8th January Bubble Bath Day

Having a bubble bath is so relaxing. Only thing better? Reading a book while soaking in the bubble bath, not that I tell the students I teach to read in the bath. While there are are some picture books about bubble baths, none are great literature so don't rush off to buy them. Instead use Bubble Bath Day to read an old favourite that my preschoolers just love, The Lady With the Alligator Purse. And even if you don't have this book you will know the verse from your own childhood,

Miss Lucy had a baby

His name was Tiny Tim

She put him in the bathtub

To see if he could swim.

He drank up all the water.

He ate up all the soap.

He tried to eat the bathtub

But it wouldn't go down his throat...

Have your preschoolers act out the parts, Tim, Miss Lucy, the Doctor, the Nurse and the Lady with the alligator purse.  And if you don't want to share this, find Margaret Mahy's Bubble Trouble and enjoy it with children or visit the library titles shown below.

15th October Katherine Ayres (1947)

Katherine Ayres is an American author of novels, picture books and poetry. In my library we only know her because of Up, Down, and Around which is a fun picture book about growing vegetables illustrated by Nadine Bernard Wescott. It not only is a good book for any unit of work on growing, vegetables or gardens, it also provides for plenty of study of prepositions. I need to explore more of Katherine's books.

9th February Read in the Bath Day

Reading in the bath is my idea of heaven! Any book is suitable, but for fun read Glenda Millard's Unplugged and giggle at Dee Huxley's wonderful illustration of the bath tub in the middle of a paddock.

It's also a good day to read or sing the poem Tiny Tim (Miss Lucy Had a Baby) or share it in picture book form. I like The Lady With the Alligator Purse by Nadine Bernard Westcott. There are just so many versions!