Alfie Gets in First

About a boy named Alfie who locks himself inside the house , and accidentally locks his family outside.

Alfie gets locked in his house, and is trying to open the door for his mom and sister who are outside on the street
Ages: 4 and Up
Source: Pierce College Library

A young boy locks his mother out. He's locked in the house and can't reach the door knob. The mother directs him to go get the chair and climb on it to reach the door knob. The boy has a meltdown and cries. Eventually he figures out that he needs the chair to reach the door knob and goes and gets

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the chair.

Source: Pierce ECE class
Age-3-5

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Alfie, Mom and Annie Rose go get groceries. Alfie races Mom back to the house. He goes in first and shuts the door. He cannot get out. The neighbors all go to help get him out. While they are all working at it, Alfie finally gets a chair and gets the door open.
Ages: 2-4
Source: Pierce College

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Alfie enters the house before his mom and accidentally locks her out. Everyone tries to help him to unlock the door, but eventually he is able to figure it out by himself.

Ages: 4-5

Source: Pierce College

Aflie is shopping with his mom and sister, arriving the home he gets in side first. He is stuck inside, he didn't know how to open the door. Finally he has his own idea to open the door.
Age group 3-4
Pierce college library

Alfie runs ahead of mommy and Annie Rose to get into the house first after an afternoon shopping trip. He slams the door, only to discover that his mom left the keys on the table after she opened the door. He encounters a huge problem and has a melt-down when he realizes that he can't reach the

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latch or the mail slot to get mother the keys. Several neighbors and workers come to the rescue, but before they can help, Alfie solves the problem all by himself. He pushes the chair to the door and is able then to open the latch.

Ages: 4-6
Pierce College Library

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Alfie wants to be first and first he is into the house after a trip to the store with his mom and sister. Alfie closes the house door locking himself in the house and his mom and sister out. After some tears and much help from neighbors and friends, Alfie is able to open the door and learn that

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first can be a lonely place.

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Alfie runs to the door to beat his mother and ends up locking himself inside the house and his mother out. He gets really scared and can't figure out what to do. Alfie's mom coaches him into unlocking the door by himself.

A cute story about how Alfie accidently locks his mother and sister out of the house and what transpires after that. How he is able to finally get the door open.

Alfie races into the house, shuts the door and is locked in. Eveyrone is in a panic trying to help him, he finally figures out to get a stool and unlock the door. No one is angry, pleasant resolution and self help. Problem solving. 3-5 group

this is a book about a little boy named Alfie. He wants to be first in everything. One day as he walked home with his mother and little sister he raced to the front door and is first. He locks himself in the house and he mothers tells him what to do to get the door open he doesn't want to do it.

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Everyone they know came to the house and tries to help. The last person who tries to help Alfie gets the door open.

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Alfie is faced with a problem he must find a solution to. He is locked out, but manages to get in by the end of the story.

Alfie Gets in First tells the story of Alfie, who likes to be first. All day, he comes in first before his mom and his sister. He even gets into the house before they do. Unfortunately, he locks himself inside the house and doesn't know how to let his mom in. With the encouragement of his mom and

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neighbors, Alfie eventually is able to unlock the door without any help. I thought this book was really well written and it shows how children can solve problems on their own.

Ages: 3-5
Source: Pierce College Library

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This book is a bout Alfie, who always likes to be first. After shopping with his mom and sister, Alfie runs to be home first. In doing so, he locks himself inside and locks his mom and sister outside. The neighbors try to help them, at the end the door is unlocked.

alfie gets upset when he accidentally locks his mom and sister out and cannot let them back in.

Alphie is walking home with his mother and sister when he races and gets to the door first, he then goes in the house and shuts the door. He is locked in, and his mother is locked out with his little sister. Alfie can not reach the handle and becomes very upset, his mother, neighbors a milk man and

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a handy man all try to help talk Alfie through it but he is too upset. Just when they have nearly given up and gotten someone to climb a ladder, Alfie surprises them he got a chair and used it to open the door.

Ages: 3-5
Source: In Class Example

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