Activities

Simple things to make, chart and argue about after reading. Printable worksheets are on the way — these ideas need nothing but paper.

• Sleep Detective

  Pick an animal, guess how long it sleeps, then check the answer on its page. Keep score across a week.

• Paint Like the Book

  Spray, splatter and collage your own animal on scrap paper, then cut it out and give it a brush-stroke name label.

• Class Sleep Chart

  Chart the class's bedtimes next to an elephant, a sloth and a worker ant. Who sleeps most?

• Half-Brain Challenge

  Try being a dolphin: one hand draws, one hand stays on watch. Harder than it sounds.