In The Tall, Tall Grass {Kids Book Activities}

We love doing kids book activities at our house! It’s so much fun to do a picture walk together through the book, read it together, and then to create some fun arts and crafts, sensory activities, and snacks that go along with the book!

For this book review, we decided to read a book about grass for kids, so we decided to read one of our favorite books: In the Tall, Tall Grass by Denise Fleming. We had so much fun exploring with this book! Come join us for some fun!

There’s a world of adventure outdoors in the grass. You can find all kinds of creepy crawlies, bugs, spiders, flowers, dirt, insects and so much more hidden between the blades of the grass! And Summer is the perfect time to get those kids outside to explore in the grass. That’s why we decided to go exploring

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In The Tall, Tall Grass {Book about Grass for Kids}

First, we read the book and explored the beautiful illustrations cover to cover. Then we decided to have some real fun!

I decided to send Mason outside to cut some grass, so we could make our own real grass sensory kit.

 The feel of the dew on the grass, the softness of the blades, and the smell of the fresh cut grass created the ultimate sensory experience. We just added in some small pretend insects we had around the house and he played for a long time!

You can find insects like these by clicking here!

After Mason played in his grass bin and explored the grass, we decided to do some artwork of our own. I gave Mason a blank sheet of paper and asked him to draw some of the insects he saw in the book. He drew as many as he could from memory {which is great for comprehension} and the rest he drew by interacting with the book.

After he was done drawing his insects and other creatures, we decided to reuse the grass from the sensory kit to create a real life feel to his artwork. He glued the blades of grass right there on his paper, re-creating his own tall, tall grass, just like the story!

And here was his final product: 

I really hope you and your little reader decide to check out the book, In the Tall, Tall Grass and have fun creating your own sensory bin and art work!

Please, comment below with a picture of your little one’s grass sensory bin or artwork!

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Erica Leggiero, M.S. Ed.

Erica Leggiero, M.S. Ed. has been working and teaching in the field of early childhood education for over 7 years. Erica is currently the director and teacher at a Preschool Enrichment Program in her area. Erica believes that young children learn best through play and exploration, and she is constantly looking for new and creative ways to incorporate learning through play. She embraces this belief in all of the activities she creates in her preschool classroom, and loves sharing them here on her blog. Erica has also co-authored the book, "Learn With Play" with other kid bloggers in the preschool field.

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