We read the delightful little story You be You by Linda Kranz and enjoyed creating our own colorful rocks…
You be You is about a little fish who swims through the sea, taking note of all the different types of fish he sees. He sees fish that are big, fish that are small, fish that swim up, and fish that swim down. It is a fun book that explores how everyone is different. What makes this book unique is the beautiful illustrations. Kranz created all of the fish in her story out of smooth stones. Each design is different and they are all so interesting…
When Deborah finished reading the story, she got out a small bag of stones that were designed similar to the fish in book…
The children each picked a stone fish story token out of the bag and then lined them up on the floor according to their size…
Then the children played a movement game with their story tokens. Deborah read the story again while the children acted out the scenes from the book. They moved and swam like a fish to the right, and then to the left. They swam like a fish up, and then down…
After finishing their game, the children then went off to explore more rocks throughout the classroom. At one of our centers, there were smooth, flat river rocks (some were purchased from the Dollar Tree and others were collected by the children) and markers for children to create their own rock designs…
The children drew whatever they liked on their stones. Some children just colored on their stones with their favorite colors…
While others tried to create fish, like in our story…
When the day was done, each child had a nice collection of rocks to take home. They each took home their story token fish as well as the colorful rocks that they had created…
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Links to grow on:
Making story stones in Preschool by Teach Preschool
Mood stones by Happy Whimsical Hearts
Treasure rocks by Memetales