Elephant & Piggie teach us if something is not working it’s ok to have other ideas and try something else. Sometimes things do not go as planned, in life and in stories. It might not always be easy but with friends and a positive mindset – you can do it! “Gerald, it does not say that you cannot try!”Įlephant & Piggie teach us even if someone tells you that you cannot do something you can always try. At first Piggie thinks his ball is stolen, but in the end it turns out that everyone can have fun together by sharing and making up a new game.
Piggie teaches us you might not be great at everything, but you can have fun doing anything.Įlephant & Piggie teach us our differences can be strengths when we work together. I did not really throw the ball very far.” It is impossible for kids to investigate, create or imagine without asking questions or wondering.Įlephant & Piggie teach us to look for the fun in every situation, even if we cannot see it at first. Children need to be flexible thinkers and that if one way doesn’t work color outside of the lines and collaborate with others to come up with a new way.Įlephant & Piggie teach us that sometimes we need to ask for help and it is ok to accept help from others to reach our goals. Mistakes are good! Elephant & Piggie teach us if you’re not having success with something you can work together and try another way. Each adventure is filled with play, problem solving, and the sharing of friendship.
Children quickly learn that Piggie is the creative risk taker and that Gerald is the cautious, compassionate friend. “If they are having that much fun together, then … maybe they do not need us.”Įlephant & Piggie teach us to trust our friendships and that we can have more than one friend. All the Elephant and Piggie books talk about friendship. Piggie teaches Gerald something he is not sure about, but by trusting his friend he takes a risk and learns something different and finds out he can do it and has fun. Everyone pretends – even adults! Imagining is a big part of childhood and who better to imagine with than Elephant and Piggie. “You can just go out and pretend to be something you are not!?”Įlephant & Piggie teach us to use our imagination to pretend to be anything we want. “Pretending is when you act like something you are not.” We’ve found many lessons that Elephant & Piggie share with readers. Children’s picture books are a key component in helping kids connect to authentic learning experiences and Elephant and Piggie capture that authenticity as they teach, inspire and help kids grow. Not only do Elephant & Piggie books make us laugh out loud, they also cleverly teach us lessons. They are picked up and read and shared and shared again each day. Elephant & Piggie books are favorites amongst our classrooms of readers.
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