Mo Willems' Book Characters are my inspiration this school year! It took me a week to complete my Mo Willems Inspired Classroom...
Sharing activity inspired by Should I Share My Ice Cream by Mo Willems! Perfect for homeschool, classrooms, or family fun. Includes a free printable!
Handprint Pigeon Craft For Kids | Fun Mo Willems idea. Use a free printable PDF template to cut out & make. Great for preschool, kindergarten, + elementary.
Mo Willems' Book Characters are my inspiration this school year! It took me a week to complete my Mo Willems Inspired Classroom...
Draw with Mo Willems. You know his work, you know his books... now learn from the illustrator himself. Mo Willems has over 15 videos on the The Kennedy Center YouTube that he is calling Lunch Doodles. Watch one and share the drawing you did with Mo Willems.
Here's a simple math game you can use as a book-tivity with any of the Pigeon books by Mo Willems. The newest Pigeon book was released today, April 1st!
Mo Willems Author study: Book-based unit study. Find book list and activities, meet the author, and download an 8 page free printable pack.
Les élèves ADORENT les livres par l'auteur Mo Willems! J'ai donc décidé de créer des activités en français pour travailler la littératie au 1er cycle suite à la lecture de ces beaux livres. Cliquez sur les images pour aller voir les activités amusantes pour toute la série "Éléphant et Rosie"! Un de mes livres favori..."Tu as un oiseau sur la tête!" C'était si amusant de penser à des activités pour accompagner ce livre!! Vos élèves pourront compléter un livre à cachette, faire des inférences, créer des liens avec le livre, compléter un STIAM, utiliser des sacs à fêves pour imaginer qu'ils ont des oiseaux sur la tête, etc. etc.!
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Free Printable Book Extension Activity for Mo Willems' adorable and funny book, The Duckling Gets the Cookie. Fun for story retelling and fine motor work.
A collection of pigeon activities to use with the Pigeon series of books by Mo Willems; for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten
On of my favorite things to hear is children giggling. Even thinking about kids laughing and chuckling makes you smile, no?! An author study that I love to do in my classroom, that ALWAYS brings lots of giggles, is Mo Willems. Reading one of Mo Willems' books is entertaining no matter how old you are. {Sometimes I probably think the books are even more funny than my students do!} A few weeks ago I posted this picture on instagram. My class was having a little BIG issue with using the restroom correctly {YUCK}, so I went to the library and checked out this book. Who knew a book with the word "pee" in the title could work "Bathroom Miracles"!? :) Thank you Mr. Willems. Time to Pee! After reading the "Pee Book" {as it was referred to by my students} my kids were so excited to start our Mo Willems Author Study. We mastered many of our ELA standards, just by focusing on this one author. Mo Willems makes reading fun! Here are some of the activities that we did... We learned all about Mo Willems and examined what he does as an author and illustrator. As we worked through this unit we tried to be an author and illustrator just like him. We examined characters in Mo Willems' books and compared their adventures and problems in the stories. Of course one of our favorite characters was Knuffle Bunny! Pigeon was a big hit too! The kids loved changing their voices while they were reading to sound just like Pigeon. Probably one of the favorite characters that my students got to know was Wilbur from the book Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed. They were so creative when they got to dress their own Naked Mole Rat! Piggie and Elephant {my personal favorite Mo Willems' characters} were a huge hit! The students are still selecting these books for in their independent reading book baskets! If you don't have Mo Willems books in your classroom library...they are a MUST! I recommend purchasing hardcover ones, they will be read over and over again--getting lots of wear and tear! As we read Mo Willems books we discovered that as an author he uses his characters to teach us lessons. Even though we are done with this unit, my students still refer to books and characters that we read during our author study. I will randomly hear, "You should share like Piggie." or "I am a leader like Wilbur." Melts my heart! :) If you are interested in doing a Mo Willems Author Study, I recommend this unit to you... Included in the unit is all the chart parts, printables and crafts shown in this post! Click on the picture or HERE to go check it out! The best part of Mo Willems' books are the joy and fun that he brings to reading...something that is so important as we develop our students as "Reading Lovers"! Here is a little FREEBIE to help you celebrate this amazing author!
Mo Willems Activities and Crafts for kids! Mo Willems infuses humor kids love with an artistic simplicity that seems deceptively easy.
Learn how to make adorable Elephant & Piggie paper corner bookmarks for your little ones who love the books! My son loves Elephant & Piggie books by Mo Willems. Normally, he hates reading the same
Les élèves ADORENT les livres par l'auteur Mo Willems! J'ai donc décidé de créer des activités en français pour travailler la littératie au 1er cycle suite à la lecture de ces beaux livres. Cliquez sur les images pour aller voir les activités amusantes pour toute la série "Éléphant et Rosie"! Un de mes livres favori..."Tu as un oiseau sur la tête!" C'était si amusant de penser à des activités pour accompagner ce livre!! Vos élèves pourront compléter un livre à cachette, faire des inférences, créer des liens avec le livre, compléter un STIAM, utiliser des sacs à fêves pour imaginer qu'ils ont des oiseaux sur la tête, etc. etc.!
FREE printables to go along with the book series Elephant and Piggie by Mo Willems. Preschool and kindergarten kids will have a blast learning with these 2 lovable friends! Practice early math and literacy skills, alphabet, counting, patterns, scissor skills and more!
Welcome to our June Summer Virtual Book Club! I am so excited to be joining with 20+ bloggers to share a variety of activities inspired by books written by the awesome Mo Willems! Today I
This is a book study unit with literacy printables and a craft for Knuffle Bunny by Mo Willems. This Knuffle Bunny book companion unit is packed with Common Core aligned reading activities for Kindergarten and First Grade. These read aloud book activities help students practice important literacy and reading comprehension skills in a fun and engaging way. The craft makes a wonderful bulletin board display to showcase student learning. WAYS TO USE THE BOOK ACTIVITIES for whole class learning during small group guided reading time as individual student work as part of a book club homeschool instruction leave for a sub Copy a pack for each student and you're ready to go! WHAT TEACHERS LOVE differentiate to suit your students' learning abilities and needs saves planning time standards based learning great to leave for a sub no prep - print and go THIS UNIT INCLUDES: STORY ELEMENTS ACTIVITIES student unit cover page story elements making predictions character traits character analysis character cards story retell story events story clues story sequence can-have-are-need graphic organizers MAKING CONNECTIONS ACTIVITIES making mental images giving my opinion giving my advice text-to-self connections WRITING ACTIVITIES writing retell pages writing prompt VOCABULARY ACTIVITIES making words vocabulary word search syllable counting alphabetical order COMPREHENSION ACTIVITIES making inferences cause and effect problems and solutions author's purpose main idea/theme fiction and non-fiction story elements true or false comprehension questions favorite part of the story story response book recommendation story notes CRAFTIVITY Knuffle Bunny 'Missing' poster craftivity LEARNING STANDARDS CHECKLISTS learning standards checklist charts for Common Core, TEKS, VA SOL LEARNING STANDARDS COVERED: Common Core RL.K.1, RL.K.2, RL.K.3, RL.K.6, RL.K.7 RL.1.1, RL.1.2, RL.1.3, RL.1.7 TEKS K.5.C, K.5.D, K.5.E, K.5.F, K.6.A, K.6.B, K.6.C, K.6.D, K.6.E, K.7.A, K.7.B, K.7.C, K.7.D, K.9.A 1.6.C, 1.6.D, 1.6.E, 1.6.F, 1.7.A, 1.7.C, 1.7.D, 1.7.E, 1.8.A, 1.8.B, 1.8.C, 1.8.D, 1.10.A VA SOL R.K.8.a, R.K.8.b, R.K.8.c, R.K.8.d, R.K.8.e R.1.9.c, R.1.9.d, R.1.9.e, R.1.9.f, R.1.9.g, R.1.9.h MORE PICTURE BOOK STUDIES Miss Nelson is Missing The Day the Crayons Quit Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs The Gruffalo Don’t Let the Pigeon… {for ANY Mo Willems Pigeon book!} Where the Wild Things Are Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day ©Anita Bremer Permission by author for single classroom use only. I love it when you share my products with your colleagues! Please do so legally, by purchasing additional licenses- they are available at a discounted price! Uploading this product onto the internet (even to a personal/classroom website) is prohibited and is a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).
FREE Elephant and piggie activities for pre-k, kindergarten, or homeschool reading lessons. Check out the bundles!
54 beloved book character posters that are perfect for a classroom, library, playroom, or children's bedroom. This includes both 8.5x11 and 11x14 prints. This is a digital product. The prints will be delivered in a PDF format. You can print and frame or laminate. These do not have a black outline around them. The following book characters are included Arthur If You Give a Mouse Elephant and Piggie Clifford Pete the Cat More Mo Willems friends Fly Guy Junie B Bad Seed Good Egg Smart Cookie Corduroy Berenstain Bears Little Critter Click Clack Moo cow Click Clack Moo farmer Dog Man Captain Underpants My Weird School Paddington Cat in the Hat Hungry Caterpillar Curious George Peter Rabbit Frog and Toad Molly Lou Melon Judy Moody Ramona Charlotte's Web Wonder Pooh Scaredy Squirrel Where the Wild Things Are Llama Llama Princess Posey Fancy Nancy Amelia Bedelia- New and Old Lilly (purple plastic purse) Diary of a Wimpy Kid Spot Olivia Rainbow Fish No David Crayons (Day the Crayons Quit) Miss Frizzle Magic Treehouse Splat the Cat Franklin Pout Pout Fish Old Lady (who swallowed leaves) Miss Bindgergarten I Am Enough Pig The Pug *For Personal Use Only. I do not own these images* Want even more characters? Check Out Volume 2! https://www.etsy.com/listing/1748834622/watercolor-book-character-posters-book Other Book Character Decor Poster Sets: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1256070587/book-character-posters-book-character?click_key=ec1e021c9b24b69015385a1f39e25a8f6612fd4d%3A1256070587&click_sum=929212b1&ref=shop_home_feat_3
Mo Willems is one of my favorite author studies. I really enjoy using Willems because it brings a lot of fun to our classroom! His books are entertaining and the kids always have a great time. These highly engaging “Elephant & Piggie” themed activities are sure to be a hit with your young learners. See the list of suggestions below. Hope you enjoy! CHECK OUT THIS GREAT SELECTION: #1 Elephant & Piggie – Extension Activities Your students will enjoy these extension activities to use with Elephant and Piggie books by Mo Willems. source: Teaching Owlets #2 “Elephant & Piggie” Theme – Mask 4 Pack Have fun with this easy and fun literacy extension craft activity! Based on the “Elephant & Piggie” book series by Mo Willems. Great for reader’s theater exercises. source: Cheeky Cherubs #3 Elephant & Piggie – Mad Libs We did this after reading Let’s Go for a Drive! by Mo Willems. We were just focusing on nouns and verbs. The kids loved doing this work and sharing their final silly stories. source: Brittany Eastman #4 Elephant and Piggie Characteristics Printable This printable works wonderfully with a mini-lesson on book characteristics/adjectives. Students will cut and paste adjectives to […]
On of my favorite things to hear is children giggling. Even thinking about kids laughing and chuckling makes you smile, no?! An author study that I love to do in my classroom, that ALWAYS brings lots of giggles, is Mo Willems. Reading one of Mo Willems' books is entertaining no matter how old you are. {Sometimes I probably think the books are even more funny than my students do!} A few weeks ago I posted this picture on instagram. My class was having a little BIG issue with using the restroom correctly {YUCK}, so I went to the library and checked out this book. Who knew a book with the word "pee" in the title could work "Bathroom Miracles"!? :) Thank you Mr. Willems. Time to Pee! After reading the "Pee Book" {as it was referred to by my students} my kids were so excited to start our Mo Willems Author Study. We mastered many of our ELA standards, just by focusing on this one author. Mo Willems makes reading fun! Here are some of the activities that we did... We learned all about Mo Willems and examined what he does as an author and illustrator. As we worked through this unit we tried to be an author and illustrator just like him. We examined characters in Mo Willems' books and compared their adventures and problems in the stories. Of course one of our favorite characters was Knuffle Bunny! Pigeon was a big hit too! The kids loved changing their voices while they were reading to sound just like Pigeon. Probably one of the favorite characters that my students got to know was Wilbur from the book Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed. They were so creative when they got to dress their own Naked Mole Rat! Piggie and Elephant {my personal favorite Mo Willems' characters} were a huge hit! The students are still selecting these books for in their independent reading book baskets! If you don't have Mo Willems books in your classroom library...they are a MUST! I recommend purchasing hardcover ones, they will be read over and over again--getting lots of wear and tear! As we read Mo Willems books we discovered that as an author he uses his characters to teach us lessons. Even though we are done with this unit, my students still refer to books and characters that we read during our author study. I will randomly hear, "You should share like Piggie." or "I am a leader like Wilbur." Melts my heart! :) If you are interested in doing a Mo Willems Author Study, I recommend this unit to you... Included in the unit is all the chart parts, printables and crafts shown in this post! Click on the picture or HERE to go check it out! The best part of Mo Willems' books are the joy and fun that he brings to reading...something that is so important as we develop our students as "Reading Lovers"! Here is a little FREEBIE to help you celebrate this amazing author!
Mo Willems is one of my favorite author studies. I really enjoy using Willems because it brings a lot of fun to our classroom! His books are entertaining and the kids always have a great time. These highly engaging “Elephant & Piggie” themed activities are sure to be a hit with your young learners. See the list of suggestions below. Hope you enjoy! CHECK OUT THIS GREAT SELECTION: #1 Elephant & Piggie – Extension Activities Your students will enjoy these extension activities to use with Elephant and Piggie books by Mo Willems. source: Teaching Owlets #2 “Elephant & Piggie” Theme – Mask 4 Pack Have fun with this easy and fun literacy extension craft activity! Based on the “Elephant & Piggie” book series by Mo Willems. Great for reader’s theater exercises. source: Cheeky Cherubs #3 Elephant & Piggie – Mad Libs We did this after reading Let’s Go for a Drive! by Mo Willems. We were just focusing on nouns and verbs. The kids loved doing this work and sharing their final silly stories. source: Brittany Eastman #4 Elephant and Piggie Characteristics Printable This printable works wonderfully with a mini-lesson on book characteristics/adjectives. Students will cut and paste adjectives to […]
Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems is the perfect activity to add to your autistic child's home program schedule! Build fine motor skills and have fun!
Virtual Book Club for kids is featuring Mo Willems books. This is a fun literacy and gross motor activity for Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus.
On of my favorite things to hear is children giggling. Even thinking about kids laughing and chuckling makes you smile, no?! An author study that I love to do in my classroom, that ALWAYS brings lots of giggles, is Mo Willems. Reading one of Mo Willems' books is entertaining no matter how old you are. {Sometimes I probably think the books are even more funny than my students do!} A few weeks ago I posted this picture on instagram. My class was having a little BIG issue with using the restroom correctly {YUCK}, so I went to the library and checked out this book. Who knew a book with the word "pee" in the title could work "Bathroom Miracles"!? :) Thank you Mr. Willems. Time to Pee! After reading the "Pee Book" {as it was referred to by my students} my kids were so excited to start our Mo Willems Author Study. We mastered many of our ELA standards, just by focusing on this one author. Mo Willems makes reading fun! Here are some of the activities that we did... We learned all about Mo Willems and examined what he does as an author and illustrator. As we worked through this unit we tried to be an author and illustrator just like him. We examined characters in Mo Willems' books and compared their adventures and problems in the stories. Of course one of our favorite characters was Knuffle Bunny! Pigeon was a big hit too! The kids loved changing their voices while they were reading to sound just like Pigeon. Probably one of the favorite characters that my students got to know was Wilbur from the book Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed. They were so creative when they got to dress their own Naked Mole Rat! Piggie and Elephant {my personal favorite Mo Willems' characters} were a huge hit! The students are still selecting these books for in their independent reading book baskets! If you don't have Mo Willems books in your classroom library...they are a MUST! I recommend purchasing hardcover ones, they will be read over and over again--getting lots of wear and tear! As we read Mo Willems books we discovered that as an author he uses his characters to teach us lessons. Even though we are done with this unit, my students still refer to books and characters that we read during our author study. I will randomly hear, "You should share like Piggie." or "I am a leader like Wilbur." Melts my heart! :) If you are interested in doing a Mo Willems Author Study, I recommend this unit to you... Included in the unit is all the chart parts, printables and crafts shown in this post! Click on the picture or HERE to go check it out! The best part of Mo Willems' books are the joy and fun that he brings to reading...something that is so important as we develop our students as "Reading Lovers"! Here is a little FREEBIE to help you celebrate this amazing author!
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The Pigeon has to go to school and he's not happy about it! In fact, he's worried. Help kids kick their first-day fears with these fun ideas!
Mo Willems is one of my favorite author studies. I really enjoy using Willems because it brings a lot of fun to our classroom! His books are entertaining and the kids always have a great time. These highly engaging “Elephant & Piggie” themed activities are sure to be a hit with your young learners. See the list of suggestions below. Hope you enjoy! CHECK OUT THIS GREAT SELECTION: #1 Elephant & Piggie – Extension Activities Your students will enjoy these extension activities to use with Elephant and Piggie books by Mo Willems. source: Teaching Owlets #2 “Elephant & Piggie” Theme – Mask 4 Pack Have fun with this easy and fun literacy extension craft activity! Based on the “Elephant & Piggie” book series by Mo Willems. Great for reader’s theater exercises. source: Cheeky Cherubs #3 Elephant & Piggie – Mad Libs We did this after reading Let’s Go for a Drive! by Mo Willems. We were just focusing on nouns and verbs. The kids loved doing this work and sharing their final silly stories. source: Brittany Eastman #4 Elephant and Piggie Characteristics Printable This printable works wonderfully with a mini-lesson on book characteristics/adjectives. Students will cut and paste adjectives to […]
Les élèves ADORENT les livres par l'auteur Mo Willems! J'ai donc décidé de créer des activités en français pour travailler la littératie au 1er cycle suite à la lecture de ces beaux livres. Cliquez sur les images pour aller voir les activités amusantes pour toute la série "Éléphant et Rosie"! Un de mes livres favori..."Tu as un oiseau sur la tête!" C'était si amusant de penser à des activités pour accompagner ce livre!! Vos élèves pourront compléter un livre à cachette, faire des inférences, créer des liens avec le livre, compléter un STIAM, utiliser des sacs à fêves pour imaginer qu'ils ont des oiseaux sur la tête, etc. etc.!
Our favorite Mo Willems books, you ask? There are so many stories we love, but we have a list of our most cherished stories here!
Last summer I added Mo Willems' The Pigeon HAS to Go to School! to my classroom library. Of course, this addition was a no-brainer. Willems' books are always super popular, especially Pigeon books. Just as predicted, my students loved this book. It is the perfect length for the beginning of the year, when attention spans are extra short and students need a little break from all the procedural training they are receiving. Since I knew this book would be a hit, I decided to make it the centerpiece of back to school. I created some basic "Pigeon themed" math and literacy activities, as well as a simple craft. I used these activities intermittently during the first week and was able to glean some great info about my new students' basic math and literacy skills, as well as their fine motor skills and listening skills. One of the Pigeon themed activities was a number/number word/counting mini book. Students traced and wrote the numbers 1-10, as well as the number words 1-10. Then students illustrated a picture to go with each number. We broke this activity up over a couple of days. Students took part in a listening activity. Students had to complete a picture according to a series of questions/statements that I read aloud. (If you've every made a glyph with your students, this activity feels really similar.) Students also put together their first puzzler for the year. This puzzler focused on number representations. Students cut and glued the puzzler pieces to tell what number is represented in the box. By the end, students have a completed picture that they can color. I use various puzzlers throughout the year. This the Pigeon puzzler is a great introduction to how to complete a puzzler. Students loved making their simple, one-page craft Pigeons. All that was required was the Pigeon pattern (I used white card stock), scissors, and glue. The class Pigeons made a really quick and cute back to school bulletin board. In addition to these activities, students worked on counting/cardinality, geometry, place value, number bonds, handwriting, the alphabet, rhyming words, sight words, and more. The Pigeon HAS to Go to School! is a perfect springboard for a variety of skills. For a math freebie (from the printables featured above), click on the picture below. This freebie provides practice with ten frames, counting, and number identification. If you have not added, The Pigeon HAS to Go to School! to your classroom library, I highly recommend it. There are so many directions you can go with this book. More importantly, your students will love it and be totally engaged. What a great way to start the year, by reading a book that students truly enjoy. :) For more details about the all of the Pigeon inspired activities I used with my students, be sure to click on the picture below. Of course (like most), I'm not certain what this year's back to school days will look like. Whatever the setup, I know I'll be using The Pigeon HAS to Go to School! to help me kick off the year. Thanks for stopping by. School Is a Happy Place is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associated Program, an affiliate program that allows this site to earn advertising fees. Please know that all of the recommendations on this site are authentic and come from personal experience.
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Sharing activity inspired by Should I Share My Ice Cream by Mo Willems! Perfect for homeschool, classrooms, or family fun. Includes a free printable!
