That's Not My...

Spencer absolutely LOVES That's not my dinosaur by Fiona Watt. It is such an engaging book. It has simple repetitive text and fun touchy-feely patches. This boy just really loves dinosaurs. Every time he sees a dinosaur book he starts growling. It's hilarious.

Skills learned from this book:

• Language development
• Vocabulary
• Sensory development

Activities to extend from this book:

• Pull out an assortment of objects with different textures and allow baby or toddler to experience touching these. With toddlers you can help build their vocabulary by introducing new words like bumpy, soft, prickly, crunchy, etc.

These are the objects I pulled out for Spencer to experiment with.

He wasn't super interested in playing with these. I only got this picture because I put the string and twine on his lap. He immediately pulled them off. He just wanted to play with mommy's camera.

• For preschoolers you could have them sort different textures or make a creature using different textures. Make sure to introduce the vocabulary words to them.
• Older children could make their own That's not my... book! This would be such a fun activity to inspire creativity and thinking outside of the box.

The That's not my... series has around 30 different books. There is sure to be something that your child would enjoy. You can find all of them here.