Parade activity
Book Connections / book tasting
For Library · school
- K-8
- Library
- school
- Medium
- Academic
What it is
Doodles paired with books; sample books at a Doodle book tasting - reading engagement and collection tie-ins.
Source: DoodleFace Parade Book Connections
- Timea read-aloud session
- Setupa little setup
What you need
- The class Doodle
- dry-erase crayons
- the book you're reading (the document covers classics, coloring books, SEL titles, and seasonal/animal themes — fall, safari/zoo, under the sea, farm, woodland)
Steps
- Step 1 of 4
Pick the book and its Doodle connection
Choose a title and its activity from the document's menu. Every book gets its own Doodle tie-in: rhyme hunts (draw the rhyming pairs you hear in Goodnight Moon), notes to the Doodle (convince it to try a food it thinks is gross, Green Eggs and Ham-style), drawing prompts (your family, like Mouse's; your favorite cookie), or writing prompts (a poem of your own for Where the Sidewalk Ends; what you'd miss on the island with the Wild Things).
- Step 2 of 4
Read with "Pass it"
Set the Doodle in the middle of the reading circle with a few crayons passed out. When the magic word or event happens, the crayon switches to the next student — or pass the whole Doodle with its crayons from table to table. (For The Day the Crayons Quit: pass whenever a new crayon speaks. For Harold: pass each time Harold draws something new.)
- Step 3 of 4
Do the connection
Run the book's drawing or writing activity on the Doodle.
- Step 4 of 4
Share it
Take turns showing what landed on the Doodle and reading the notes aloud.
Tips
- The document carries ready-made prompt sets for: Goodnight Moon, Green Eggs and Ham, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, Where the Sidewalk Ends, Where the Wild Things Are, The Day the Crayons Quit, Harold and the Purple Crayon, Good Night Thoughts, Be You, and themed sets (Fall, Safari/Zoo, Under the Sea, Farm, Woodland) — the full document is the page's Download.
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