Not a Box

Title: Not a Box

Author: Antoinette Portis
Illustrations: Antoinette Portis
Published: Portis, A. (2006). Not a box. Toronto : HarperCollins.
Themes: imagination, prediction

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Have you ever given a gift to a little one and when they open it, they're more excited about the box than the actual gift? This book is a little memory of that. From a race car to a rocket ship, this little bunny imagines this box to be anything he wants.

Classroom Ideas:
- If you can, get ahold of a large refrigerator box. Take it into your JK/SK class and see what they can imagine it to be - will it be a puppet house, a rocket ship, a lemonade stand...? The possibilities are endless!

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- Host your very own BYOB (Bring your own box) event! Have students bring in their own boxes to decorate and be creative with.
- The lady at this blog has some fantastic ideas to do NAB yoga - genius!
- Have the kids guess the next stage in the book as you are reading 
- Give each child a piece of paper with a square (box) drawn on it. Give them 10-20 seconds then have them FREEZE and switch papers. Repeat. Discussion: have the kids talk about how the idea was changed from person to person.
- And of course, you could always check out Not a Stick by the same author

What could you do with Not a Box?

- Brooke