Tips for Using First the Egg with children:
After reading this book, talk with children about circle stories. They start over again at the end! Share other circle stories such Laura Numeroff’s If You Give A Mouse A Cookie or The Napping House by Audrey Wood.
Tips for Using First the Egg with families:
This book is a good choice for talking to families about visual literacy and its importance in early literacy. Encourage families to have children respond to each “first” that is mentioned. For example, the parent would point to the words and say, “First the egg” and then the child would respond, “then the chicken” using the visual clues. This is a good way to reinforce turn-taking as an important skill. This book is one that children will love to look at and say over and over again.