March is roarin' in like a big old lion. Not a nice Simba lion either. More like Scar. Not nice. Not nice at all.
Hopefully that means it will go out like a whole flippin' field full of lambs. And I don't mean that literally. )Although, my brother does have 20 pregnant sheep who will be giving birth in March. Regardless of the weather, March will definitely go out like a lamb for his family.)
This morning, Turken asked if he could make a book. I said, "Sure!" because I had a lot of cleaning to do today and needed an activity to keep them occupied.
First, I sat down with him and had him tell me the story he wanted in his book. I then made a simple book made of folded printer paper with a construction paper cover. I put a sentence on each page, then gave him some colored pencils to illustrate it.
Of course, if Turken got to make a book, Cuckoo had to make one, too.
If you ever want to know what is going through your children's heads at any given time, ask them to tell you a story. From Turken and Cuckoo's stories, it would seem that my little ones did not have enough to eat at breakfast.
I'm Full!
By Turken
Once upon a time there was a little boy named John.
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I do belive Turken was distracted when he drew John. Perhaps he was daydreaming about a giraffe? |
He ate everything!
Then he got too much to eat
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Can you see the kiwi, green beans, banana, strawberries, taco, banana bread, carrot, clementine, and mango? Notice John. It will be important later. |
and wouldn't be able to eat any more until a different day because he was full.
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My boy loves details. Same red shirt and black pants, but they are no longer able to contain the giant belly created from the overeating. |
And then he wanted to do some climbing.
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That would be John climbing a ladder. Naturally. Because everyone wants to climb a ladder after stuffing himself like a sausage. |
The End
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A Boy Named Andrew
By Cuckoo
Someone named Andrew ate his sandwich and his fruit and then he ate candy.
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For some reason Andrew is sideways. The red blob is one honkin' big sandwich. Bet you can guess what those blue circles with M's in the middle are. I guess he misses M&Ms, too. |
Then he ate one more thing, and it was a juicy pear.
Then he played with his pillow pets and came downstairs and Eva and Andrew were playing with them.
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While eating more M&Ms apparently. |
The end.
Clearly, run-on sentences are ingrained. Now I just need to teach them the fine art of parentheses over-usage.
Have a lovely day!
Those stories are gorgeous (and I daresay they'll get the hang of parentheses over-use any day now(especially if you role-model it to them frequently (which I bet you do (Hope so, anyways))))
ReplyDeleteHahaha! If I fall short, promise me you will teach them.
DeleteCertainly, though I claim no credit for myself - the man who taught me all I love about parenthesis is native of your country - Lewis Thomas. It was in his book The Medusa and The Snail (which I picked up in a charity shop for the sheer bizarreness of its title and promptly fell in love with) but the chapter is here - http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jlawler/punctuation.html
DeleteI shall look into it.
DeleteLoving both the stories and the illustrations! I need to dig out a picture one of my students made several years ago of her mom. It had details only a four year old would include in a picture!
ReplyDeleteHa! I love those kinds of drawings!
DeleteLove your commentary on their books. My 3 year old is adding belly buttons and nipples to her people drawings lately. And they all have 3 legs. I think that's a 3rd leg.
ReplyDeleteCrossing my fingers that it is a leg.
DeleteStick figure belly buttons! That may just be the best thing I've seen all day!
ReplyDeleteI love those belly buttons, too.
DeleteOhhh, this is soooo good!! Sometimes I get out my kids school folders and just look through their past work so that I can re-read all of it and laugh/smile/cry. We are BIG run on sentence crafters - and, and, and, and, and.....Great post!!
ReplyDeleteThank you! I have a box for each of the kids and enjoy going through them, too.
DeleteSometimes, a run-on just does the job.