Parents & Teachers

Parents & Teachers

Activities

Is It Bigger Than a Bathtub?

Ask questions to guess a mystery object.

Materials

  • None

Directions

Play a variation of the game "Twenty Questions" One person thinks of a mystery animal or object in the house. The others ask questions about size to guess the animal or object: "Is it bigger than a (cat)?" "Is it smaller than a (TV)?"

Talk About It

In Oregon, Buster sees some enormous, giant, massive pumpkins, and learns how they are grown. What's the largest vegetable or plant that you have ever seen? The largest building? The biggest crowd? The smallest toy? The tiniest animal?

Related Books

  • Buster and the Giant Pumpkin by Marc Brown
  • June 29, 1999 by David Wiesner
  • One Child, One Seed: A South African Counting Book by Kathryn Cave
  • The Pumpkin Book by Gail Gibbons