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What Do You Like to Lick?

We love all types of food!

Some foods we lick and some foods we bite.

Would you lick or bite a candy cane?

Would you lick or bite ice cream?

Would you lick or bite a lime gumdrop?

Would you lick or bite a candy stick?

Would you lick or bite a cake?

Would you lick or bite a hot dog?

Would you lick or bite a grape?

Would you lick or bite a ripe banana?

We would bite a lime gumdrop, a cake, a hot dog, a grape, and a ripe banana.

We would lick a candy cane, ice cream, and a candy stick.

Fly a Kite Made from a Kit

Can we fly a kite made from a kit?
Will the kite made from a kit fly?
Will it make me mad if the kit from the kite does not fly?

Hop with the kite and hope that the kite will fly.
Hop to make the kite zip up.
Hop to see if the kite will whip up.
Run with the kite and hope that the kite will fly.
Run to make the kite zip up.
Run to see if the kite will fly.

Did the kite made from the kit take a dip?
Did the kite made from a kit do a flip?
Did the kite made from a kit zip up or tip down?
What a fine kite—a kite made from a kit!

How to Make a Kite from a Kit

A kite kit lets us make a kite.
Let’s make a kite from a kit.
Let’s make a cute kite from a kite kit.

The kit to make a kite has sticks.
The kit to make a kite has paper.
The kit to make a kite has tape.
The kit to make a kite has a string.

Pick a site to sit.
Tip the kit to dump out things to make a kite.

Cut the paper in the shape of a kite.
Pick sticks that will fit on the kite.
Tape the sticks to the kite.
Cut string and tie it on the kite.

We have a kite made from a kit!
We have a kite from a kit for a kid to fly!

I Go to Dance Class

I am going to a dance class.
I get to twist and spin.
I twirl and whirl and swirl around.
Sometimes I fall and my teacher says,
“Hop up and try again!”
It is fun when you can spin.
It is fun when you can stop on just the right spot.
Next, I think I’ll take tap dance class.

Ice Skate Today? No Way!

Today is a gray, cold day!
And the sun is tucked away.
So we can skate today. Hooray! Yay!
I want to skate on ice today!
I want to slide and glide on ice in my skates on this day.

Oh no! The sun is out.
The ice will melt away, and this day to skate will slip away.
I cannot stay on the ice this way.
I cannot play on the ice this day.
It is not a day to skate when the ice melts away.
I will have to walk away.
There is NO WAY to skate today!

How to Make a Kite from a Kit

A kite kit lets us make a kite.
We can make a kite from a kit.

The kite kit has sticks, paper, tape, and string.
Tip the kit to dump out things to make a kite.
We hope to make a fine kite.
We hope the kite will fly like a plane!

Cut the paper in the shape of a kite.
Pick sticks that will fit on the kite.
Tape the sticks to the kite.
Cut a bit of string and tie it to the kite.

Tap the nice kite we made.
We made the kite with paper and a bit of string.
Hop if you think the kite will fly.
We hope the kite we made will fly!

Fly a Kite Made from a Kit

I have a plan!
We can make a kite from a kit.
Can we fly a kite made from a kit?
We hope it will fly like a plane.
Do not be mad if the kite does not fly.
The kite will still be nice and fine.

Hop with the kite made from a kit.
Wave the kite we made.
Run with the kite in your hand.
Grab a bit of string and pull the kite.
Let the kite fly in the wind.
We hope that the kite will fly.

Did the kite take a dip or do a flip?
Did the kite fly in the sky like a plane?

What a fine kite—a kite made from a kit!

A Rope is Like a String

A rope is like a string.
A string is like a rope.
A rope is not a string.
And a string is not a rope.

Rope is strong.
String is not strong.

Rope is thick.
String is not thick.
String is thin.
Can a thin string be a strong rope?

I can make a rope from strands of string.
It will take a lot of strands of string.
It will take a lot of string to make a rope.
I can twist strands of string to make a rope.

Can you make a rope?