Creative Writing Inspired By Sophie’s Squash
We hit out local library the other evening. #Thebigone was happily engaged building with Legos, and my hubs was tailing #thelittleone as he explored. I seized the opportunity to stroll through the children’s section by myself! (The luxury!) I noticed Sophie’s Squash turned out on the shelf. It’s whimsical cover piqued my interest immediately. After thumbing through the book by Pat Zietlow Miller (author) and Anne Wilsdorf (illustrator), I knew at the very least it was coming home with us for a bit to be read.
READING SOPHIE’S SQUASH
#thebigone and I read it together one evening, and giggled together over how silly the story was. As we talked about what qualities would or would not make a good friend, he admitted that although he did think it was pretty silly to be best friends with a squash, he’d much rather play with one than actually eat one! [He’s going through a picky eater phase. Some weeks, he enjoys eggplant or mushrooms. Other weeks, ‘his taste buds have changed’ and he won’t touch them. We’ve entered a non-squash phase, apparently.]
WRITING INSPIRED BY SOPHIE’S SQUASH
Using the free printables I created, #thebigone took some time to do a little creative writing & drawing inspired by the book. He formulated his opinion on Sophie’s choice in a friend, and then drew a picture of Sophie & her BFF having a grand time together. That’s Sophie feeding Bernice a bottle, in case you can’t make out his masterpiece. Be sure to scroll all the way to the bottom of this post to grab your own printables!
Sophie’s Squash is a silly, sweet story about a little girl who is able to overlook the few ‘faults’ her bestie Bernice may have. It also makes a fabulous jumping off point to spark a discussion regarding what your child values in a friend, and why those are so important to consider when they’re choosing which acquaintances to spend time with. It’s seasonally perfect, as we dig into our sides of squash & sweet potatoes later this week, and give thanks for the friends in our lives who stand by us, and enrich our lives… Even if life gets a little rotten on occasion.
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Grab your free printables, and get writing!