All of Me, a Book of Thanks, by Molly Bang is another book with great illustrations and a book which will help children build self awareness and an appreciation of themselves and their bodies. A great book to use with an All About Me theme, you could easily have children follow up with a book about themselves. Take time to make a page or two each day. You could work on this for two weeks or so, especially if take time to provide different art materials for illustrations.
The back of the book even has a section on how the book was made. I like this because, as the children hear you read the text about creating books, the children will learn about being more intentional in their work. The author talks about using red crayons. Use that to have the children think about what color (s) they will use, before starting to draw. Teaching children to stop and think before taking action is a skill that has many applications.
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