Wibbly pig has 10 balloon

Wibbly Pig has 10 Balloons

Inkpen, M. (2011). Wibbly pig has 10 balloons.
Hodder Children’s Book.
ISBN #: 978-1-444-90266-2

Summary:

This book is about Wibbly Pig who has ten balloons. He is nice to his friends and wants to share the balloons with them. When his friends ask for a balloon, he gives it to them on the condition that they do not take his favourite teddy bear balloon. Tiny Pig took the big heart balloon; Scruffy Pig took the purple balloon; Spotty Pig took the blue balloon. Pig Ears, Big Pig, Pig twins and Big Pig’s sister’s friend also took some balloons. Then Big Pig’s sister showed up and wanted the pink balloon with the bow. However, she is very careless and she lets the other balloons go as she grabs the pink balloon. Wibbly Pig is sad because he is left with no balloons. At the same time, Tiny Pig returns with his big heart balloon and wants to return it to Wibbly Pig, but unfortunately it exploded. Wibbly Pig and Tiny Pig are both sad so they sat in the park for the whole day until the sky is dark.  Suddenly Tiny Pig sees something floating in the sky, it is the two balloons that Big Pig’s sister let go earlier. They both climb up higher on the monkey bars and managed to get them back, and in the end they are both happy because they both have a balloon.

Why this book?

This book is suitable for three to five year old children because of several reasons. First, this book contains colourful pictures on each page to attract children’s attention. Children often like books with colourful pictures instead of just black and white. Second, it can also help children practice simple math while counting down the balloons, and third, children often fight for toys when they are playing together, so throughout this story, children can learn a lesson about sharing with friends.

Comments on the illustrations:

Mick Inkpen is the illustrator of the book - as well as the author. He uses lots of different colors to attract children attention. Although there are ten characters in the story, they are all different in size and have different characteristics. Children can easily tell the difference between the ten pigs. Also the size of the book is big enough for children to see all the words and pictures in the book.

Provocation:

I will print out four pages from the story book: Wibbly Pig holding ten balloons, Wibbly Pig holding eight balloons, Wibbly Pig holding three balloons, and Wibbly Pig having no more balloons. The provocation for this story book is going to separate into four days. Each day I will post one of the pictures of Wibbly Pig on the wall and not say anything. Children will then notice the difference of the balloons and attract the children to be more interested about the story.

Four ways to present:

1.    Felt board: Use a black felt board as background, and use different colors felt for ten pigs and ten balloons. First, I will use tracing paper to copy out ten pigs and ten balloons, and then I will trace it onto different colors of felt and glue it together.

2.    Magnet box: I will find a magnet box and paint a garden as the background. Then I will print out the picture of ten pigs and ten balloons, and stick a magnet at the back of each character. I will also laminate each picture and glue it on a cardboard so it will not break so easily.

3.    Finger puppet: I will print out some pictures of pigs and balloons then make my own finger puppets follow the instruction of the website below. But instead of felt scraps, I will use paper and laminate it.
http://familyfun.go.com/crafts/animal-finger-puppets-660765/

4.    Stick puppet: I will print out some pictures of pigs and balloons and follow the instruction of this website below.
http://montessoribyhand.blogspot.com/2008/02/puppets-on-stick.html

Extensions:

1.    Teach children to make their own hand made book. Each child will follow instructions and cut the paper into five long pieces. Then fold the five pieces of paper into half. Instructors can help to hole punch one side so they can use a ribbon to hold the papers together. After making the book, children can draw numbers on each paper and create their own number story book.

2.    Song and finger play:

Ten little fingers
One little, two little, three little fingers.
Four little, five little, six little fingers.
Seven little, eight little, nine little fingers.
Ten fingers on my hand.

Ten little, nine little, eight little fingers.
Seven little, six little, five little fingers.
Four little, three little, two little fingers.
One finger on my hand.

Ask each child to bring their favourite toy to the centre and share with other children. At the beginning of the day, I will make a name card for each child and when they arrive; they can put their toy beside their name cards and also look around and see what toys the other c
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