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Slinky The Spider Lesson 5: Imagination and Creativity
Gary Chase
August 2020 9781734653441DESCRIPTION:
One of Professor Crawly's most creative and imaginative friends is Slinky the Spider, who thinks outside the box when it comes to spinning his spider webs!
For some people, creativity comes natural. However for most, being creative is something that you need to practice at. I remember my first drawings and paintings were not very good. But as I practiced, the skill got better. What you create does not have to look like everybody else's stuff. Expanding your imagination when creating 'something different' is exciting and breaks the barriers of thinking outside the box. We cannot let negative thoughts about our creativity, cause a destructive silence in our imagination. Encourage your preschooler to develop their imagination and their creative side.
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
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Online Book Club Review:
***4 out of 4 stars*** Gary Chase celebrates imagination and creativity in his clever children's picture book, Professor Crawly's Slinky the Spider Lesson 5. Professor Crawly is a wise ant who introduces different positive attitudes in the 15-book series for preschool children. The fifth book features the web-spinning talents of an industrious arachnid, Slinky. It emphasizes positive principles such as creative thinking, confidence, individuality, helping others, and perseverance, while also teaching how crawly creatures benefit the environment.
In the synopsis, Chase explains that the series is a joint endeavor with his granddaughter. Chase illustrates the books based on inspiration from Delaney, who creates "the look" for each character. The result is a collaboration of whimsical illustrations that will appeal to young children. Likewise, Chase presents the meaningful lessons in amusing rhymes, although he purposely keeps the content brief to hold the attention span of preschoolers. However, Chase's creative use of wordplay like "webinar" and "Spin City" may also appeal to slightly older school-age children, and I can picture them reading the book to their younger siblings.
I especially like the clever details that Chase includes to illustrate the simple lessons in the book. For instance, the story mentions that spiders protect the garden from pests; the accompanying illustration features a small sign that reads: "Bad bugs will be captured!" I also appreciate the colorful illustrations depicting Slinky's imaginative web creations. In addition to his modest web abode complete with a "Home Sweet Home" sign, Slinky spins model homes and condo designs.
Overall, I rate this professionally edited children's book 4 out of 4 stars. The delightful story will amuse preschoolers, teach them simple facts about spiders, and model positive attitudes. I recommend the book to preschoolers and their older siblings, parents, grandparents, and teachers.