I do like Sandra Boynton's board books. They manage to introduce simple concepts (colour and clothing in this one), while also engaging in some deeper learning (pattern recognition, and socialization, this time). All this, and humour pitched at just the right level for toddlers.
Watch the elephant, moose and bear each put on a piece of clothing in a different colour. All is well until the silly turkey puts the clothing on the wrong part of his body - Oops!
Yellow pants,Toddlers love to show off their mastery of words (colours and clothes); and growing sense of the 'right' way to do things - pants don't go on your head, you don't go into the swimming pool with all your clothes on. There will be lots of giggles as they recognize the 'oops' moments! The underlying message, that it's OK to laugh at mistakes rather than getting upset by them, is another good reason to choose this book.
Red pants,
Green pants,
Oops.
It's great to read the words provided for the first couple of times, to get the sense of the story through to the kids; then switch to questions and let them tell you the story.
This is one of those stories where the pictures are much more important than the text. In fact, I've seen kids pick this up and 'get' the humour of the illustrations without an adult there to read to them.
Heavily outlined illustrations, with strong primary colours for the clothes, let the characters stand out clearly on the white pages.
Because of the small board format, this really only works for groups of up to six children. And is best suited for the 1-3 age range - though older children may still enjoy the humour of the out-of-step turkey.
Like most of Sandra Boynton's books, this one has been around for a long time - originally published 1984 - must be good to have lasted all this time.
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