Don't Let the Pigeon Touch the Books!

I have so much fun with the Stadium kindergartners! Right now, we are discussing book care in preparation for their first checkout. I decided to have them teach THE PIGEON some rules.

In case you haven't been introduced to the Pigeon yet, he is the star of a series of books by Mo Willems; the first one is Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! We read that and Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late!, and I am happy to report that MOST students resisted his arguments.

Then we watched this video:

The students compiled a list of rules that the Pigeon should know. For example:

DO	DON'T
use clean hands	spit on the books
turn the pages gently	rip the pages
keep your book out of the bathtub	spill your food on the books
bring your book back to the library	give your book to a baby

In our next class, we drew our own Pigeons; Mo Willems has step-by-step instructions for drawing the Pigeon on his site. Then each student chose a rule to teach him. Here is some of their work:

FYI, the green coloring means that this Pigeon is an alien.