Sunny Day, Rainy Day
Sunny Day, Rainy Day
by ReadRead · 90 secSunny day! Hoppy is warm. Rainy day! Splash goes Duck! A very first weather book: one short sentence on every page, and the sky always shows the word.
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Hoppy is a little green frog in a small garden with a pond and a washing line. On a sunny day he sits in the sun and the flower opens up. Then a grey cloud comes. Drip, drop, drip! On a rainy day the duck splashes in a puddle, the snail comes out of its shell, and Hoppy hops right in. Then the sun comes back, and look: a rainbow!
The new words in this book
The sun is out and shining. It comes up 8 times, and every time the smiling sun beams over the garden: Hoppy warms up, the flower opens, a rainbow appears.
Rain is falling from the clouds. It comes up 7 times, and every time a grey cloud pours real drops: drips on Hoppy’s head, the duck’s splashy puddle, the snail coming out.
Made for children just starting kindergarten. Each page has one short sentence (4 to 6 words) that begins the same way: “Sunny day!” or “Rainy day!” Only the second half changes, so a child can say the first half with you from the second page on. Tap “sunny” or “rainy” on any page and the whole garden turns sunny or rainy. Every other word is one a 4-year-old already knows, like duck, snail, flower, splash, hop and rainbow.
Questions to ask while you read
Pause after each spread and ask one question. There are no right answers; the point is to get your child talking.
- 1Where is the sun? Is Hoppy warm?
- 2What does the flower do in the sun?
- 3Uh-oh, a grey cloud! What is falling down?
- 4What does the duck do in the puddle? Say “Splash!”
- 5Where was the snail hiding?
- 6Can you hop like Hoppy?
- 7Look up! What colours are in the rainbow?
- 8Is everyone warm now? Who is your favourite?
- 9Tap a friend. Is it sunny or rainy?
- 10Do you like sunny days or rainy days better?
How hard is this book?
About 50 words, one short sentence at a time, one pattern that repeats.
- Questions × 1Tap! Sunny or rainy?
All 22 words, most used first
day 10 · sunny 8 · rainy 7 · drip 2 · goes 2 · hooray 2 · is 2 · warm 2 · a · comes · drop · everyone · flower · hop · look · opens · or · out · rainbow · splash · tap · the
Names don’t count: the picture shows who it is.
Tips for parents
- First time: use Read to me and just enjoy the pictures together. It takes about a minute and a half.
- Act the words: spread your arms wide like the sun on “sunny”, wiggle your fingers down like rain on “rainy”.
- Read it again and pause after “Sunny…” or “Rainy…” so your child can finish with “day!”
- Look out of the window together. Is it sunny or rainy today?