Materials
library booksrulerspapercrayons and markersstapler (adult only)
Instructions
1. Ask each child to choose a favorite library book. Ask them to draw a picture of the most exciting part of the story. Make sure the paper is held horizontally so they will all fit into a class booklet.
2. Help the children write the title of the book on their page, below or above the drawing.
3. Show the children how to position a favorite library book as though they were ready to read it, and use a ruler to measure from the left side of the book to the right side.
4. Demonstrate how to hold one edge of the ruler even with the left edge of the book, and how to look at the other side of the ruler to read the number of inches.
5. Help them write the number of inches on their drawing.
6. At circle time, spread out all the drawings and ask the children to put them in order by the number of inches written on the pages.
7. Add a front and back and staple the pages together.
