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
- Pretend to be Dr. Dolittle helping the sick monkeys.
- You may substitute stuffed animals for the monkeys.
- Dr. Dolittle should separate the sick monkeys from the healthy monkeys, give the monkeys a vaccination, and build a nice house for the sick monkeys to rest in.