Daisy 1 2 3

By Peter Catalanotto

This is a fun and clever book. Kids will count and laugh their way through.

Here are a couple extension activities for you and your littles.

Fun Topics to Expore Before, After, or With the Book

-Dalmations, or other dog breeds

-Comic book layouts (art and design) - each page has a creative and unique composition. See Daisy 4, 5, 7, 8, and 15. Draw the basic compositions to create your own comic

-magic tricks -

-Foreign Languages

-Practice counting to 20

-Sort items by number

-Create a calm down jar with various numbers of items in it

Words To Known

-Peculiar - interesting

-Tricks - magic

-Spots - patter and place

-Adopted - can use for great conversations about different types of families

Activities for Any Page

-Point and find the number in the oval.

-Count the unique item. Bones, paw prints, fleas or find the “peculiar spot” etc.

-Talk about the “horizon line”

Topic Specific Activities

1.What does the “peculiar spot” look like

2. Make a name tag

3. Play instruments - try to play different instruments at the same time. You can do activities that require using one hand to cross the middle line.

4. Try to learn to juggle. You can start with scarves or tissue.

5. Say “hello” in 5 human languishing.

Ni hao, namastê, asalam alaikum, ola, and Hello

6. Do the chicken dance

7. Learn about competitive sports - talk about the Olympics

10. Have a dance party - be goofy or learn a dance.

12. Read Cinderella with Dogs by Linda Bailey and Freya Hartas. Also count the glass slippers

14. Talk about constellations or create your own connect the dot.

17. Create your own treasure map or create a time capsule.

Have you read this book?

Similar activities will work for other books by this author including Matthew A. B. C. and Kitten Red, Yellow, Blue.