A fun book and activity to teach kids about opposites.
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We were recently sent a review copy of The Hueys: What’s the Opposite? All four kids enjoy the book, but six-year-old Lily and three-year-old Anna are especially fond of it.
This picture book has gotten Lily especially learning about opposites by thinking up all sorts of opposite pairs, so I decided it would be fun for her to make her own little opposite book.
I made a printable opposite book template so that you can make your own. I also added a blank book template since these little books are fun to make. Fold the paper in half the short way, cut along the solid line, and then fold along the rest of the dotted lines. Fold the paper in half the long way to make the book – you will have to sort of flip out a couple of the folds, but in the end you will have a small six-page book (not including the front and back cover).
Teaching Kids Opposites: Book and Activity
Lily helped me come up with this printable list of opposites. It includes each of the pairs in the book – can you spot all of them? We printed out the list so that she could use it as a spelling reference. Lily does a lot of phonetic spelling, but sometimes she wants the words to be spelled correctly.
Lily mimicked the cover of the book for her mini book, but the inside pages are different. She did use the Huey characters, which are delightfully easy to draw.
Since my two younger kids are enjoying this book so much, I decided to find a few more opposites-themed books for them to read. These are the favorites from the ones we found:
- The Foot Book: Dr. Seuss’s Wacky Book of Opposites by Dr. Seuss
- Quiet Loud by Leslie Patricelli
- No No Yes Yes – also by Leslie Patricelli
- Opposites by Sandra Boynton
Do you have a favorite book on opposites that we should look up?
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MaryAnne is a craft loving educator, musician, photographer, and writer who lives in Silicon Valley with her husband Mike and their four children.
Oh, yes, The Foot Book. I remember my kids reading that one!
Your opposite list of books is great! We read and read two of them over and over again!
It’s a great topic for a picture book!
What a cute little book! Seems like a great way to explore opposites.
It has quickly become a favorite read in our home.
Opposites are so much fun to teach little kids.
Opposites are so fun! We have a favourite printed-in-England board book hat I think is just called Opposites. :)
Very efficient title! I’ll look out for it when we are in the UK this summer :)
I love how you extended the book with your own book!
Lily really enjoyed that extension activity.