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Resources and Activities for Leo Lionni Books

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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

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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

If you’re interested in joining this month’s book club, here’s what you need to do…

  1. Comment below and let us know that you are joining in!
  2. Pick your favorite book by Leo Lionni (or a new one you want to check out) and read it with your child or class.
  3. Create an activity, project, craft, cooking project, etc. related to the book and do it.
  4. Come back and share it with us as part of the Leo Lionni blog hop on Monday, May 20th! The linky will be live for 3 weeks, so if you aren’t ready to post on the 20th… just join in when you can!

And even if you don’t join in, I hope you’ll spend a little time reading some of Leo Lionni’s books with kids this month.

Looking Back at Previous Authors 
Looking Ahead to Future Virtual Book Club Authors

June 17th-Gail Gibbons

July 15th- Jez Alborough

August 19th-Donald Crews Virtual Book Club for KidsStop by and check out some of the other blogs that participate in The Virtual Book Club for Kids.

Toddler Approved – Rainy Day Mum – Adventures in Reading with Kids – 3 Dinosaurs – Royal Baloo – The Educators’ Spin On It – Inspiration Laboratories – Pleasantest Thing – Edventures with Kids – Two Big Two Little – Playing With Words 365 – Kitchen Counter Chronicles – Outlaw Mom – Mommy and Me Book Club – Crafty Moms Share – No Twiddle Twaddle – The Good Long Road – Ready. Set. Read 2 Me – Reading Confetti – Mama Smiles – Juggling with Kids– Mom to 2 Posh Lil Divas – Creekside Learning – Creative Family Fun – The Usual Mayhem – Teach Preschool – PlayDrMom – CraftoArt – Here Come the Girls – Being a Conscious Parent – Smiling like Sunshine – Crayon Freckles – Train Up a Child – Smile Play Learn – Enchanted Homeschooling Mom – Coffee Cups and Crayons – Having Fun at Chelle’s House– Love, Play, Learn – Juggling With Kids – Motherhood on a Dime – Growing Book By Book – This Reading Mama
If you are looking for more book-related activities to try now, check out the Virtual Book Club for Kids Pinterest Board.

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  3. Beth

    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 =)

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  4. Mary Catherine

    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

      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!

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  5. Valerie

    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! 🙂

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    • Shaunna

      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!

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  6. Sandi

    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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