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Pretend Soup

Press Here
by Herve Tulles
Embark on a dot-filled adventure! Press, tap, and shake how the dots will behave.
Resources for Press Here:
Full Book Review (English)
Full Book Review (Spanish)
Brief Book Review (English)
Brief Book Review (Spanish)
Resources for Press Here:
Full Book Review (English)
Full Book Review (Spanish)
Brief Book Review (English)
Brief Book Review (Spanish)
What will happen next?
Topics: patterns, following directions, addition/subtraction, counting, cause and effect, predicting
Activities To Do Together:
- Predict what will happen next as you follow the directions throughout the book.
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Make your own patterns with colorful dots.
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Design some new pages to include in this book. Think about:
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A direction to get a new color dot
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A direction to get a new pattern
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What would happen to the dots if you hugged the book really tight?
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What would happen to the dots if one person hid the book and another person found it?
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Extension Questions:
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Are there the same number of dots on each page? Find a page that has less than 5 dots. Find a page that has more than 10 dots.
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If you were the author of this book what would you tell the reader to do? What would this make the dots do?
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If you had a page with 6 dots and you only wanted 4 dots, what direction would you give the reader?
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What is your favorite direction in the book? What happened as the result of that direction?
Vocabulary for Building Math Concepts:
all, in order, little, more, once, one, three, twice, two
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