My coworker, Jen, and I hosted an auction event at school this afternoon- an Elephant and Piggie Party! Mo Willems, who writes many fantastic books, has a series for young readers that the kids in our class absolutely adore, called Elephant and Piggie. We began by reading Should I Share My Ice Cream... ... and then we ate ice cream sundaes. Then, we made Gerald and Piggie hand puppets from paper bags. (I will scan and attach these templates as PDF's once I figure out how to do that, for anyone who might want to reproduce them...) After, we read Are You Ready to Play Outside? And then we played some games outside! We came back in and read I Will Surprise My Friend! And then we made surprise flower bouquets to give to a friend. To end the afternoon, we read We Are in a Book! and then gave the children a banana to take home. Seems random, I know- if you want to know about the banana, read We Are in a Book! It's hilarious. We had a great time, and we think the kids did too!