Llama Llama Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney is currently my 15 month old daughter’s favorite book. We read it at least 3 or 4 times a day. It is a quick story with a nice rhyming pattern, so it is a good book to read aloud. The story has a nice message about knowing that your mother always loves you, even when she can’t be with you. It is a relatable story for kids of all ages, and for parents as well. (How many parents can recognize Mama Llama’s frustration when Baby Llama wants her by his side RIGHT NOW?)
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Snuggle up with Baby Llama and your kids!
There are many ways to expand this story into the real world. These activities can be tied into this story and adapted, depending on the age level of your kids.
Pajama Day – With cooler temperatures approaching, who doesn’t love to get cozy in your comfiest clothes? Gather up a few of the Llama Llama books, or some favorite books of your own and snuggle up with a bowl of popcorn and read together.
Practice Patterns – Young kids can work on patterning by decorating their own pair of red pajamas made out of red paper.
Matching Quilt – Recreate Baby Llama’s quilt by drawing a grid on a piece of paper. Cut square shapes out of construction paper that will fit onto the squares of your grid. Write upper case letters on the grid and lower case letters on the squares of paper. Have your child match the pairs. This activity can be adapted to suit your child’s learning, such as matching numbers to groups of dots or matching simple equations to solutions.
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Lacing Practice – Help your child develop their fine motor skills by cutting out a pajama shape out of red paper and punching holes all along the edge. Have your child lace a piece of yarn through the holes.
Discuss – Talk to your child about how they know that you love them, even when you are not with them.
Llama Llama Red Pajama is a lovely and relatable story that provides a wonderful read aloud for parents and children. It offers many opportunities to take the learning off the page and into the real world.
Let me know about your experiences with this classic in the comments below!
