Hi everyone, Amy here.
Some of you might know me through my Ability Hacker blog and facebook page but whether
you know me or not, welcome.
I'm really happy to have you here with me.
Today, I am sharing one of the books from my all time favorite book series for kids
and also one of my favorite authors.
I'm sharing with you a book called "Can I Play Too?"
And it's part of the Elephant and Piggie series by Mo Willems.
And it's this really beautiful story of perseverance of the resiliency to never give up, and
that it's a really great thing to welcome everyone into your circle of friends, regardless of
whether they are the same as you or whether they are different.
And... it's one of those books that just touches me and I think it has a fantastic message,
but its a book that anybody and everybody can enjoy.
And I have to admit that the first time I read this book to my kids, it made me a little
bit emotional, and it was because it handles the concept of inclusive play in such an eloquent
and simple way.
When you think about a playground, it's where kids learn to interact with each other, it's
where they build friendships, and it's where the probably first learn to start resolving
conflict with each other.
For a kid with disabilities, it's also a place that exacerbates all of the challenges
that they already have.
Just the simple fact of having mulch on the ground of a playground can be the difference
between them being able to be included in play and not, and it's usually left to the
child who has the disability to figure out, how do I adapt, and how do I include myself
in play with others?
And if you think about that, that's a really tall order for a kid!
It's a really tall order for anyone.
What I think is so fantastic about the story, "Can I Play Too?" is how Elephant and Piggie
are, themselves, the ones that are just determined to figure out how to play with their new friend.
They are not expecting him to figure it out, they are really trying to figure out how to
make this happen.
And, if you're not familiar with the Elephant and Piggie books, the elephant's name is Gerald,
and he tends to be more the serious and contemplative type, and then Piggie is this more excited
and gregarious character who just is always very, kind of, like, bouncy, and happy and
loud, and in this particular book, they also meet a new friend.
And that new friend happens to be a snake.
And, snake sees Piggie and Gerald playing catch, and comes over and asks if he can play
too.
The request from the snake causes some hesitation in Piggie and Gerald, and it's not because
they don't want to play with the snake, but, it's because they cannot figure out how to
play catch with a snake ... because how do you play catch with someone who doesn't have
arms?
Like, how is he going to, how is he going to catch the ball?
And at first they try playing catch the more typical way.
So, they take the ball, and they throw it, and then, you know, of course, as expected,
the snake can't catch the ball... so it just like, bonks the poor snake on the head, and
then they say maybe we need more balls!
And then they take all kinds of balls and then they throw them over at the snake and
then the snake is getting hit by all these balls, and eventually they realize that just
throwing more balls at the situation is not going to solve it.
And right at the point when the snake is about to completely give up on the whole thing,
you know, he says, "We have tried.
It's not going to work."
Piggie, who just obstinately proclaims, "No! You are our friend!
We WILL figure out how to play together!"
And then right at that moment, there is this spark of an idea, it's like a light bulb goes off
in Piggie's head, and she all of the sudden figures out how they can play catch together.
And at the end of the book, the three of them are playing catch together in an inventive
new way.
And what a great way of sharing the importance of creative problem solving with kids.
Like, look, they had to work at it, they had to keep trying, they had to come up with different
solutions.
That's a really good skill for us to build in kids.
And it also teaches resiliency, like, they tried and tried again, they didn't give up,
even when it was hard, even when they didn't think that they were going to figure it out,
they kept going, and they kept trying.
And then, it's also talking about welcoming people who are different from you into your
circle of friends.
I mean, to me that is just a beautiful, beautiful message.
I just love this book.
So, but there is other things that are fun about it as well, and I want to share those
with you too, because this series of books, and this book especially is just one that
is so much fun for us to read together as a family.
Everybody participates when we read this book.
My daughter, who is 6, she is an emerging reader, and she, the words are simple enough
that she can read it herself.
Let me show you one of the pages.
So the way the book is structured is you have pictures of the characters, and they are all
very descriptive.
Simple illustrations.
But they tell a story almost just in the way that the character is drawn and the situation that
the page is showing.
But then, each character has a text bubble.
And so, when we are reading this book, my daughter will be like, "I want to be Piggie!"
because she loves being Piggie!
But then, the words that Piggie is saying are simple enough that she, as an emerging reader, can absolutely
read it completely on her own.
And my son, who is a couple years younger, he is only 4, he is not reading yet, but he
also likes to participate.
And in this particular book he loves to be the snake.
And so what we'll do with him is we'll just, we'll whisper the words in his,
in his ear. We'll be like, ok, "Can I play too?"
and he'll be like, "Can I play too?"
And then he'll look at the characters and he'll act out what he sees on the screen while
he repeats the line we just told him.
And so everybody is involved, and everybody is having a great time...
it just makes it so fun to do together.
And so, I encourage you to go out and get this book, and read it, and try it out...
and if you like this video, please subscribe to my Ability Hacker channel.
Thanks very much!
Have a great one!
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