Mrs. Wishy Washy Play

Storytelling and early literacy skills are so important within the early years. Children need to build these foundational skills to be successful as future readers. So I am sharing one of the play invitations created for the children to explore storytelling and imaginary play.

We have been having so much fun exploring the story of Mrs. Wishy Washy. This much beloved story is by the author, Joy Cowley from New Zealand. The children enjoyed listening to the text during our read-aloud and loved the storyline. Oh, how funny those animals are! Who wouldn't love to play in mud!

There are many early literacy skills that this lovely storybook supports. The children have repeatedly asked to have the story read to them over and over again. They have used the illustrations to retell the story along with the Mrs. Wishy Washy doll and felt mud puddle. Some of our older students are identifying sight words from within the text and everyone has enjoyed creating their own stories using Mrs. Wishy Washy within their creative play. 

Here's a look at the materials I set out for the children to use along with the book. 

As Mrs. Wishy Washy's animals 

would say, "Oh lovely mud."

Joy Cowley has many other Mrs. Wishy Washy adventures. We look forward to sharing and collecting the other Mrs. Wishy Washy books. I purchased my copy of Mrs. Wishy Washy here.

Sincerely, Michelle