The Very Lonely Firefly

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Lushly illustrated with Eric Carle's trademark vibrant collage art, soothingly told with a gentle read-aloud rhythm, and complete with a surprise sure to "light up" children's faces, The Very Lonely Firefly will fast become a storytime favorite. Read it with a flashlight in the dark or under the table--and watch those fireflies glow! Praise for The Very Lonely Firefly : urn:isbn:0448458519 Scandate 20111008165735 Scanner scribe12.shenzhen.archive.org Scanningcenter shenzhen Source

THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR is about "hope". You, like the little caterpillar, will grow up, unfold your wings and fly off into the future. Choose a clear glass mason jar and puncture a few holes in the lid. Kids can decorate the lid if they would like. I don’t recommend decorating the jar itself. Decorations on the jar might interfere with the ability to see inside the jar clearly. The Very Lonely Firefly by Eric Carle starts off with a scene of the sun setting and becoming night time. The book brings in the main character, the lonely firefly. The lonely firefly is flying through the night trying to find someone that has the same light as he does. On the way he runs into a family and their pets who has different objects that confuses the firefly into thinking they are the same as him. He keeps searching through the night until he finds what he was looking for.THE VERY BUSY SPIDER is about "work". We need to work and finish our tasks despite the many diversions.

Young readers empathize with the lonely firefly as he looks for a group where he will really “belong.” In his search for compatible companions, he meets many other night creatures, but none is quite right—until the happy surprise at the very end when the illustration of a swarm of friendly fireflies literally shines and twinkles a welcome in the night. Heartwarming. No preschool firefly unit would be complete without The Very Lonely Firefly, by Eric Carle. In this sweet summery story, a firefly is born who wants to find some friends. He looks everywhere trying to find a companion, but instead finds things like candles, flashlights, fireworks, and a lantern. Finally, after a long search, the lonely little firefly finds a group of fireflies flashing their lights. He’s not a lonely firefly anymore! Our house rule was that they could catch fireflies to look at, but they couldn’t keep them. They would put them in a little jar for a few minutes while they looked at the insects up close. Then they would release them so they could be with their little bug families. What objects are objects found in nature? Which objects are manmade (or objects found inside your house?urn:lcp:verylonelyfirefl1999carl:epub:4e330c55-79d5-46f9-b1db-4260872347c9 Extramarc University of Alberta Libraries Foldoutcount 0 Identifier verylonelyfirefl1999carl Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t2n59j437 Isbn 0399234276 Firefly begins with the letter F. Teach your student the letter F this week as well as the sound it makes. Lushly illustrated with Eric Carle’s trademark vibrant collage art, soothingly told with a gentle read-aloud rhythm, and complete with a surprise sure to “light up” children’s faces, The Very Lonely Firefly will fast become a storytime favorite. Read it with a flashlight in the dark or under the table–and watch those fireflies glow! The firefly population is decreasing, so we want to make sure we release them in the same condition we caught them in. Art paper (This is our favorite art paper. It’s inexpensive and holds different types of paints really well.)

Academic opportunities (preschool level): Opportunities to tact the objects mentioned that the firefly mistakes for other fireflies: lantern, flashlight, headlights, candle, fireworks, etc. The artwork in The Very Lonely Firefly was created by making a torn paper collage. Many kids are not familiar with torn paper collages. I know in my house we usually gravitate towards paint for art projects, and I’m sure I’m not alone. Cut out the pieces for the head of your firefly from the construction paper. You’ll need: 1 green circle for the face, a red circle for the nose, two yellow circles and two smaller blue circles for the eyes, and two brown antennae. If your children are comfortable with scissors, encourage themto try to cut out the shapes on their own. Paint your cardboard tube to resemble the body of a firefly. We painted the top 2/3 of ours brown and the bottom third with white and yellow stripes. Set it aside to dry.You may want to use this book as an opportunity to discuss loneliness. Has your student felt lonely before? When? What can we do when we feel lonely? (Tell someone we trust. Talk about it. Find someone to play with.) They are unique because they light up! At night, the last abdominal segment glows. This amazing ability is how fireflies (or lightning bugs) get their name. Five practices - This hits on reading; the story, the pictures, and the lighting up fireflies make it a book children will want read to them over and over Carle’s richly hued, collage-like art and gentle text will be comfortingly familiar to his numerous young devotees.”– Publishers Weekly Glue the pieces to the green face. Then glue the completed face to the front of your cardboard tube. Let dry.