Activity 1: Study the Story Pictures
- Before reading or listening to the story, study and describe the pictures accompanying the story.
Activity 2: Recite the Book Information
- Before and after reading or listening to the story, recite aloud the name of the author, the title of the book, and the title of the chapter.
Activity 3: Narrate the Story
- After reading or listening to the story, narrate the events of the story aloud in your own words.
Activity 4: Act Out the Story
- First, play Dr. Dolittle hide-and-go-seek, where the seekers pretend to be the king's men, and the hiders pretend to be Dr. Dolittle and the animals.
- Next, with at least one other person, form your own 'Bridge of Apes' across the floor. How will you link together to form the bridge?
- Alternatively, draw the 'Bridge of Apes' stretching between two cliffs. Draw the river running below the cliffs.