Educational Activities: Duck on a Disco Ball by Jeff Mack

 

Duck on a Disco Ball (A Duck in the Fridge Book)
Author: Jeff Mack
Illustrator: Jeff Mack
Two Lions
1 November 2018
40 pages

 

The latest picture book in the Duck in the Fridge series has silliness that builds with each page of this high-​energy, pun-​filled story.


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Educational Activities inspired by Jeff Mack’s Duck on a Disco Ball:

  • Before Reading–Ask students:
    • “What do you like most about ducks?
    • Why role do you imagine that a disco ball plays in the story?”
    • What do you notice about the back cover?”
  • After Reading–Did the giant party really happen or was it just as dream? What do YOU think?
  • After Reading–This book is full of puns (like calling Mom + Dad + Duck “party animals”) and jokes (like “What do you get when you cross an elephant with a fish? Swimming trunks!”). What are some of your favorite jokes? Need some more? 
  • Drawing–What do you think your parents do after you go to bed? Read books? Watch TV? Have a party with a bunch of animals? Using crayons or colored pencils, draw your answer on a sheet of paper.
  • Craft–With an adult’s help, try out some of the following duck crafts. 
  • Further Reading–Ducks are pretty awesome. But let’s face it–ducks don’t get as many starring roles in picture books as they might deserve. In the following titles, though, they do. So read some of the following and enjoy the quacktastic fun. Which of these ducks is your favorite? Which duck seems most likely to throw the best party?
    (Click on the book cover for more information on any of these titles!)