Template Of Elmer The Elephant
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Elmer by David McKeeis a vibrant, funny tale with strong and positive messages. /focusrite-scarlett-2i2-mac-software-download-free.html. The patchwork and colourful Elmer the elephant is instantly recognisable and helps even very young children explore the idea that we are all the same, but different.
Elmer lives with a herd of elephants. They are all different shapes, sizes and ages but they are all the same colour.
But Elmer is different. He is a patchwork of beautiful and bold colours. Elmer is not “elephant colour”.
Elmer is the life and soul of the herd and the source of laughter, fun and games. But Elmer is conscious that he doesn’t look the same colour as all the other elephants. One morning he slips quietly away, through the jungle.
Elmer finds a bush covered in “elephant-colured” berries and he covers himself in the juice. Slowly, he covers his beautiful patchwork until he looks like any other elephant.
When Elmer returns to the herd no-one notices him. Something doesn’t feel right to Elmer. The elephants are being very serious, standing still and silent.
Emer raises his trunk and shouts “Booo!” and the other elephants leap and fall in shock and surprise. As they laugh the rain clouds burst and the rain washes the berry juice off Elmer’s skin.
https://cachegreat.weebly.com/blog/insignia-drivers-download-for-mac. Oh Elmer… It didn’t take you long to show your true colours.
The elephants decide this is Elmer’s biggest joke so far and to celebrate they decide that on Elmer’s Day all elephants must decorate themselves in bright colours and patterns and Elmer will decorate himself in “elephant colour”.
Talk about
Elmer by David McKee always makes us laugh and smile. The illustrations are warm, friendly, colourful and bold and the text leaves lots of ideas open for discussion.
Here are some ideas or questions that you might want to use to start a discussion in your family. You know your family and which questions they are ready to tackle now and which can be left for another day:
- In what ways are all the elephants in the herd the same?
- In what ways are the elephants in the herd different?
- Elmer is a different colour to the other elephants but is he the same as the other elephants in any way?
- Is Elmer different to the other elephants in ways other than his colour?
- Why do you think Elmer is tired of being different? How can being different make you tired?
- Do you think that Elmer is happy when he is elephant coloured? Does it help Elmer to pretend to be something that he is not?
- When Elmer comes back to the herd he feels that something is wrong but when he looks around everything is the same? What is different that is making Elmer feel strange?
- What does it mean to show your “true colours”?
- Is it important to celebrate the differences between us, as well as the similarities?
- What do you think the world would be like if we were all exactly the same?
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Crafts and activities for kids
Elmer by David McKee has strong and positive messages within an enjoyable and funny story. It is a great starting point to explore activities relating to diversity, multiculturalism, personal identity, individualism and friendship as well as colour and pattern.
Take a look at the Pinterest Board full of crafts and activities for kids or take a look at the activities below, to accompany reading the book:
- Buggy and Buddy Sponge Painted Elmer
- Pre School Play Milk Carton Elmer
- Little Bins for Little Hands Rainbow Sensory Bin
- The Craft Train Paper Roll Elephants
- The Learning Hive Elephant Biscuits
- Red Ted Art Handprint Elephants
- Home Schooling Mom to Mags Elephant Stompers
This is a really great animation of the book, which young children love…
And I can’t resist this opportunity for a bit of Glee with their versions of Cindy Lauper’s ‘True Colours’…
What have you been reading this week?
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Next up in my ‘teaching with picture books’ series is a colorful book called Elmer. It’s about a friendly elephant who discovers why it’s best to be unique. He discovers that life can be a little boring when everyone is the same.
Learning Fun with Elmer
Elmer the elephant is bright-colored patchwork all over. No wonder the other elephants laugh at him! /pizap-free-download.html. If he were ordinary elephant color, the others might stop laughing. That would make Elmer feel better, wouldn’t it? Can Elmer figure out what makes him special?
Elmer-Inspired Process Art
Elmer is a pretty colorful fellow. Like Elmer, your child’s patchwork art will be one-of-a-kind. All you need is a pair of scissors or a paper cutter, glue, colored paper cut into 1″ squares, and a base sheet of paper.
You can use many different types of paper for this project. Our project is made with white cardstock and colored typing paper. You can use cardstock, construction paper, tissue paper, or scraps of construction paper. Use what you have on hand.
Cut your colored paper into 1″ squares. If you want your child to work on their motor skills, you can cut your paper into strips let them cut the strips into squares. Or, you can do all the cutting for them.
Choose your base paper. Cardstock or thick construction paper will work best. Thicker paper won’t wrinkle as much once the glue is on it.
It’s up to you whether you want to use white glue or a glue stick. I prefer glue sticks, because they are less messy. But, the white glue is easier to pour on the page and spread without worrying that it’ll dry before the project is complete. Use what works best for your kids.
Let them place the squares on the base page randomly. That is what will make this project a unique, one-of-a-kind masterpieces. After they are finished with the project and all of the glue has dried, your kids may enjoy cutting their finished products into 1.5″ strips to use as bookmarks. Or, they may want to display it as is.
Free E is for Elephant Preschool Printable
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