One day while my three-year-old son played independently with toy cars, I was reading a book that contained over 400 pages. When I reached the end of a chapter, I inserted my bookmark to maintain my place.
My son saw the bookmark and asked me what it was. I told him that bookmarks tell me what section of the book I read previously. It is a timesaver because it prevents me from flipping through the book to find where I stopped reading.
He was amazed that this rectangular-shaped piece of paper could do so much. This was during the time we started reading books like Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White which is a chapter book.
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We read other books in the past that needed a bookmark like 5-minute Bible Stories retold by Mary Batchelor and Penny Boshoff. This book has a compilation of Bible stories for children. For some reason, we didn’t use a bookmark after reading the book. I just flipped through the pages and tried to remember the last story we read. This was not a good use of time.
Once my son became curious about my bookmark, I decided we should make our own. I am not an artsy person and needed some help in making one that would appeal to him. The book, Easy Art Fun! Do-It-Yourself Crafts for Beginning Readers by Jill Hauser, saved the day.
This book showed us how to make a SIMPLE bookmark or book hook that looks like my son. We had a great time creating them! They are used daily after reading time. My son often tells me we should make more bookmarks.
This a great project to do with the child who won’t sit for an entire book. Try reading part of a book and save your place with their look alike book hook.
So Let’s Get Started with Creating!
How to Make the Book Hooks
Materials:
- Markers
- Colored Paper or Card Stock Paper
- Child Safety Scissors
Method:
- Help your child draw themselves on colored paper with markers.
- Draw the arms so that they are hanging low.
- Color the drawing.
- Cut out the drawing.
- Cut the arms with slits
- Hook your drawing to the top of a page.
- Close the book and hold your place.
Have more fun with this activity by making a variety of book hooks like…
- Animals
- Superheros
- Letters
- Numbers
- Cars
- Dolls
- Anything you want
Have fun Creating!
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Such a cute idea will have to make one with my daughter!
Thank you Tayla for your comment. I hope your daughter enjoys making them as much as we did!