Ivy Kids Kit - Dinner at the Panda Palace

In February's Ivy Kit, featuring the book Dinner at the Panda Palace by Stephanie Calmenson you will find:

• The book Dinner at the Panda Palace by Stephanie Calmenson
• Read along Bookmark: Use to assist with reading comprehension.
• Mr. Panda: Make a chef hat and apron for you panda and use him to act out the story.
• Animal Stickers and Unifix Cubes: Place the animal stickers on the unifix cubes and use the cubes to act out or retell the story.
• Animal Stairs: Place unifix cubes on the "stairs" to represent the number of animals entering the restaurant. 
• Memory Game: Take turns flipping over a pair of cards and try to match the number card to the correct number of animals.
• Make Your Own Chef Hat: Decorate and create your own chef's hat.
• Make Your Own Apron: Decorate your own apron. 
• Create Your Own Menu: Use the menu, food stickers, and markers to create a menu for your very own restaurant.  
• My Very Own Restaurant: Dressed in your very own chef's hat and apron, make the food from your menu using play dough and serve it to your customers on a plate 
• Feed the Animals Board Game: Take turns spinning the animal spinner. Feed the animal that the spinner lands on by placing a unifix cube at that animal's table. See which animal gets fed the most and which animal gets fed the least.
• Word Family Cards: Place the alphabet stickers on the unifix cubes and connect the cubes to make rhyming words.
• Animal Food Facts: Use the boards to learn about the real foods animals like to eat.
• Follow the Path: Trace the path from the animal to learn their favorite food.
• What Do I Like to Eat: After learning about what animals like to eat, draw your favorite food.