Cut around each Gruffalo on each sheet and hang three of them up side by side with tape on the outside of the windows facing inside your house. Then close the door/window. The window glass should be between you and the Gruffalo. In addition to loving this creative book, my kids absolutely adore The Gruffalo DVD . They will watch it again and again and again. My husband and I think it is fabulous too. Once upon a time, in the deep dark wood, lived a clever little mouse. He loved taking walks and exploring the forest, using his imagination and wit to outsmart any danger that crossed his path. One day, as he ventured through the woods, he encountered three predators: a fox, an owl, and a snake. The Encounter with the Fox

This week for Virtual Book Club Summer Campwe are having some fun in the forest with the characters from The Gruffalo! Take it with you on all of your adventures this week (or even for the rest of the month, the contest goes till the end of July!) As part of our Forest Fun Gruffalo Week we will be joining in with the Gruffalo Adventures Facebook Contestand we'll be going on some Gruffalo adventures too!!Have you ever used a spray bottle to do math? Have you tried any math activities with The Gruffalo? Write a different number on the glass in front of the first two Gruffalos using a whiteboard marker. This activity was simple, involved water and drawing on the window, and let my daughter get a little messy/wet... so of course she was a big fan 🙂

Make sure to stop by later today when we share our featured Virtual Book Club Summer Camp activity that includes doing some Number Gruffalo fun!

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You can use the space on the window to draw a picture or make dots or other things to help you as you solve the problem. Later on she also tried drawing her own numbers on the three Gruffalo too... and then erasing them and writing them again. This week for Virtual Book Club Summer Camp it is Forest Fun Week! Here at Toddler Approved when we think of the forest, we think of one thing... THE GRUFFALO! So, this week we'll be sharing some Gruffalo themed fun and learning activities every day! But the clever mouse didn’t panic. Instead, he hatched a plan to save himself. He boldly declared that he was the “scariest creature in this deep dark wood” and invited the Gruffalo to walk beside him and witness the fear he instilled in the other animals. The mouse took the Gruffalo to meet the fox, the owl, and the snake, who all scurried away in fright at the sight of the supposed fearsome duo. The Gruffalo is a wonderful book by Julia Donaldson. It was featured earlier this year as part of our Virtual Book Club for Kids. The Gruffalo tells the tale of a mouse that is taking a walk through the forest and runs into a hungry fox, then an owl, and then a snake. To avoid getting eaten, the mouse invents the Gruffalo!