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Book Companions

As a primary grade teacher I am always on the hunt for fun book companions.  They double as a reading prop and classroom decor.  We love anything that can decorate our space, be functional and inspire to READING!  I work with K-6 grades now, and I embrace book companions no matter the level.  I have found that students, regardless of age, comment on my stuffed book characters.  The little ones get very excited and exclaim "It's the Lorax!" and my older students say things like "Oh I loved Skippyjon Jones".  

 Welcome the new members of my book companion tribe.........

That's right!!!! Welcome Elephant, Piggie, Knufflebunny, Duckling and Pigeon!!!! 

When I taught first grade, we would kick the year off with a Mo Willems author study. The kiddos would pick up those books from our library every free chance they had.  The author studies were one of my proudest teaching moments because my students were SOOOO excited about the book collections.  The scholastic book orders would reflect who/what we were reading every month.  Those were times when I really felt like I was inspiring reading, REAL reading.

I'm not getting anything special for letting you know about these little critters at Kohl's except the satisfaction of passing along a solid teacher tip......Kids LOVE them.  Put them in your room, let your students hold them,  make them reading buddies or whatever other wonderful use you can think of!  

Leave me a comment and let me know how you use them!  I would love to hear creative ways teachers use these book companions!!!

Thanks!!

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