“And maybe we’ll be a playground? Let’s try to swing with the body” – Move back and forth, allowing the toddlers to imitate you.
“Now we’ll be a swing for two” – spread out your hands and move from side to side. You can walk around in small circles like a carousel, walk on a winding track like a train, or do anything that comes up from you or your toddlers.
Before going to the vet, you can ask (understanding monitoring): So I don’t understand, is she a tiger or a girl? Which doctor is she suitable for? Do you think there is anything that can cure such a thing? What do you think about the decision to go to the vet?
Before the visit to the doctor: What do you think about the decision to go to the doctor? Can the doctor help?
After the visit to the veterinarian: Why do you think the doctor and the veterinarian couldn’t help the leopard?
After the mother is thinking of taking her to a zoo (prediction): Do you think it’s a good idea? Will it succeed?
Questions for a reunion with the book:
After “Maybe you coughed”: What do the words rubella, mumps, pertussis have in common?
How do you think your mother and siblings felt when they saw that my life had turned into a tiger? What would you suggest to them? Ask the students to suggest different solutions.
How did Meshush Hayyi behave when she became a tiger? What did she do? Have you ever felt like behaving in a similar way? Going wild or shouting?
What helps us in the moments when we feel this way? What do we need?
What do you think of Mom’s medicine – the pampering? Is pampering a medicine? What is your favorite treat?
“Number per Lesson” is an initiative for a literacy encounter, based on the concept that an encounter with a book is an active and mediating learning process, combining reading, discourse, meaning processing, and returning to the text.
In this framework, various options are offered for discussion, reading stops, and in-depth activities, which can be customized, reduced or expanded according to professional judgment and familiarity with the class and students.
The reading process can take place in one continuous session or spread over several sessions, depending on the educational need and the considerations of teaching planning.
This process is made up of three main stages – before the reading, the time of the reading, and after the reading – which create a supportive continuum and enable the deepening and intelligent planning of the reading process and the encounter with the book.
A girl suddenly turns into a tiger, and this can be seen as a metaphor for a familiar experience from the children’s lives: behavior that is different than usual in challenging and emotionally volatile situations. Children will be able to identify with the image of the tiger cub, which roars and goes wild but actually loves to cuddle and seeks pampering and understanding. The family’s journey to find a solution to the child’s new situation passes through events that may evoke a wide range of feelings: laughter, compassion and even anger. The book allows for a discourse that touches on the children’s inner world and the ability to express needs and desires.
