Peterson's Pad: Pete the Cat

Thursday, July 12, 2012

Pete the Cat FREEBIE

I L.O.V.E. Pete the Cat! My firsties drool when I mention his name! My grandkids can't get enough. It's the only book they want me to read. If you haven't read a Pete the Cat book, you really need too. They are by Eric Litwin with darling illustrations by James Dean. If you click on each picture, it will link you to Amazon.com where you can learn more.

Each book has it's own catchy rhyme and you'll find yourself singing it over and over through out the day. You can even download the song for each book. They also teach a great lesson which my 4 year old grandson repeats to himself when he's about to cry. "Did Pete cry? GOODNESS, NO! It's all good." I love it when kids connect to a book.
I use the first book 'I Love My White Shoes', when I teach colors. Diane and Kelly over on Made for 1st Grade have a cute class book you can make for FREE. Mrs. Jump has a darling art project to go along with it over on her blog. I think she has a whole unit but I couldn't find it. Check it out HERE.

My kiddos LOVE to watch the YouTube video. This is the author and the illustrator entertaining some kids with their book. My kids LOVE it!
The 2nd book, 'Rocking in My School Shoes' is great for the beginning of the year where you can find all the places in the school. Also that SCHOOL IS COOL! I think I saw something to go along with this on the web some where but can't find it now. Does that ever happen to any of you? All the time here.
The newest one,' Four Groovy Buttons' is great for teaching subtraction. I put together a little FREEBIE for it. This is how I'm going to introduce/review subtraction this year. I generally do it with cookies but I think the kids will really connect to Pete and his buttons. I love story mats. You can read another post about them HERE. So I made a story mat to go along with it. The kids have buttons and practice telling stories with the buttons. There is even a math station activity.