families. Backpack #4: Parent Instruction Letter. Try these fun activities based on
a favorite children's book. Materials Included: Alexander and the Terrible, ...
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CHAPTER 6 • FAMILY INVOLVEMENT AT HOME DURING THE EARLY YEARS
Backpack #4: Good Days and Bad This activity offers a variety of experiences for parents and children. You will need to provide a copy of Judith Viorst’s book Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. You’ll also need to include a disposable camera. Be sure to remind the children not to take more than two photographs when instructed to do so. Tell the students that after the film gets developed, they will be able to add photos to the stories they wrote about their families.
Backpack #4: Parent Instruction Letter Try these fun activities based on a favorite children’s book. Materials Included: Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, by Judith Viorst journal or notebook filled with lined paper pencil disposable camera 1. Begin the activity by reading the book Alexander and the Terri-
ble, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, by Judith Viorst to your child. Have a discussion with your child about good and bad days each of you has had. 2. Open the journal or notebook and write a story about a bad day you had. Depending on the skill level of your child, you may need to write the story as your child dictates the words. 3. Discuss a good day that your family has had together. 4. Take one or two photographs of your family together using the enclosed disposable camera. 5. Then write a story about something the family has done together. Leave space on the page for the photos to be attached after they are developed. 6. Return all of the supplies to the backpack and have your child bring it back to school by the specified date (see above).
