Pete the Cat and His Shoes

This week in Large Group, we met Pete the Cat.  We read and talked about the story, Pete the Cat I Love My White Shoes by Eric Litwin.  In the story, Pete loves his white shoes, but as he walks along, he steps in different things like strawberries and blueberries that turn his shoes different colors.  

When we saw the things that Pete stepped in, we made a prediction about what color we thought his shoes would be.  We also used our words to help sing Pete's song about how much he loved his shoes.  

We talked about our shoes.  We talked about how some of us had on boots, some had on sandals and some had on tennis shoes.  We talked about what colors we saw in our shoes too.

We played a game where Pete the Cat told us to do different things.  We got to take turns holding Pete while he whispered to us what we should do.  We practiced saying, "SHHH listen to Pete the Cat.  Turn around, 3 times just like that."  Pete had us turn around, fly like birds, do jumping jacks, touch our toes, clap our hands, jump and march.  

You can read Pete the Cat at home and sing Pete's song about his shoes too.  Click below for a reading of Pete the Cat I Love My White Shoes.