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Resources and Activities for Leo Lionni Books

By Shaunna Evans 16 Comments · This content may contain affiliate links.

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This month the  The Virtual Book Club for Kids will be exploring the books of Leo Lionni. Here at home we are reading through many of his books and  trying some different activities to go along with them. To help get ready for this month’s Book Club I thought  I would share some of the great resources and activities currently available on the web.

Leo Lionni Book Activities

Note: This post contains affiliate links.

General Resources About More Than One Book

This author study from ReadWriteThink engages student in drawing activities to learn more about the story elements as you read four popular Lionni books.

The Mermaid Theatre of Novia Scotia has a terrific 43-page teacher’s guide full of activity suggestions.

This lesson sequence from ReadWriteThink helps build comprehension using the book Swimmy and “I Wonder” statements.

Random House Kids has some free printable activities to go along with some of Lionni’s books.

A Color of His Own 

Chameleon Pipe Cleaner Tutorial and Color Matching  from Lines Across

Kindergarten Art Lesson  from Deep Space Sparkle

Free printable story extension page that can be used individually or to make a class book from Growing in Pre K

Frederick

Collage Art Lesson from A Faithful Attempt

Little Blue and Little Yellow

Collage and Color Mixing from Crayon Freckles

Painting Activity from Teach Preschool

Mess Free Color Mixing from Imprints from Tricia

The Alphabet

Tree Stamping from Teach Preschool

Inch by Inch

I is for Inchworm theme  from Fantastic Fun and Learning

Tillie and the Wall

Making predictions writing activity from Little Miss Glamour Goes to Kindergarten

Resource Books

Teaching With Favorite Leo Lionni Books: Creative Activities for Exploring Friendship, Self-Esteem, Cooperation, and Other Themes in These Beloved Books

Looking Back at Previous Authors 

Dr. Seuss
Julia Donaldson
David Shannon
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  1. Kim Taylor Knight

    May 21, 2016 at 8:40 am

    I would love to join your virtual book club and my favorite Lionni is Frederick. I use it in my creative movement classes.

    Reply
    • Shaunna Evans

      May 24, 2016 at 11:59 am

      Details for joining in the Virtual Book Club are here: http://www.virtualbookclubforkids.com/ I bet you’ll have terrific ideas to share!

      Reply
  2. Jennifer Fischer

    May 25, 2013 at 6:13 pm

    We enjoyed discovering Leonni this month too and love your resources. I featured them in my Weekly Kid’s Co-Op Summer Reading List http://jennifischer.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-weekly-kids-co-op-summer-reading.html

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    • Shaunna

      May 26, 2013 at 10:15 pm

      Your Summer Reading List is terrific. Thanks so much for featuring this activity.

      Reply
  3. Beth

    May 17, 2013 at 6:23 am

    What great resources! I am adding to my buffer to share this week =-)

    Thanks for linking up at TGIF! and sharing your creativity with all of us I hope to see you linked up again today!

    Have a GREAT weekend,
    Beth =)

    Reply
    • Shaunna

      May 18, 2013 at 7:06 am

      Thanks, Beth! I am so glad you found this helpful. Thanks for sharing, too!

      Reply
  4. Mary Catherine

    May 15, 2013 at 4:42 pm

    Can I just say this is an awesome resource for Leo Lionni fun!! I’ve already pinned it and plan on referring back when I teach an author study about Lionni. Thanks for sharing over at Stress-Free Sunday. 🙂

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    • Shaunna

      May 16, 2013 at 6:26 am

      Thanks, Mary Catherine! The teacher in me gets so excited about collecting these resources…would have made planning so much easier for me when I was in the classroom! Now I also love to be able to find great resources quickly as I’m teaching at home. I’m glad you found this collection helpful!

      Reply
  5. Valerie

    May 12, 2013 at 8:50 am

    Awww…Adrian loves A Color of His Own by Leo Lionni (among others). Not sure we’ll have time to add more to our weekly theme by making some activities to go along with it but I’m sure we can take time to read the book again! 🙂

    Reply
    • Shaunna

      May 12, 2013 at 1:09 pm

      I hope you do get to read it this week! And I look forward to seeing what the two of you have been up to this week…LOVE LOVE LOVE your theme posts!

      Reply
  6. Sandi

    May 12, 2013 at 2:17 am

    Thanks for all those wonderful links. We love Leo Lionni in my kindergarten class – and I am planning to join the Virtual Book Club this month.

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    • Shaunna

      May 12, 2013 at 1:08 pm

      You’re welcome! I am excited to see which book and activity you choose for the Virtual Book Club!

      Reply
  7. Deb @ Living Montessori Now

    May 11, 2013 at 7:09 pm

    Great list of activities, Shaunna! I LOVE Leo Lionni books! I pinned your post to my Literature-Based Activities Board at http://pinterest.com/debchitwood/literature-based-activities/

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    • Shaunna

      May 12, 2013 at 1:08 pm

      Thanks, Deb! I agree with you…so many great Leo Lionni books. Thank you for pinning!

      Reply
  8. Debbie @ http://kidsbibledebjackson.blogspot.com/

    May 10, 2013 at 7:47 am

    Thanks for sharing this great list at TGIF!

    Reply
  9. Anna - The Measured Mom

    May 10, 2013 at 7:04 am

    Thanks for a great resource, Shaunna!

    Reply

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