Fire Truck ~ Terrific Tuesday Picture Book & KID KANDY

Fire Truck
By Peter Sis
(Scholastic Inc., 1998)

Matt loves fire trucks. In fact, he adores them so much, that all he says is "fire truck." One day, Matt woke up and guess what? He was a fire truck!

Fire Truck is a creative and terrific picture book about a boy who becomes what he loves - a fire truck. Matt drove all around rescuing and putting out fires - until he smelled breakfast.

Preschoolers will enjoy Matt and his adventures. The illustration of Matt as a fire truck is a fold-out page with lots of things for counting. Introduce your littles to Fire Truck. See how they can use their imagination.

KID KANDY:

Use Your Imagination

Matt imagines he becomes a fire truck. Encourage your child to use the same type of imagination.

~ What is your child interested in?

~ Is there a thing, activity, or subject that is the most favorite?

~ Let your child choose his or her most important thing. Talk about the favorite (trucks, dolls, ballerinas, cats, horses, and so on).

~ Encourage your child to move like the chosen thing - leaping, flying (flapping arms), driving, dancing.

~ Join in the imaginative play. Pretend to turn into your favorite thing. No, a cup of coffee is not very exciting. Maybe a hiker or motorcycle would be fun. But not a donut or latte.

Playing together is a great way to spend quality time together. Turn off the tech and turn on the connection with imagination and you.