This morning my son asked what we were going to do whilst his sister was at nursery. We decided to re-read A Squash and a Squeeze by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. Then we thought we would try and re-create the book for ourselves.
A Squash and a Squeeze by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler
My son identified all the characters in A Squash and a Squeeze then I sent him off to find one of each from the toy box:
the wise old man
the little old lady
a hen
a goat
a pig
a cow
We built a house from Lego bricks on our Lego table and added each character according to the story.
We soon ran out of room so the furniture had to go. My 3 year old had fun building the house, thinking about the story and squeezing everyone in. Eventually he decided we needed to use the roof so we added a floor and put the table and chairs on the roof and added stairs.
He enjoyed re-creating the story and we had to leave our Lego house on the table until daddy got home and saw it!
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What a fantastic way to make the story come alive! We love A Squash and a Squeeze and the story has a great moral. We’ll have to try making our own lego house. Thank you for linking up to #kidsbookaweek
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This is a creative and clever way for kids to enjoy and comprehend the book. #kidsbookaweek
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Ma’am- can you please tell me where you purchased the adorable toy characters that go with this book?
Thanks.
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