Room on the Broom is a great little halloween book by Julia Donaldson. There's so much you can do with this book, I love it.
Here are some skills you can work on with this book:
- Find the rhyming words
- Identifying animals: cat, dog, bird, frog, dragon
- Pretend play: act it out
- Prediction: what animal comes next, who finds the object that is lost,
- "Reading" the book: let the kids fill in the words. There's great repetition in this book to help with that. Common words are Down!, Yes!, Whoosh!, and Is there room on the broom?
- Searching for items: Do a scavenger hunt while riding a broom
- Obstacle course: As you do the scavenger hunt, add some obstacles for good a good sensory motor activity
- Matching: match the animal to the item they found or to the thing they put in the cauldron
- Helping: Throughout the book, the animals are helping each other. Talk about how your students have helped each other.
- Emotions: happy, sad, scared, angry, surprised, grateful, ashamed, excited. Play charades with emotions.
- Science: Make a magic potion with things that everyone can put in the cauldron. Ask the kids what they would have added to the cauldron.
There's so much more, these are just a few ideas. You can order Room on the Broom at my Amazon Affiliate site.
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