Have I told you lately how smart kids are? The story generated some lovely discussion about lots of different animals. When we read “Slowly, Slowly, said the Sloth” again, I was so impressed with what the children remembered about the story, especially the descriptive words. One of his favorites is Slowly, Slowly, Slowly, said the Sloth, by Eric Carle, the author of The Very Hungry Caterpillar. And the children don’t have to know them, just hearing them is enough to stretch their experience of words and language. Books do this, the very good ones, they include words that the children are not expected to know, they are called “rare words”. I like to do things slowly, slowly, slowly.” I am also unflappable, languid, stoic, impassive, sluggish, lethargic, placid, calm, mellow, laid-back, and well slothful! I am relaxed and tranquil, and I like to live in peace, But I am not lazy. I am lackadaisical, I dawdle, and I dillydally. “It is true that I am slow, quiet, and boring.
The sloth knows who he is and what he can do. Just the thing to read before bed or to slow a child down. Slowly, Slowly, said the Sloth by Eric CarleĮric Carle is the fella who wrote “The Very Hungry Caterpillar”.
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