Little Quack's Hide and Seek

Book Title: Little Quack's Hide and Seek 

Author: Lauren Thompson

Mathematical Concepts and Language:

• counting and number recognition
• addition, subtraction
• counting backwards
• prepositional language 

Questioning:

Before:

• What do you think the story may be about?
• Why do you think the duckling is laughing?
• Have you ever played hide and seek? Where was your best hiding spot? How did you play? 
• With small group, play a game of hide and seek using ducks or objects ("Close your eyes, ____ is going to hide a duck in the classroom and then we are going to search for it"). This provides an opportunity to experience hiding and looking.

During:

• Can you help me to be a "quack-u-lator"? (quack with me in the story to count)
• Where is the duckling hiding?
• Where should Little Quack hide?
• How is Mama feeling when she cannot find Little Quack? How do you think he feels?
• Focus on Positional Language: in the log, under the lily pad, on top of the log)

After:

• What happens at the end of the story?
• Can you make a connection?

Extensions/Provocations (Small Group, Learning Centres, Whole Group, Transitions): 

• Dramatize, act out parts of story (problem solving)
• Puppets/Ducks: small world play, water play (students can re-enact, dramatize story)
• 5 Little Ducks Song: fingerplay, music and movement (song can be used as a transition)
• 5 Frames: set out double sided counters, tell stories about ducks
• Barrier Game: hide duck in, under, beside, below the barrier - other students can follow directions to find duck or to describe where it is