* Special thanks to Leah Lomiansky for this book recommendationįor further speech and language targets in Dear Zoo, see the list below. Lions and tigers and bears and giraffes get a laugh when Halloween comes to a zoo near you. The possibilities for developing children’s language skills using this book are endless! Expand on this by adding the animal noises, imitating the animals’ movements, or describing what they look like. first the zoo sent an elephant, and then a giraffe.). This classic lift-the-flap book has been a favourite with toddlers ever since it was first published in 1982. Sprawling, trail-lined Woodward Park is home to the Shinzen Japanese Garden. It’s also an ideal choice for simple sequencing (e.g. Fresno Chaffee Zoo has sea lions and a stingray touch pool.
The repetitive nature of this story makes it great for targeting a range of speech and language skills, such as conjunctions (“ but it was too…”, “ so I sent it back”) and adjectives (e.g. Once your little one starts to recognise a particular book, you can use it as the basis for puppet shows, story bags, baking, craft, sensory play and much more to get their imaginations going and encourage their recall memory.
Children love predicting what animal the zoo could have sent next, then lifting the flaps and labelling the animal they see. Dear Zoo Sensory Play One of the great things about books is how versatile they are. An elephant is too heavy, a giraffe is too tall, and a snake is too scary! Until, at last, they send the perfect pet.ĭear Zoo is another much loved classic picture book that never gets old. Publication date 2007 Topics Preschool Picture Story Books, Juvenile Fiction, Childrens Books/Baby-Preschool, Children: Preschool, Animals - Zoos, Juvenile Fiction / Animals / Zoos, Fiction, Pets, Specimens, Toy and movable books, Zoo animals. Rod Campbells classic lift-the-flap book Dear Zoo has been a firm favourite with toddlers and parents alike ever since it was first published in 1982. A little boy wants a pet, but the zoo keeps sending him animals that just won’t make good pets.
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