Visit www.llamallamabook.com for additional story stretchers and information about the author Anna Dewdney. Llama Llama Story Stretchers About Llama Llama Llama Llama is growing up! Whether learning how to be brave in the dark, battling shopping boredom, braving his first day of preschool, or waiting patiently for Christmas Day, he can always rely on Mama for her love and guidance! Llama Llama Red Pajama Llama Llama red pajama waiting, waiting for his mama. Mama isn't coming yet. Baby Llama starts to fret. Social Emotional Set up a dramatic play area with nap time items. (Mats, blankets, pillows, soft sleeping buddy and picture books.) Physical Development All of the Llama Llama books are filled with fantastic action words! Assign specific action sequences to groups of children in your care. For example, stomps and pouts or jumps and shouts or hums a tune. Then host an interactive read-aloud! Read each story to your class, pausing at the action sequences for the children to stand and act out the motions of the words. Llama Llama gram and grandpa It's an exciting day for Llama Llama; he's going to visit Gram and Grandpa Llama and spend the night! His first night away from home...and from Mama. But he makes sure to pack everything he needs. And there are so many fun things to do with Gram and Grandpa. It's not until he gets ready for bed that he realizes that he's forgotten something important. Fuzzy Llama! Fortunately, Grandpa Llama has a wonderful solution and soon Llama Llama is having sweet dreams. Social Emotional Development: Did the children notice that little Llama always carries a stuffed llama with him? Why do they think he does this? Ask the children to each think of something they love that makes them feel safe. Invite them to draw a picture of the item and to share with a partner why they chose that specific thing. They can even bring their items in for show-and-tell!

Llama Llama Misses Mama It's Llama Llama's first day of preschool! And Llama Llama's mama makes sure he's ready. They meet the teachers. See the other children. Look at all the books and games. But then it's time for Mama to leave. And suddenly Llama Llama isn't so excited anymore. Will Mama Llama come back? Of course she will. But before she does, the other children show Llama Llama how much fun school can be! Tips for Teacher Before reading the book, talk about what it means to miss someone and feel alone or lonely. Ask the children if they have ever missed someone. How did they feel? What did they do to feel better? Ask the children if they can think of a time when someone might feel all alone because they miss someone special. Ask the children if they sometimes miss someone when they come to school? Tell the children that you are going to read a book about a little llama on his first day of school! Read the title of the book and see if the children can guess who the little llama misses! Creative Development Ask the children if they remember how little Llama felt in the story (alone). Help the children create a song about what to do when they are feeling alone. For example, they could sing, If you re happy and you know it, but create their own words to the song. Children can give suggestions for what they can do to feel better when they are lonely. For example: If you re lonely and you know it tell your teacher/ ask for a hug/ check the schedule/find a friend. Write the children s song on chart paper and then sing the song together. If someone is feeling lonely, ask them to think of the song and all of the things that they can do to feel better. Llama Llama Mad at Mama Does any child like to go shopping? Not Llama Llama! But Mama can't leave Llama at home, so off they go to Shop-O-Rama. Materials needed a. Copy of the poem b. Mini paper plates or cardstock cut into palm size circles. c. Glue d. Pompoms e. Crayons f. Pop cycle sticks Social Emotional Developmental Poem Sometimes Llama gets so mad. Other times he just feels sad. Sleepy snores and joyful squeals, Can you tell how Llama feels? 1) Teach the poem to the children. 2) Have the children decorate paper plate faces. 3) Say the poem again using the paper plate faces as a prop. 4) Talk, talk, and talk, one-on-one with the children throughout day the about emotions.

Llama Llama and the Bully Goat Llama Llama is learning lots of new things at school and making many friends. But when Gilroy Goat starts teasing him and some of their classmates, Llama Llama isn't sure what to do. Friendship Fruit Salad (Check for food allergies) Social Emotional Developmental Using the children s answers, make a chart of characteristics of a Buddy and a bully. Buddy Says Can I play? Bully Takes toys without asking Assign each child to bring one piece of fruit. Wash and cut the fruit to make a Friendship Fruit Salad. As the children are eating you could extend the conversation. Ask why do you think an orange is the color orange/ or where do you think a pineapple grows? Llama Llama Time to Share Does any child like to go shopping? Not Llama Llama! But Mama can't leave Llama at home, so off they go to Shop-O-Rama. Materials needed g. Copy of the poem h. Mini paper plates or cardstock cut into palm size circles. i. Glue j. Pompoms k. Crayons l. Pop cycle sticks Social Emotional Developmental Poem Sometimes Llama gets so mad. Other times he just feels sad. Sleepy snores and joyful squeals, Can you tell how Llama feels? 5) Teach the poem to the children. 6) Have the children decorate paper plate faces. 7) Say the poem again using the paper plate faces as a prop. 8) Talk, talk, and talk, one-on-one with the children as opportunities day about emotions.

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