a tale of a little hare who hears that Spring is coming.  Thinking that Spring is “someone”, bunny heads out to hunt for his new friend.  As he travels through the forest, he meets lots of animals and asks them if they are Spring.  In turn, they have sweet conversations about what each animal is doing in the forest.  Finally, Hopper makes his way home with the help of another animal where his mother explains to him about the spring season.  Hopper Hunts for Spring is a cute story for kids to add to your Spring collection.

For a follow-up literacy activity we decided to have one of our special bath nights.

coloring outlines

1.  With a black washable crayon, I drew the outline of several Spring symbols (blooming tree, flowers, rainbows, butterflies, and rain).  On each object, I wrote a color word.  Note:  You will want to test out a small area with crayon on your bathtub.  With just a little elbow grease, I was able to wipe off the crayon from our tub.  All tubs are different though, so please check to make sure it will come off of your tub!

tinted shaving cream paint

2.  I filled a muffin tin pan with white shaving cream and tinted each part a different color to correspond with colors I had written on the pictures.  This is the “paint” that the kids will use to paint the scene on the tub walls.

green water bath

3.  I also tinted the bath water green to represent the grass.  We’ve been using the Crayola Color Bath Dropz recently to color the water and they work well.

4.  Your bath is now ready!  The kids will practice reading color words to determine which paint color to use.  It’s such a fun way to get a little reading practice!

Color words bath to compliment the book, Hopper Hunts for Spring from growingbookbybook.com

You might want to check out these other stories for kids by Marcus Pfister.  We’ve enjoyed: The Rainbow Fish, Penguin Pete, and The Christmas Star.  Do you have a favorite book by Pfister.

Be sure to check out other ideas and activities to accompany Pfister’s books by visiting the links below.

Toddler Approved– The Educators’ Spin On It– Rainy Day Mum– 3 Dinosaurs– Learn~Play~Imagine– Crafty Moms Share– Reading Confetti– Inspiration Laboratories– Mom to 2 Posh Lil Divas– Kids Yoga Stories– Enchanted Homeschooling Mom– Ready-Set-Read– Boy Mama Teacher Mama– PlayDrMom– Fantastic Fun and Learning– Growing Book by Book– Royal Baloo– The Outlaw Mom® Blog– Kitchen Counter Chronicles– Teach Preschool

 

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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. Tracey says

    March 18, 2014 at 6:49 am

    This is such a great idea! I really want to do this with my girls! Thanks so much for sharing on We Made That Wednesday!

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  2. Amber says

    March 12, 2014 at 10:13 am

    What a great idea! We’ve been learning colors in our house for the past few weeks so this is perfect! My toddler will love the bath paints 🙂

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    • Jodie Rodriguez says

      March 12, 2014 at 10:20 am

      Great timing! I hope you have fun with it!

      Reply
  3. Ashley says

    March 10, 2014 at 8:02 pm

    Great practice for learning color words! Thank you for linking up to the Thoughtful Spot Weekly Blog Hop!

    Reply

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