Last week, we hung up this umbrella, and of course, were immediately told that we put it upside down. "I know. It's supposed to go that way," was all I said. "Umm...No, Miss Alishia, that way won't work," the preschoolers explained. I assured them it would and they remained confused but excited to find out why I would hang the umbrella upside down.
This book,
The Umbrella, is the reason!
It is about a boy, Carlos, who goes into the rain forest to see all of the animals. When he gets into the rain forest, he cannot find any of the animals that he was excited to see. So, he sets down his umbrella, upside down, and climbs a tree to get a better look. While he does, the very animals he wants to see one by one, jump into his umbrella. They have a little adventure of their own, before falling into the nearby river and floating in a circle back to where they started from. By the time Carlos comes down from the tree, the animals are gone again, so he goes home determined that he'll try again tomorrow.
So, we made our own upside down umbrellas to take home. We also added the animals from the story into our umbrella in the classroom!
Your children love to hear stories! Books are very precious in our classroom, especially when they tie into our curriculum so perfectly!
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