The most unusual friendship that Professor Crawly has is with Sammy the Snake. The example of honesty that Sammy portrays is why the professor uses him for this lesson.
Honesty is not being a liar, not cheating on your school work or when you are playing games. It is returning something you found, or attempting to return it, to the rightful owner. Honesty is owning up to something your did wrong, not hiding it, or not lying about it. Honesty is telling the grocery clerk that they gave you too much money back as change, when they didn't realize it. The dishonest people that do the opposite of this will never totally feel good about themselves. Your kids are watching you as their role model. Be a good one! Use Sammy as an example to teach your preschoolers about honesty.
These books are a series of lessons for children ages 4-6 years old, on positive attitudes for life experiences and illustrated through the use of bugs, slugs,and other crawly things. They are taught by a wise old ant named Professor Crawly who uses all his crawly friends to teach his lessons.
This is a series of books too help kids accomplish three things:
1) Become less frightened of crawly things at an early age
2) Teach the benefits achieved in our environment by the crawly things on our planet
3) Teach them encouraging lessons and important principles about self-image and interaction with others
Online Book Club Review:
In Professor Crawly's Sammy the Snake Lesson 7, Gary Chase teaches preschoolers about honesty. The seventh picture book of the 15-lesson series features the wise ant, Professor Crawly, and his snake friend, Sammy. The story is told in simple rhyming text and contrasts telling the truth versus lying, emphasizes trustworthy behavior, and highlights characteristics of snakes.
Chase credits his granddaughter for designing the characters featured in the series. The illustrations of Sammy are my favorite aspect of this story; the snake is so cute that he almost looks cuddly.
Preschoolers may enjoy the colorful illustrations of Sammy. I can recommend the book to parents, grandparents, and teachers who are willing to embellish the story with creative examples.