Don't Let The Pigeon Stay Up Late Activities And Games

Posted By admin On 08.05.21

We then placed the pigeon inside. You could also glue him inside. I had the kids visit Mo Willem’s website all about the Pigeon books! They loved the games. We even had fun with printing out sheets and coloring them. At the end of the day, we read the book Don’t Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late! On day 1, you start with “Don’t Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late”. Throughout the book, Pigeon persuades the reader to stay up late because he is not tired. Students think of a time they’ve tried to persuade someone to them do something. This little guy wanted something so he tried to persuade his mom. After reading a 'sleep well' passage from a nonfiction book, I read Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late! We reviewed opinions and talked about how Pigeon was trying to convince us to let him stay up late. Students filled out a graphic organizer, with their opinion and 3 reasons, telling Pigeon why he shouldn't stay up late.

There’s nothing a teacher dreads more than being absent and having to prepare for a substitute teacher in preschool or kindergarten.

Substitute Woes

In addition to the preparations you have to make in advance for a substitute teacher, often while you’re sick, there’s always the fear that your students will go bonkers in your absence.

I’m sure this has never happened to you! When you’re absent, your little cherubs sit still and blink their wide, innocent eyes at the substitute teacher while patiently awaiting your return.

If you are in the minority like me and your students need a little reminder of how to behave in your absence I made a special PowerPoint template just for you.

Pigeon Class Book

I was inspired by my friend Karen of Prekinders; her recently released Pigeon packet hooked me on the popular Mo Willems books.

Favorite Pigeon Books

Here are some favorite Pigeon books by Mo Willems:

How to Make a Pigeon Class Book

This is how it works, just click on the picture at the top to download the PowerPoint and insert your students’ pictures in the empty boxes.

Then, click on the talk bubbles to change the text. I gave you just a few examples to get you started, but having the students actually come up with their own ideas for the text will be more meaningful.

Don't Let The Pigeon Stay Up Late Activities And Games To Play

Next, insert duplicate slides and change text and pictures to create as many pages of the book as you will need.

Don't Let The Pigeon Stay Up Late Activities And Games Printable

You can show the PowerPoint to the class or you can print the slides, insert the pages in page protectors, and place them in a binder to create a class book that you can include in your classroom library and leave for your substitute.

About a million years ago (ok, maybe a year and a half ago) Cloud 9 Fabrics released some Mo Willems, Don't Let the Pigeon Drive The Bus Fabric. I coveted it. I stalked fabric sites online, waiting patiently for it to be released. Then, I bought a ton of it and put it away in my closet until I could figure out what I wanted to do with it. Fast forward many, many months and inspiration struck. My first project was to make the kids matching Pigeon pajamas.

I've made pajama pants before for the kids and this tutorial from Shwin & Shwin is my favorite way to do it. I used my Silhouette Cameo and created an iron on for their shirts. My kids are crazy about all things Mo Willems (do you remember the Gerald costume) so this was a perfect first project to attempt with my {not so newly purchased} fabric.

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