The Napping House
From Weston Woods Storybook Films · 1988
5 minPre-KK1stReading & Writing (ELA)
Summary
Audrey and Don Wood's dreamy cumulative tale: on a rainy afternoon, a snoring granny, a dreaming child, a dozing dog, a snoozing cat, and a slumbering mouse all pile onto one cozy bed -- until a wakeful flea sets off a chain reaction that tumbles everyone awake. Rich, predictable language kids love to chant.
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Discussion questions
Everyone in the napping house is fast asleep -- until one tiny flea changes everything.
- Who piles onto the bed, and in what order?
- What one small thing wakes everybody up?
- How do the pictures change from the start of the story to the end?
- What are the words that repeat? Can you say them along with the story?
Quick work-a-long
Words to know: cumulative, snoring, dozing, slumbering
- Say the chain in order and add one sleeper at a time on your fingers.
- Draw the moment everyone wakes up and write one word for how they feel.