Ethan's Quiet Book
So, after getting sidetracked with submitting two pieces for my portfolio, I finally hunkered down tonight and finished Ethan's Quiet Book. I sought out a lot of help from Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows, which had plenty of FREE templates to choose from. This website also had great visuals of the pages she incorporated in her quiet book. If I had had more time, I might have included some more pages.
Here is what the front cover looks like. I used acrylic paint and Ethan's bath foam letters to stamp the title on the front. The paint washed off easily so he'll still be able to play with the letters during bath time.
On the first two pages, Ethan can unzip the ladybug and pull out the spots stored inside to snap on to its back. On the right is a weaving page. It may be awhile before he can do this page correctly.
On the left hand side, Ethan can pull the apples out of the basket and put them on the tree or vice versa. On the right hand side, he can pull the rocket ship out of the launch pad and pretend it's headed to the moon. I got the rocket ship template from a different blog. To access, click here.
This is the middle of the book. Ethan can create his own Mr. Potato Head from the bucket on the right hand side. There are two different types of shoes and two different types of hats as well as three different pairs of eyes and different sizes of noses and ears.
On the left, Ethan can button the petals onto the stems and when he's not using the flowers, he can store them in the blue pot. On the right, he can Velcro spots and spikes onto the dinosaur body. Extra parts are stored in the bottom left in the gray fabric pocket.
Lastly, the barn on the right serves as storage for the five different farm animal finger puppets. Ethan can create little plays on the grass on the right hand side. I cannot wait to see which page will be his favorite!
