The reader is asked to guess what the shape is or whether it is just spilt milk. It looked like spilt milk kids activities coffee cups and. These activities are suitable in small groups or centers. My favorite thing about teaching is creating activities based off of childrens books. It looked like spilt milk writing and art activity the kindergarten. Young readers can see a white shape against the blue background on each page.
Its perfect for a kindergarten or first grade class this book can be used in conjunction with a springtime, kiteswind, or clouds unit with great results. Jan 07, 2016 it looked like spilt milk i love this book and so do 2 years olds. She is a mom to an almost 8 year old son and a 7 year old daughter. It looked like spilt milk art nuttin but preschool. This pattern is repeated throughout the book as the pictures change from one to the next. Sometimes it looks like a rabbit, a bird, a tree, an ice cream cone and other familiar things, but it. This book is simple, but engaging and was always a favorite in my classroom. Originally published in 1947, the illustrations are a series of. As an amazon associate, i earn from qualifying purchases. After reading it looked like spilt milk, students enjoy studying real clouds, identifying different shapes. It looked like spilt milk picture cards picture cards rabbit bird tree ice cream flower pig cake sheep owl mitten squirrel angel picture cards to go with the book it looked like spilt milk by charles shaw.
This allows the child to fill in the new word in the first andor second slot, similar to an early cloze exercise. I like to start by reading aloud, it looked like spilt milk, by charles g. Hands on, engaging, and fun writing and art that is perfect for after reading it looked like spilt milk. Sometimes it looked like spilt milk this is an adorable picture book with an easy to recognize pattern. So, as a result, the little time i had for planning therapy sessions has dwindled from minutes to seconds on many days. Shaw is not very detailed at all, it is very simple and sort of straight to the point. The white shape silhouetted against a blue background changes on every page. One of our favorite cloud stories is it looked like spilt milk by charles g. Shaw, we tore up pieces of white paper to create our own cloud pictures. It looked like spilt milk was introduced at the same time as browns own goodnight moon and the growing tree from ruth kraussthree books that helped form. Thanks so much jillian for all of these fun book extension activities for it looked like spilt milk. It looked like spilt milk for imagination storytime, i made a flannel of the book it looked like spilt milk.
Apr 24, 2012 it is a beautiful tuesday morning and i am sitting at home. It looked like spilt milk kids activities coffee cups. Make sure to pop over to her blog to check it out when you are done reading the postyoull love it. Only two colors are used in this bookblue and whiteand they hint at the answer. The book used for this activity is it looked like spilt milk by charles g. This book, about a cloud that makes different shapes, will go well with a weather theme to make these, i printed them on card stock paper, laminated and cut out, and added a velcro tab to the back the sticky side of the velcro to use on a flannel board. Since i discussed the book little cloud in my last post, i thought i would discuss it looked like spilt milk this time around.
Becky, i have done a similar activity for it looked like spilt milk with my kinders, but instead of using white paint, i give each child a small piece 6x9 white construction paper, and they tear a cloud after observing clouds outside. For imagination storytime, i made a flannel of the book it looked like spilt milk. Is it a mitten or a sheep, a birthday cake or just some spilt milk. It looked like spilt milk writing and art activity the. Adventures a himitsu we are a nonprofit school encouraging students to learn. Originally published in 1947, the illustrations are a series of changing white shapes against a blue background. Shaw it looked like spilt milk is a great book to read to children. Jun 26, 2014 the book we received from still playing school was it looked like spilt milk by charles g. Simple speech it looked like spilt milk spring is beginning to spring in my school, and what does that mean. Sep 06, 2011 after reading it looked like spilt milk by charles g. Picture cards to go with the book it looked like spilt milk by charles shaw. Here is a new flannel board set for the book it looked like spilt milk, by charles g. It looked like spilt milk i love this book and so do 2 years olds.
Apr 01, 2014 one of our favorite books is it looked like spilt milk. Place a small amount of blue paint near one side of the middle of the fold. Its a terrific, springtime story for introducing your study of clouds, and helps children stretch their imaginations. Today ill share with you how i use one of my all time favorite books, it looked like spilt milk, to create a fun writing and art activity for early learners. Make a snack, go outside to gaze up at the sky, and then come inside to make a class book. Member content all grades be the first to find out about new content and worksheets posted to for little learners preschoolkindergarten circle time, storytime, singalongs, transitions, and plenty of early childhood activities. Weve read it over and over since my kids were really little. This book is a great accompaniment for any springtime or clouds unit. The shapes, and resulting book, students create are very tactile. It looked like spilt milk activities will provide an opportunity to paint, listen, feel and see. It looked like spilt milk flannel board set to go with the book by charles g. My little poppies llc is a participant in the amazon services llc associates program. I am so excited to have jillian from a mom with a lesson plan here to guest post today. Children are kept guessing until the surprise ending, and will be encouraged to improvise similar games of their own.
Buy a cheap copy of it looked like spilt milk book by charles g. Fun childrens learning activities, including printable templates, for preschool, kindergarten and elementary school kids. They can even help you read it, and they love that. This book, about a cloud that makes different shapes, will go well with a weather theme. It looked like spilt milk is a book written by charles g. It looked like spilt milk is a childrens picture book written and illustrated by charles green shaw. After reading the story it looked like spilt milk, students can spill their own milk and use this worksheet to record their observations. Sometimes it looks like spilt milk, but it isnt spilt milk. After reading it looked like spilt milk by charles g. Oct 11, 2017 it looked like spilt milk a read out loud story book duration. Label the painting with the words, it looked like whatever it looks like. Shaw is not very detailed at all, it is very simple and sort of straight to the.
I then print the pictures and give them to the children t. The white shape silhouetted against a blue background ch. Way to add fine motor and the children can make many of them it looked like spilt milk. As my kids are getting older 8 and 7, ive been looking for more grown up activities to pair with it. Itlookedlikespiltmilk liked the small papers with eyedroppers. Your young students will practice using three of their five senses after reading this clever picture book by charles g shaw. One of our favorite books is it looked like spilt milk. It looked like spilt milk board book 9780694004911.
Do you read it looked like spilt milk by charles shaw. Jillian riley is a writer who focuses most of her creative energy into her playful learning, playful parenting blog a mom with a lesson plan. It looked like spilt milk was introduced at the same time as browns own goodnight moon and the growing tree from ruth kraussthree books that helped form the foundation of picturebook literature and continue to stand the test of time. After reading, it looked like spilt milk, by charles g. It also makes it easier for the child to learn the carrier phrase which is actually a compound. After reading the book it looked like spilt milk, have your child create his own spilt milk picture by folding a paper in half, plopping a few drops of paint on one side, and folding the paper together to make a symmetrical painting. As it turns out, my daughter and i had never read this book before, so we were very excited to read it. This mystery book for young children presents a continuously changing white shape silhouetted against a blue background that challenges them to guess what it. Charles green shaw sometimes it looks like a rabbit and sometimes its different things, but what is it. My girls get so excited when we have a puffycloud day, because those are the best days for finding cool shapes in the clouds. It looked like spilt milk is a great patterned reading picture book appropriate for grades prek1st. This book, about a cloud that makes different shapes. It looked like spilled milk writing prompt it looked like spilled milk booklet cloud count by 2 fun check out some other great sites.
Instead of wasting my day, i decided to try to post another blog in between sneezes. Pete the cats 12 groovy days of christmas read aloud christmas stories christmas books for kids duration. This would make a great class book or individual activity. Shaw, primary students will participate in a multimedia approach for a handson science lesson which develops an awareness of weather, clouds, and the sky above. I am also killing two birds with one stone since i am planning. Use the activities below to encourage students to look beyond the obvious and see what else. You only need blue paint, a pen and a white piece of paper to complete this art project. Students love seeing their illustrations included in a book. It looked like spilt milk with paperback book it looked like spilt milk with paperback book by shaw, charles g author apr012006 compact disc. A wave of new referrals for speechlanguage testing. It looked like spilt milk liked the small papers with eyedroppers.
Instead of telling the storytime, i put up the pieces on the board and had the kids guess. The book we received from still playing school was it looked like spilt milk by charles g. Charles green shaw sometimes it looks like a rabbit and sometimes it s different things, but what is it. In the past when ive read this book, our followup has been to squirt some white paint on the blue paper, fold it in half, smooth the paper around and open it to find a symmetrical white shape but my kinders had a hard time year after year trying to figure out what. This classic book has a pattern, which children can easily recognize. Its a terrific, springtime story for introducing your study of clouds, and helps children stretch their imaginations because my young fives really enjoy this story, i designed several cloudthemed activities for them to transition to, after we read the tale. Children are kept guessing until the surprise ending and will be. Each year we read it looked like spilt milk in our sky unit since it has great predictable text.
After reading it, we create this class book by going outside, looking for clouds that resemble other things, and taking pictures of the clouds. It looked like spilt milk a read out loud story book duration. When i saw the title i thought this is perfect because my girls spill milk almost every day at our house. That program has since fallen victim to budget cuts, but the ideas and activities live on and i try to find ways to add to them or expand them for my slightly older students each year.
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