Coming soon to your home...

KeeKee, chimpanzee extraordinaire.

If you haven't already heard about KeeKee from your child, you are probably wondering who she is and why she wants to visit your home.

KeeKee is a puppet I adopted several years back. Her primary residence is our classroom, where she spends her days watching the children work and play. Often she joins us during our morning discussions.

KeeKee would like to get to know the children in our class better so she asked if she could visiting their homes. Over the years, KeeKee has visited many children's homes and has a great time with their families. KeeKee is generally a fairly maintenance-free animal but she does not like to be completely ignored.

Her only request is that you and your child write about her visit in her journal and that you remember to bring her back to school so other children can have their turn to take her home. You might enjoy reading some of the past journal entries to learn about some of her adventures with other children.

When children brings KeeKee back to school, they get to share tales about their time with KeeKee with the class.

The one hard part of this activity is...waiting for your turn. (Unless of course you are the lucky family who gets to take her home first.)