I believe this is our first Lauren Thompson book, and we loved it. My preschoolers loved the counting lesson included, and my 5 yr old, who is learning to swim, loved the fear of the water part of it. Myself, I absolutely loved the names of the ducks, Widdle, Waddle, Piddle, Puddle, and Little Quack, and couldn't say them often enough. They were just fun to say!
The illustrations helped out a great deal, with each little duckling having a very different and distinct look from his siblings, I par I believe this is our first Lauren Thompson book, and we loved it. My preschoolers loved the counting lesson included, and my 5 yr old, who is learning to swim, loved the fear of the water part of it. Myself, I absolutely loved the names of the ducks, Widdle, Waddle, Piddle, Puddle, and Little Quack, and couldn't say them often enough.
They were just fun to say! The illustrations helped out a great deal, with each little duckling having a very different and distinct look from his siblings, I particularly liked the one with the mohawk. (My 3 sons just got mohawk hair cuts.) Overall, a fun story, beautiful pictures, and educational. A win win for our family! And it's the first time I've seen beginner addition in such a young readers book. The little pictures at the bottom of the pages of duck being added to duck helped my preschoolers to understand adding. I really liked that.
I look forward to reading more Thompson books!. As soon as saw the cover of this book (a gift from a family friend for me to read to my daughter) I was less than thrilled. In fact, I'll go so far as to say that I told myself I'd never read it and regift it for someone desperate for images and words with their newborn.As much as I hate to admit it, I kinda fell for the story here. Mind you, the story is one in which a mother duck tries to convince her five ducklings to leave their nest and join her in the water. SPOILER ALERT! They all do even As soon as saw the cover of this book (a gift from a family friend for me to read to my daughter) I was less than thrilled. In fact, I'll go so far as to say that I told myself I'd never read it and regift it for someone desperate for images and words with their newborn.As much as I hate to admit it, I kinda fell for the story here.
Mind you, the story is one in which a mother duck tries to convince her five ducklings to leave their nest and join her in the water. SPOILER ALERT! They all do eventually, and quite honestly how anyone could create a book about that simple act - much less sell mass quantities of it - is beyond me.They key to reading and enjoying Little Quack is to develop a different voice for each of the ducklings and - most importantly - the mother duck. I use a kind of Vicki Lawrence voice for her - rather deep, motherly, assuring and odd. For Little Quack's two sisters - Widdle and Piddle - I simply use high-pitched voices.
The fun comes in with the three brothers: for Waddle, I give him a lispy-but-proud voice; for Puddle, I give him a good ol' boy from middle Georgia voice; and for Little Quack, I give him a pre-pubescent squeal.This being said: read this book when no other adults are around, or you are in for trouble later on.The best part of the book is on the fifth spread page after Widdle has jumped into the water. The illustration shows the remaining four ducklings cuddle close in the nest and Little Quack has his hands (wings?) clasped to both sides of his head and his beak is open as if to say 'Oh my GAWD!' It's great.And after reading Little Quack about a hundred times see if you can't get mother duck's constant refrain of 'you can do it, I know you can' out of your head. Phrases to describe Little Quack: silly names, introductory math concepts, adorable illustrations. This is the first book in the Little Quack series of picture books, and his cuteness makes it easy to see why he is so popular.
One of a quintet, Little Quack is the last duckling to jump into the water when Mama Duck calls them to the pond. Anchoring a number 5 counting storytime, it worked very well when paired with the Five Little Ducks song. A definite addition for those serving the pre-k set. Little Quack by Lauren Thompson & Derek Anderson (illus.) is the first book Ms. Thompson ever wrote about Little Quack and his brothers and sisters. There are currently four picture books and four separate board books with Little Quack in them. I really wish there were more because the whole series is adorable.This book finds Little Quack and his siblings (Widdle, Waddle, Piddle, and Puddle) are learning how to swim in the pond they live next to for the first time.
All of them are fearful at Little Quack by Lauren Thompson & Derek Anderson (illus.) is the first book Ms. Thompson ever wrote about Little Quack and his brothers and sisters. There are currently four picture books and four separate board books with Little Quack in them. I really wish there were more because the whole series is adorable.This book finds Little Quack and his siblings (Widdle, Waddle, Piddle, and Puddle) are learning how to swim in the pond they live next to for the first time.
All of them are fearful at first, but one by one they gather their courage and join their Mama in the pond. It's a great book for talking about what children might be afraid of and seeing how they can overcome their fears like Little Quack.In all of the books, the pictures are vivid and beautiful. The prose is well-written and engaging. It's a great series in general. There isn't a single book that I wouldn't recommend to friends, family, and library patrons.
Such a cute story about playing hiding seek with the little ones. Little ducklings are hiding and at the same time, their moony is counting them as she finds them.
There are 5 of them to start with. In the beginning she counts to ten so that the ducklings will have time to hide. I would love to use this book to teach math concepts.Extension activity: Choose five little ducklings (children) to go hide. Count to ten and then go out looking for them saying where are my little ducklings?' And as you Such a cute story about playing hiding seek with the little ones. Little ducklings are hiding and at the same time, their moony is counting them as she finds them.
There are 5 of them to start with. In the beginning she counts to ten so that the ducklings will have time to hide. I would love to use this book to teach math concepts.Extension activity: Choose five little ducklings (children) to go hide. Count to ten and then go out looking for them saying where are my little ducklings?' And as you find them count them and give them that number to remember. Then when you meet in small group ask your ducklings to line up in order from 1-5. This is a great way for children to learn numbers in a kinesthetic way.
This review refers to the Spanish language version. This is a great board book with cute illustrations and a useful bottom callout bar that makes the underlying math concepts of the boo more explicit. The plot deals with confidence-building: five ducklings must leave the nest for the first time to learn to swim around with their mother, but they must face their fears and leap out of the next into the water. Cuaquito, implicitly the smallest of his siblings, is the last of the five to take the pl This review refers to the Spanish language version. This is a great board book with cute illustrations and a useful bottom callout bar that makes the underlying math concepts of the boo more explicit.
The plot deals with confidence-building: five ducklings must leave the nest for the first time to learn to swim around with their mother, but they must face their fears and leap out of the next into the water. Cuaquito, implicitly the smallest of his siblings, is the last of the five to take the plunge-he doesn't know whether he'll be able to do it, but with the encouragement of his mother and the four siblings who have gone before him, he faces his fear. Classic structure.
Solid writing. Great for a two-year old!. Even though my child loves ducks, I hadn't expected this one to be such a hit. But she has asked for it every day for the last three weeks, and will often take it into a corner and 'read' it by herself.
The illustrations are lively, the story incorporates counting (and even some addition and subtraction), and the theme - that of overcoming the fear of trying something new - is one that will resonate with both parents and toddlers. Is it my favorite thing to read over and over (and over) again? N Even though my child loves ducks, I hadn't expected this one to be such a hit.
But she has asked for it every day for the last three weeks, and will often take it into a corner and 'read' it by herself. The illustrations are lively, the story incorporates counting (and even some addition and subtraction), and the theme - that of overcoming the fear of trying something new - is one that will resonate with both parents and toddlers. Is it my favorite thing to read over and over (and over) again? But it's not that bad, and it reliably brings a smile to Dot's face and really engages her. This one was fun. My kids loved to hear it, and I enjoyed reading it. I liked making the voices and the splashy sounds.
'No, Mama, no!' 'We're too scared!' 'You can do it,'.
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'I know you can.' (I omit the he said/she said if the voices or context make it clear. It helps the flow of the story.)The pictures are vibrant and cute.
The body language and facial expressions are expressive, especially Mama and Little Quack's. I totally omitted the counting. To me this was a lovely story about fami This one was fun. My kids loved to hear it, and I enjoyed reading it. I liked making the voices and the splashy sounds. 'No, Mama, no!' 'We're too scared!'
'You can do it,'. 'I know you can.' (I omit the he said/she said if the voices or context make it clear. It helps the flow of the story.)The pictures are vibrant and cute.
The body language and facial expressions are expressive, especially Mama and Little Quack's. I totally omitted the counting.
To me this was a lovely story about family and being brave, not a subtraction primer.Unfortunately, my kids have gotten a little too old for this one. They loved it the most when they were two and three years old. The story is ok. But I find it very clunky and awkward to add in the duckling counting as the book asks the reader to do. I think it either should have been written into the story, or just leave it up to the reader to add it in on their own in their discussions with their children as they read it. It's almost patronizing in a way that the author has to tell me how to point out the numbers of ducklings to my kids.
But I just don't like read-aloud storybooks that have other things written on Cute. The story is ok. But I find it very clunky and awkward to add in the duckling counting as the book asks the reader to do. I think it either should have been written into the story, or just leave it up to the reader to add it in on their own in their discussions with their children as they read it. It's almost patronizing in a way that the author has to tell me how to point out the numbers of ducklings to my kids. But I just don't like read-aloud storybooks that have other things written on the pages outside the text of the actual story. I never find it comfortable to incorporate it into my reading.
The works of Little Quack by Lauren Thompson was written with the intentions of teaching children the number system. The author did a great job working with the illustrator to have as many figures in the picture as in the text so if children need to physically count out the figures in the picture to understand the text they have the ability to do so. The book also teaches children in the impressionable stage of childhood not to be afraid of things because parents will always be there to support The works of Little Quack by Lauren Thompson was written with the intentions of teaching children the number system. The author did a great job working with the illustrator to have as many figures in the picture as in the text so if children need to physically count out the figures in the picture to understand the text they have the ability to do so. The book also teaches children in the impressionable stage of childhood not to be afraid of things because parents will always be there to support them. I really enjoyed reading this piece of writing.
I couldn't tell from this book that there are a whole series of books with this character. All of the ducklings seemed pretty much the same to me, but maybe I wasn't paying close enough attention as Natalie hounded me for snacks.
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This was read at preschooler story time today at the library, which we usually don't attend because Natalie is too young to sit still for so many longer books. The story follows five ducklings learning to leave the nest. It is also a little lesson in math, with a 'quack I couldn't tell from this book that there are a whole series of books with this character. All of the ducklings seemed pretty much the same to me, but maybe I wasn't paying close enough attention as Natalie hounded me for snacks.
This was read at preschooler story time today at the library, which we usually don't attend because Natalie is too young to sit still for so many longer books. The story follows five ducklings learning to leave the nest. It is also a little lesson in math, with a 'quackulator.' Little Quack and his four duckling siblings are happy in their nest, but when their mother decides it's time to learn to swim, they are hesitant, but one by one paddle their way into the pond.This book is a combination of a lot of good things - it's a counting book, it has a lot of character and colorful illustrations, and it's even a story about overcoming fears and growing up a little bit.
The Boy (2.5) quite liked it, and enjoyed it as counting practice and just as a fun read-aloud book. (Th Little Quack and his four duckling siblings are happy in their nest, but when their mother decides it's time to learn to swim, they are hesitant, but one by one paddle their way into the pond.This book is a combination of a lot of good things - it's a counting book, it has a lot of character and colorful illustrations, and it's even a story about overcoming fears and growing up a little bit. The Boy (2.5) quite liked it, and enjoyed it as counting practice and just as a fun read-aloud book. (Though the artist in me took issue with the design of some of the ducklings.). The book Little Quack by Lauren Thompson and Derek Anderson is a counting/simple math book about ducks. Mama duck is trying to get her ducklings to jump into the pond and learn how to swim. They are all scared at first but one by one they jump into the pond and conquer their fears.
The book counts with the ducks as they jump in and every time one more duck goes into the pond you would add 1 to the amount of ducks that were already in the water. This book also teaches a lesson of encouragement an The book Little Quack by Lauren Thompson and Derek Anderson is a counting/simple math book about ducks. Mama duck is trying to get her ducklings to jump into the pond and learn how to swim. They are all scared at first but one by one they jump into the pond and conquer their fears. The book counts with the ducks as they jump in and every time one more duck goes into the pond you would add 1 to the amount of ducks that were already in the water.
This book also teaches a lesson of encouragement and conquering your fears. Little Quack would be a good book for kindergarteners and first graders.