Llama Llama Misses Mama is part of our Starts With a Story Collection, which includes more than 550 picture book companions based on high quality children’s literature that support you in delivering highly-engaging interactive read alouds with follow up activities. Learn more about this children’s book below! - Jodi and the Starts With a Story Team
SUMMARY
"Llama Llama Misses Mama" by Anna Dewdney is a heartwarming children's book that explores the emotions and experiences of separation anxiety. The story follows little Llama as he starts his first day of school and begins to miss his mama terribly. Llama goes through a range of emotions, from feeling lonely to being unsure of what to do without his mama by his side. With the help of his compassionate teacher and the support of his new friends, Llama gradually finds comfort and learns to enjoy his time at school. Through colorful illustrations and gentle rhymes, Dewdney's book captures the universal feelings of young children facing new experiences and separation from their loved ones. "Llama Llama Misses Mama" reassures young readers that it's natural to miss someone, but also teaches them about resilience, adaptability, and the joy of new friendships.
USE THIS BOOK TO TEACH:
Our read aloud lesson plans for this picture book come with reading comprehension questions (with sample student responses), 30 writing prompts, teaching ideas for grammar skills, social emotional learning discussion ideas, and more. Check out our list below to get a sneak peek at some of the skills this resource teaches.
- Have students sequence the important events in the story. This is an important skill when it comes to retelling a story.
- Discuss the different characters in the story and analyze their thoughts and actions.
- Teach a lesson on making connections to enhance comprehension.
- Introduce and act out action verbs.
- Review capitalization including what it is and why it's used.
- Use this book to discuss a variety of emotions with students and how to manage them.
- Discuss friendship and the qualities that make a good friend.
NO-PREP PRINTABLE ACTIVITIES:
If you are looking for “ready to go” activities for the first day of school, be sure to check out the book companion. With it you’ll receive all of the following resources to align with this specific book:
- comprehension questions
- 30 writing prompts with themed paper
- vocabulary activities
- word study print & go activities
- ideas for grammar lessons with focus sentence printables
- social emotional learning discussion topics
- graphic organizers to target specific comprehension skills and strategies
This book is a must have for your school or classroom library. Your students are going to love completing these activities for the book and you will be impressed with how much they learn. You will want to read this book to your class every year.
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ADDITIONAL BOOK SUGGESTIONS
You and your students will love the similar books listed below, which can all be found in our free picture book list.
- Are You My Mother? by P.D. Eastman
- Stella Brings the Family by Miriam B. Schiffer
- Mother Bruce by Ryan T. Higgins
- Dreamers by Yuyi Morales
- A Chair for My Mother by Vera Williams
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