Good night gorilla

I have lost count of how many times we have read Goodnight Gorilla in the past year and a half. Our toddlers love everything about this book and we have a very worn, well-loved copy. When Virtual Book Club for Kids announced it’s spring line up I was so excited to see this included among […]

My little monkeys have fallen in love with the book Good Night Gorilla! I changed up our Spanish plan during the break, and we had a couple of extra weeks to fill

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This week was a little strange again in terms of me actually seeing students. We had another snow day in my district, and then my own kids had an additional snow day in the district where I live. There are definitely problems when you work in a different district than where you live! Anyway, I was able to try out a great book companion this week with some of my students. The book is Good Night Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann. The book companion that I used with this cute book was Good Night…

Learn colors with this super cute Goodnight Gorilla activities that is a free printable color matching game for kids for a zoo theme.

This week we read Goodnight Gorilla, by Peggy Rathmann. We also watched the animated version of the story. I asked Arin to summarize this story for me (this is an idea I borrowed from Michelle. Thanks!) This is how she retold me the story: "The gorilla got the keys from the guy that locks all the animals in the zoo. Then what happened was the gorilla unlocked all the cages, even his own, and all the other animals' cages. Then, the zookeeper went to his house and the animals went too. Then…

Who doesn't love Good Night, Gorilla?! It's got to be one of my all-time FAVORITE books! Each page is full of language-rich, engaging artwork that appeals to kids of every age and tells a delightful story using very few words. It's the perfect book to use for building language skills at any level, making it the first book I'll go to now that we've started our zoo theme at Small Talk. The colorful keys and cages in the book inspired me to make a little book to use with my preschoolers: Each…

Goodnight, Gorilla book themed story time for preschoolers featuring a banana & peanut butter snack and 5 book extension activities!

Good Night Gorilla is a fun book but even more fun with these wonderful book activities and printables for kids inspired by the story.

Good Night Gorilla is a fun book but even more fun with these wonderful book activities and printables for kids inspired by the story.