*Picture book for preschoolers through first graders
*Three fun and adorable children as main characters
*Rating: Don’t Grown-Ups Ever Have Fun? will make you wish you could stay young forever and remind you to be young-at-heart!
Short, short summary: In Jamie Harper’s first picture book, she tells the story of three children who cannot understand why their parents don’t like to have fun. They want to sleep all the time, and then they have to rush when they finally get up. Parents have to clean–and the children ask, “Why does everything have to be so perfect all the time?” Then Mom and Dad overhear their children wonder why adults don’t like to have fun, they decide they need to do something about that! Jamie Harper has drawn wonderful, cute, and clever illustrations in her first picture book: Don’t Grown-Ups Ever Have Fun?
So, what do I do with this book?
1. Ask children what their perceptions are of their parents after reading this book. Do they think their parents have fun? What do their parents like to do? Students can draw a picture of their family having fun together, and write a sentence if age-appropriate.
2. Since this book title is a question, you can talk to children and students about question marks and about the difference between a question and a statement. Of course, children know that when they are asked a question, they answer; but do they know this is called a question and it ends with a question mark? This is something you can start working on with Don’t Grown-Ups Ever Have Fun?
3. If you are reading this book at a preschool or elementary school, it is often fun to discuss with students what they think about you–their teacher. Some young children are so shocked when they see their teacher out in public because they think of her as only being at the school–all the time. What do children think you do to have fun? DO you ever have fun? Where do you go after school is over? You can ask students to write a sentence and/or draw a picture on this subject also.
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