Max's Christmas
by Rosemary Wells
Laptime - toddler - K
Story Circle - Toddler - K
Rosemary Wells' adorable white rabbits, Max and Ruby are all time favorites of mine. In this Christmas story, Ruby, in bossy big sister fashion, is hurrying Max to get ready for bed so that Santa will come. Max is full of questions but Ruby only answers with a very unsatisfactory - because. Max decides to stay up and see Santa for himself. Will Max's questions send Santa right back up the chimney?
Wells' illustrations accompanied by her simple story line make this book an easy laptime read for toddlers but older children and adults will appreciate the humor and insight into sibling relationships and the toddler mind. I often read Rosemary Wells' books to older children because they appreciate the humorous situations that Max and Ruby get into and since the text is uncomplicated they are good books for new readers to read aloud to younger brothers or sisters.
Laptime Activities:
- Ask your Toddler or preschooler questions about Santa and write down their answers. Send the questions and answers in an holiday email to grandmas, grandpas, aunts and uncles.
- When you read this book for the second and third time (which I guarantee that you will) Let your preschooler "read" Max's questions when you come to them and then say together the constant answer - because.
Story Circle Activities:
- Make a brother and sister collage by cutting pictures of siblings out of magazines and gluing them to a big sheet of butcher paper.
- Have the children draw pictures of their favorite Christmas things that they do with their siblings and/or their families and dictate a caption for their picture. Put all of the pictures together in a book to keep on the storytime bookshelf.
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