'The Fairy' adores this book. I think it really appeals to her sense of humour. I love reading it too. The book has a great flow and I love the illustrations. It contains plenty of rhyming words which make it a pleasure to read and gives the reader that all important boost in rhyme awareness - so it gets a thumbs up from me as a mum and as a speech and language therapist.
Review rating:
The Fairy Thinks: ***** The Grown up Thinks: *****
Summary: We love it!
As we love it so much it seemed a natural choice to play 'vegetable glue'. We made 'glue' using cornflour (cornstarch) gloop, made from water and corn flour. I have an extra soft spot for gloop as its the first sensory play material I used at work so using it brings back fond memories.
We added peas (there's lots of peas in the book) and some green food colouring. It was great watching the patterns the food colouring made as we played and explored.
The Fairy loved exploring how the gloop was a liquid and dripped
but was hard when you pushed it.
It was great for practising letter formation and mark making.
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I LOVE your gloop! My littlest asks for 'glu' everyday :-)
ReplyDeleteI must try this Gloop thank you for sharing
ReplyDeleteI love this one! Pinned it to my Sensory activities board. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteWe've never played with goop before. I will have to try this soon.
ReplyDeleteIts really cool - you should try it Carolyn (come back and let us know how you got on!)
DeleteOh my the book sounds wonderful. I will have to find a copy! And what a fun activity.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing on Kids Get Crafty.
Maggy
What an interesting sounding book! I've never heard of it. Thanks for sharing at The Children's Bookshelf.
ReplyDeleteWe hadn't heard of it till we found it a the library. Now we love it!
DeleteI love the goopy goo! I must find the book. Thanks for linking to Science Sparks. xx
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