"My School Fun Book"
Read the Story
Words in red are
the personalized words
"My School Fun
Book"
was created especially for
Addison Elizabeth
Wagner
at the age of 5
With Love From,
Mommy
August 15, 2002
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"Hello,
hello, hello, Addison.
My name is Coco and I am the Clown with red
hair and a very, very wide smile. I will try to guess your age and where you
live. I guess you are 5 years old and you live
in Aurora, Colorado.
Oh my, Addison.
I am so good at guessing, I should be in the circus!"
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"Addison, I want to stay
and play with you. Would you like to ask Callan, Kelsey and Dax
to come and play?
Take
your crayons and color my balloons, Addison. Oh-h-h, I like the colors that
you painted on the balloons."
Page 8
"Please
take me with you to Jefferson Elementary, Addison. You and Callan, Kelsey and Dax
will each sit at your own desk. I will have my own desk too. We will listen
carefully to what the teacher, Mrs. Smith, is
telling us. One more thing I must tell you, Addison, don't chew on your pencil!"
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Mrs. Smith asked the children to repeat after her:
A,
B, C, D, E, F, G
H,
I, J, K, L, M, N, O
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P, Q, R, S
And
T, U, V and W
"How
are you doing, Addison?
Now do you think that you and Callan, Kelsey and Dax can read your A, B, C's?"
"Oops,
we forgot the last three letters,
X and Y and Z."
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"Oh,
this game looks new to me," said Addison. "I am only 5 years old. Will you help me?"
Coco the Clown replied, "Turn back the page and
look at the letters again. Ask Callan, Kelsey and Dax to
help you draw lines from the letter A to B to C. Keep drawing until you come to
the letter O."
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"What
a great time we have had today at school," said Coco.
"Now it is time to go home. There we will run and jump and play outdoor
games. It is good to get exercise everyday, Addison. It is not good to stay indoors
and watch TV too much. Exercise keeps us healthy."
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"Watch
me brush my teeth, Addison," said Coco the Clown. "It is easier to brush your teeth
when you have a big smile on your face. Addison,
make a big smile in front of your bathroom mirror every day. It will start your
day right and make everybody else happy too."
Page 20
"Oh-oh,
raindrops!" moaned Coco the Clown.
"I have on my long, yellow coat and my wide, floppy shoes and I will stay
dry. I must be careful at the bus stop with no pushing or shoving other boys
and girls. Remember this, Addison, and Callan, Kelsey and Dax."
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"The
sign reads, 'SCHOOL BUS'. Use a pencil, Addison, and follow the dots to draw the
school bus. Start with number 1. If you turn the page you can see what comes
after number 1."
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"Please
ask Callan, Kelsey and Dax to read these numbers from 1 to 20. Addison, can you make up
rhymes to learn your numbers? I'll start," said Coco
the Clown.
"1,
2 What shall I do?
3,
4 Shut the door.
Let
me see if you can do it, 5, 6....go ahead, Addison, you try it."
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"How
many candles shall we draw?" asked Addison.
"That
is up to you to do the guessing this time. Guess how old I am," giggled Coco the Clown.
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"Addison, you are very
smart. Are you ready for another guessing game?" squealed Coco the Clown. "When I call out the name of a food,
you guess what color it is. Addison,
you point to the same color shown in the little square drawings. READY? GET
SET! GO!"
APPLES
GRAPES
CHOCOLATE
RAISINS
ORANGES
BLUEBERRIES
BANANAS
LETTUCE
Red,
Purple, Brown, Black, Orange,
Blue, Yellow, Green
Page 31
"On
page 30, you can see 4 shapes, Addison.
A circle, a triangle, a rectangle, and a square.
A
circle has no sides and is round like a ball or pie.
A
triangle ALWAYS has three sides.
A
rectangle has 4 sides, but 2 of the sides are long and 2 are short.
A
square has 4 sides, but all 4 sides are the same size.
Did
you color the 4 shapes on page 30, Addison?"
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"Addison, color the pictures. Next, draw a line to connect one
shape to another shape that looks just like it. Draw a line from the yellow
square to the other square. Keep on drawing and making connecting lines, and
soon your work will be done."
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"Well,"
said Coco the Clown. "It's time for me to
go. I shall miss you, Addison. I will take this
very special book to remind me of you."
Soon,
colorful circus wagons came to pick up Coco.
He ran as fast as his floppy shoes would let him. He hopped aboard, waving and
shouting, "Good-bye, good-bye. I had a very nice time."
Addison
knew then that Coco the Clown was a real
circus clown after all.
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THE
END