{"id":492,"date":"2009-10-20T02:24:40","date_gmt":"2009-10-20T02:24:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/melissa.depperfamily.net\/blog\/?p=492"},"modified":"2009-10-20T04:20:39","modified_gmt":"2009-10-20T04:20:39","slug":"leaf-walk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/melissa.depperfamily.net\/blog\/leaf-walk\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaf Walk"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am always looking for good big books to use in baby storytime. There aren’t that many books that are short, have clear, simple images, and come in an oversize format. I tend to use certain titles over and over again. This year, as I was putting together my Fall Colors storytime, I thought I’d try making my own big counting book! <\/p>\n

I used 12 x 18″ white construction paper and painted the images with acrylic paints. I am no Mary Cassatt! For some of the leaves I started with stencils I made from clip art images. I typed out the text in Century Gothic, which is a nice sans serif font with no unorthodox letter shapes. We have a 12″ Xyron laminator at work, so I glued the words to the back of each picture, and ran each page through. I punched holes along the left edges with a 3 hole punch, and fastened them with binder rings from an office supply store. The book held together very nicely and the pages turned easily. <\/p>\n

Here are a few pages. <\/p>\n

This is the first page of the story.<\/em>
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“I saw 2 green gingko leaves.”<\/em>
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“I saw 3 brown oak leaves.”<\/em>
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I had a blast making this and sharing it with my babies. I hope you are inspired to make your own big books! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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