Interactive Books

Was at the recent popular expo sales and found some interactive books on sale. Interactive not in the electronic form but with the books there are some blocks given. So as the story unfolds, there are instructions in the book to teach you how to build certain things relevant or mentioned in the story... Alot of room for imaginative play I say... So I bought 2, one for my Ah Gie and one to keep as birthday present for my nephew.

We read the book 比比熊遇上许愿小精灵 in the evening and this is what we made...

I guess the boy finds the book fun... The next morning he took it out and tried to build something by himself while referring to the book.

This is what he came up with... Good job trying to follow the instructions in the book for a 4yr old. And with some help from mummy... this is what we end up with...

For those of who are keen to buy this book. There are a total of 4 titles in this series. If you buy from TB, you may get them from this seller.

http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.62.A42dxr&id=39821152146&ns=1#detail
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z10.3.w4002-5948115239.10.JmSlsw&id=39791398469
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z10.3.w4002-5948115239.11.WgK42O&id=39791522155
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z10.3.w4002-5948115239.10.Du2B96&id=39791542337

Alternatively, I believe you can still find them at selected popular stores.

The very hungry caterpillar

One saturday morning, mummy decided to make mini pancakes for the kids coz daddy was away in the morning to take part in some annual dragon boat rowing competition. Remembering that just the day before, ah gie's teacher was sharing with us how much he loved the book by Eric Carle, the very hungry caterpillar. So with that I decided to turn it into an impromptu caterpillar session with the kids.

First, the kids had caterpillars for breakfast.

Then we read the book 'The very hungry caterpillar' by Eric Carle. After which the kids played with dot a dot markers to draw their caterpillars. I like to do same activity with both kids if they are together with me at the same time. However to make it age appropriate for the both of them, usually I will prepare the activity in 2 tiers. If ah Gie is willing to challenge himself, he can participate too...

For Ah huan, we moved on to using this dot a dot markers with the help of this and this Ed Kimberely book to let her do some doodling...

And this is it, before we realised it. Daddy is home with lunch. Time flies when you are having a good time!