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How to catch an Elf

Cover of How to catch an Elf

by Adam Wallace & Andy Elkerton

🧸 Picture Book Pals 🌱 Early Readers 📚 Picture Book⏱ 6 min read-along🗓 Christmas
Ages
3–7 (suggested)
Reading level
Pre-K
Pages
32
Published
2016
Publisher
Scholastic, Inc.
ISBN
9781492646310
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📖 About the Book

It's Christmas Eve! Hip hip, hooray! Yes, Santa's coming 'round. He's bringing toys to girls and boys in every house in town. Some kids have tried to catch him, but Santa's fast, you see! So they've set their eyes on a smaller prize, and now they're after me!

🧠 Read Together

Tips for 🧸 Picture Book Pals (ages 3–5). Reading together for just 15 minutes a day builds vocabulary, focus and a lifelong love of stories.

  • Look at the cover together and ask: “What do you think this story is about?”
  • Turn on captions (CC) so your child sees the words while hearing them.
  • Pause and ask “What do you think will happen next?” There are no wrong answers!
  • Hunt for letters: can your child spot the first letter of their name on screen?
  • Ask your child to retell the story in three parts: beginning, middle, end.
  • Draw a favorite picture from the story and label it together.
  • Can you find your favorite picture?
  • What sounds did you hear in the story?
  • What colors did you see?

🔤 Word Explorer

Treasure words hiding in this book. Pause the video when you hear one and talk about what it means!

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