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What the Ladybug Heard by Julia Donaldson

3 days ago
1 min read

On a friendly farm, animals say their sounds while Ladybug never says anything. But one night she hears something that causes her to break her silence: robbers! Find out if Ladybug can concoct a plan to save the Farm.


The book cover shows illustrations of farm animals, including a pig, cats, chickens, a cow, and a duck. In front of the book, paper speech bubble on the ends of craft sticks each have one animal sound written


This book can help kids practice:


Reading

Read the rhyming story and discover what the Ladybug heard and how she plans to stop it!


Playing

Pretend to be an animal on the farm making all the wrong sounds.


This book can help kids build:


Narrative Skills

The Ladybug has a secret plan that allows children to make predictions on how the story will follow. Will the Ladybug save the day?


Phonological Awareness

Text is written in rhyme. Rhyming words help children develop the ability to recognize that similar sounding words often look alike.


Print Motivation

What the Ladybug Heard has some classic animal sounds with a twist. Children will have fun being silly while the animals make the wrong sounds!


Extend the Book: Animal Speech Bubbles


Supplies:

  • Craft Sticks

  • Glue

  • Paper

  • Scissors


Steps:

  1. Cut out ovals from paper to make speech bubbles

  2. Glue each paper oval to a separate craft stick

  3. Find each animal in the story and write the first sound they make on the speech bubble (you can use both sides of the bubble to conserve craft supplies)

  4. Re-read the story using the speech bubbles whenever that sound is in the book.



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