Other great books by Lois Ehlert:

Color Farm

Growing vegetable soup

RRRALPH


Visit Lois' website at:
www.losiehlert.com

 Nuts to You! By Lois Ehlert


Questions To Ask

Ask about what squirrels do? Have they ever seen a squirrel in nature?

Ask where they would find a squirrel, where do squirrels live?

Use this book to make comparisons, how is the squirrel in the book different from a squirrel in the park

Talk about what squirrels eat, what happen to them in the winter

 
Things To Do

Take your group of children to the park, the backyard, or just look outside your window to observe squirrels daily activities. Bring children back to talk about what they saw

Draw a picture or make an art piece of what you saw the squirrels doing, use material from outside!

Make sure to check out the informational text in the back of the book!
Take out some non-fiction books on squirrels