Back in the day….waayyy back circa 2003ish we would do rotations among our first grade team that we called EAT A BOOK. Sounds a little crazy right!?!? Well think of today’s version of book tastings and it’s kinda similar but with a twist. Who knew we pioneered this idea back in the day. 😜 Well I think the book tastings that are done today are more in depth and done in one classroom ~ think of ours like a speed dating version of one. 😂
We would decide which teacher would take which story at one of our grade level meetings ( before we called them PLC’s ) and then we would plan a snack and activity based on the story. We would read the story x amount of times ( let’s say we had 5 first grade classes ) so 5 times and prepare enough snacks and activities for 5 classes to rotate through our room.
At the end of the day our students would be exposed to some awesome children’s books and have a full tummy and fun memories. ** FYI: I do remember we did account for allergies as needed and made adjustments for those kids. **
Here are some of the fun snacks and ideas we had over the years and I’ve added some that I thought of more recently too:
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie: do a circle story activity and eat small bite sized chocolate chip cookies
Blueberries for Sal: eat some blueberries and work on the reflection page.
If you Give a Pig a Pancake: eat tiny pancakes – can provide whip cream if you like
Dog a Donut – mini donuts
The Doorbell
Rang ~ chocolate chip cookies
If you Give a Moose a Muffin ~ mini muffins
Chocolatina ~ Hershey Kisses
The Carrot Seed ~ mini carrot sticks
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs ~ mini meatballs or any item from the story ~ lots of options with this story of course.
Bread and Jam for Frances – toast or bread and jam , melba toast pieces if that makes it easier.
The Giving Tree ~ apple slices
Piggy Pie – mini hot dogs
The Very Hungry Caterpillar – anything from the story
Pancakes, Pancakes – pancakes of course
The Rainbow Fish – Goldfish crackers
We had just enough time to read the story /discuss and eat a snack, I think we also sent home a little something to go with our session, a bookmark, or quick art project/activity we were able to squeeze in as well.
If you want to try this version of a book tasting you can find out more here.
Enjoy ~ I hope you are able to incorporate this idea!
