When the children came into the library, we looked at a video of slugs (from the projector). Interesting that their eyes are at the very end of their top tentacles.
I also showed them this snail. Take away the shell and it is basically a slug. (I don’t seem to have a nonfiction book with a slug in it).
Each child received this slug to take home and “read” to. In preschool, if that just means looking at pictures and talking about the book, that is perfect. Some children might show their slug, colors, numbers, letters or even words they might know. It all depends on the child, and it does not matter as long as they are engaged with a book.
Our slug loved labels of his favorite things.
He picked out his favorite story.
Our vocabulary word was vocabulary. A little tricky for our little ones to say, but when they do it is so darned cute. They will hear this word once a week, so their understanding and pronunciation should get better as we go through the year.
We thought it was pretty funny that there are slug fairies!
We also enjoyed comparing the books.
Look at our slug reading!
Slugs play soccer!?? We really had to stop and think about that one. Hahah.
Here is how to teach a slug to read:
- Put labels on his favorite things.
- Read out loud him
- Show your slug words that repeat.
- Help him sound out the words.
- Make a vocabulary list
- Be patient
Next door in Maker Space, they made slime. Was it slug slime? Maybe.
Print, and cut out your slug to read to here:
Print coloring sheet here:
Berto and the slug approve of this book!
