Wear blankets or towels as cloaks and make paper crowns for your heads. Pretend that you and the children are in a royal kingdom. Hop on one leg, then the other and sing, “I am King of the Wild Things!” Turn around and dance around the circle again. Put them in the middle of the room and pretend they are a campfire. MUSIC AND MOVEMENTĬolor some flames on construction paper and cut them out. Write the story down on the picture, and read it back to them. Have the children tell you what they would do if they visited where the wild things are. Make a picture of a wild thing with paint or crayons. Think of other words that mean the same thing as these new words. Good ways to describe these words are mischief is bad behavior, and a rumpus is a noisy get together. Two words that are probably new are mischief and rumpus. READING READINESSįind a word in the book that the children have never heard before and teach them what it means. Have the children describe ways that the wild things are the same, and ways they are different. Open your book to a page that has four or five wild things on it.

Compare what happens with light and heavy objects. Count how many things were on the raft when it sank. Try gently placing objects on the raft to see how long before it gets too heavy and sinks. Put it in the sink or a bowl that is filled with water and see if it floats. Make a raft by gluing or taping Popsicle sticks or straws together. Each day, pick a different activity to do with the children after reading “Where the Wild Things Are.” MATH AND SCIENCE Hearing the same story again and again helps them learn new words and understand the ideas they hear better. Read this book several times to the children. What was your favorite part of the story?.How did Max get to the land of the Wild Things?.Spend some time talking about the story.What would you want the trees to look like?.How would you like a forest to grow in your bedroom?.

Ask them questions so that they can connect what is happening in the book to things they already know about.

Stop at any time if there is something you or the children would like to talk about.

Ask the children what kind of animal is on the cover.

Ask them to guess what the book is about. Show the children the front of the book.While he is there, he imagines what it would be like to sail away to a land where he is the king. This book is about a little boy who gets into trouble and is sent to his room without dinner. Where the Wild Things Are By Maurice Sendak

Where the wild things are book cover