Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes is such a fun book! When
I first read it with Tate a year or so ago, he LOVED it. We looked up the free
song that goes along with it and sang as we read it over and over, per his
request. It is a perfect book for talking about colors and cause and effect. I
also love that it teaches a little lesson about having a good attitude, too.
Rather than whine about his shoes changing colors or getting wet, Pete keeps
his head up and stays positive! It’s the perfect lesson for kids at this age
when whining really hits a peak. (Or is that just my kid?)
Karli had a little Pete the Cat coloring page for the boys
to color as we came in. Then we listened to the book here.
After that she did a color activity with the boys. They each had a
printable with different colors of shoes on it. She showed them pictures of
different objects and asked the boys what color their shoes would be if they
stepped in each one. For example, she held up a picture of mud and asked what
color their shoes would be if they stepped in it and they pointed to the brown
shoe. Super cute!
Then she had the boys act out the story as she read it. She
taped newspaper together in a square and at each corner there was a plate with
paint in it (one plate just had water for the part when Pete’s shoes get wet.) The
boys took their shoes and socks off, rolled up their pants, and got to step in
each color as Pete did in the book. They stepped in the red when Pete stepped in strawberries,
blue when he stepped in blueberries, etc. The boys got braver as time went
along so what started off as a hesitant toe-dip turned into them marching
around without blinking an eye each time they got to a new plate.
Long story short: they loved it. And Karli is a trooper for setting
this up/being okay with the boys doing this in her living room.
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