Today, the children read the book then we made spilt milk pictures. It looked like spilt milk is a childrens picture book written and illustrated by charles green shaw. As it turns out, my daughter and i had never read this book before, so we were very excited to read it. Shaw little cloud by eric carle planting a rainbow by lois ehlert wow. Students become familiar with pictures of ice cream cones, rabbits, pigs, tree, squirrels, birds, sail boats, clouds, angels and the great hornet. It looked like spilt milk big book at lakeshore learning. It has a good pattern and is fairly easy for beginning readers level 7 reading recovery. It looked like spilt milk book activity i love the sensory bin idea. Book activities for it looked like spilt milk for toddlers and preschoolers. She is a graduate of pennsylvania state university and a certified expert in the field of domestic violence. The book titled it looked like spilt milk by charles g. My favorite thing about teaching is creating activities based off of childrens books. It looked like spilt milk writing and art activity the.
Children love to guess the answer in this preschool favorite. Spilled milk is an important read because it makes you think about how you would treat someone who is in need of help or a survivor of abuse. Sometimes it looks like spilt milk, but it isnt spilt. The book highlights how the system failed this poor girl and her family, and makes you think about what you could do to help someone stuck in this horrible situation. The book we received from still playing school was it looked like spilt milk by charles g. One of our favorite books is it looked like spilt milk. This classic book has a pattern, which children can easily recognize.
Mar 18, 2015 excerpt from spilled milk based on a true story, brooke nolan is a battered child who makes an anonymous phone call about the escalating brutality in her home. It looked like spilt milk is an uncomplicated book about how our imaginations can take a simple cloud formation and turn it into. My retelling packs help work on sequencingretelling skills while having a whole lot of fun. This book, about a cloud that makes different shapes, will go well with a weather theme. The shapes, and resulting book, students create are very tactile. This book is simple, but engaging and was always a favorite in my classroom. Jun 26, 2014 the book we received from still playing school was it looked like spilt milk by charles g.
When i saw the title i thought this is perfect because my girls spill milk almost every day at our house. This video features the book it looked like spilt milk by charles g. The activities below, best used with elementary level students, have. It looked like spilt milk is a cleverly written book that encourages students to look at clouds and find the shapes within. Mar 03, 2011 one of our favorite cloud stories is it looked like spilt milk by charles g. Word repetition and a mystery shape that shifts from page to page help capture childrens attentionand inspire their imagination. Students love seeing their illustrations included in a book. Your little ones will quickly want to join in with the repetitive text. Here is a new flannel board set for the book it looked like spilt milk, by charles g. These activities are suitable in small groups or centers.
Apr 01, 2014 thanks so much jillian for all of these fun book extension activities for it looked like spilt milk. At the end of the book children learn the shape is not spilt milk. Explore our editors picks for the best kids books of the month. Thanks so much jillian for all of these fun book extension activities for it looked like spilt milk. This pack is intended to be used after reading the book it looked like spilt milk by charles g. Since i discussed the book little cloud in my last post, i thought i would discuss it looked like spilt milk this time around. The reader is asked to guess what the shape is or whether it is just spilt milk. It looked like spilt milk preschool activities for the. As my kids are getting older 8 and 7, ive been looking for more grown up activities to pair with it. Originally published in 1947, the illustrations are a series of changing white shapes against a blue background. I loved peachys idea and plan to print out the ideas for caps for sale. Young readers can see a white shape against the blue background on each page.
Today ill share with you how i use one of my all time favorite books, it looked like spilt milk, to create a fun writing and art activity for early learners. There is very little text and much of the text is repeated, however the simplicity of the book and pictures are helpful in engaging the children to use their creativity. The plan books it looked like spilt milk by charles g. This pattern is repeated throughout the book as the pictures change from one to the next. Goodreads members who liked spilled milk also liked. Sometimes it looked like a bird or an ice cream cone or a birthday cake or an angel. It looked like spilt milk a read out loud story book. It looked like spilled milk charles shaw paint pouring. It looked like spilt milk was introduced at the same time as browns own goodnight moon and the growing tree from ruth kraussthree books that helped form the foundation of picturebook literature and continue to stand the test of time. Jillian riley is a writer who focuses most of her creative energy into her playful learning, playful parenting blog a mom with a lesson plan. But it wasnt a bird or an ice cream cone or a birthday cake or an angel. Represents one of the finest picturebook examples of abstract. Apr 24, 2012 instead of wasting my day, i decided to try to post another blog in between sneezes. Find books like spilled milk from the worlds largest community of readers.
Shaw has always been one of my favorite books to share in preschool. To make these, i printed them on card stock paper, laminated and cut out, and added a velcro tab to the back the sticky side of the velcro to use on a flannel board. The book exposes children to the different shapes of clouds. March this site has several activities that can be weather related from melting pony beads to making blow paint art. Weve read it over and over since my kids were really little. A readaloud storytime favoritein a big book version.
It looked like spilt milk by charles shaw is a picture book that could be used for all ages, but i would recommend using this book with young children grade level pre k2. It looked like spilt milk kids activities coffee cups. For imagination storytime, i made a flannel of the book it looked like spilt milk. Adventures a himitsu we are a nonprofit school encouraging students to learn english through reading high quality books. It looked like spilt milk was introduced at the same time as browns own goodnight moon and the growing tree from ruth kraussthree books that helped form the foundation of picture book literature and continue to stand the test of time. They look at websites which contain cloud pictures and then use their imagination and draw on the computer their cloud pictures. Books similar to spilled milk meet your next favorite book. Shaw it looked like spilt milk is a great book to read to children. Apr 21, 2017 this video features the book it looked like spilt milk by charles g. Randis, author of bestselling novel spilled milk and the pillbillies series, started journaling at the age of six and had short stories and poetry published by the time she was thirteen.
I like to start by reading aloud, it looked like spilt milk, by charles g. She is a mom to an almost 8 year old son and a 7 year old daughter. Instead of telling the storytime, i put up the pieces on the board and had the kids guess. Painting, sensory bin, melted beads and other ways to play with clouds. When social services jeopardize her safety condemning her to keep her fathers secret, its a glass of spilled milk at the dinner table that forces her to speak about the cruelty. When my own girls were around 2 and 3 years old, they loved reading this book repeatedly and joining in with the predictable text. After i read the story, we retell the tale together, using the picture prompts on my slider. I introduce the lesson by reading the book it looked like spilt milk, then share my completed slider craft with my students. Originally published in 1947, the illustrations are a series of. This mystery book for young children presents a continuously changing white shape silhouetted against a blue background that challenges them to guess what it.