The Mitten By Jan Brett Vocabulary: mitten wool knit needle yarn mole burrow cozy wiggle hedgehog owl grumble talons badger fox muzzle Activities: 1. Read Book: The Mitten, Adapted and Illustrated by Jan Brett, copyright 1989 2. Make mitten toast Materials needed: bread, toaster, mitten cookie cutter, cream cheese to make the mitten white Procedures: toast bread, use cookie cutter to make mitten, spread cream cheese over mitten toast 3. Mitten Craft: Materials needed: two mitten cutouts (right and left hand), animal cutouts from story (see included template, retrieved from: http://www.janbrett.com/) Procedures: cut out white mittens on construction paper, cut out animals, color the animals, retell the story as you put the animals in the mitten in sequential order (you may wish to have all of the materials cut out before you begin the lesson) 4. Owl cupcake: (photo provided by Google Image) Materials needed: premade cupcakes, white icing, knife, Oreos, green m&m’s or Skittles, carrot, almond slivers, brown icing in tube Procedures: pre‐bake cupcakes or purchase without icing from the store, spread icing over cupcake, decorate to look like above picture 5. Clay Hedgehog: (photo provided by Google Image) Materials needed: Crayola Model Magic clay, tooth picks (long and short ones for teeth), wiggly eyes, brown markers or paint Procedures: roll clay into ball, make a second small ball for the nose, color or paint the clay brown, glue on wiggly eye, insert toothpicks The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle Vocabulary: caterpillar cocoon butterfly tiny apple pear plum strawberry stem orange slice of cake ice‐cream cone pickle slice of cheese salami lollipop pie sausage cupcake watermelon stomach ache nibble Activities: 1. Read Book: The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle, copyright 1969 2. Taste food from story Materials needed: variety of foods from the store, cutting board, knife, plates, napkins Procedures: cut up fruit with the children, peel an orange together, enjoy tasking a variety of foods listed in the book 3. Toilet Paper Roll Caterpillar and Food: Materials needed: toilet paper rolls, green and black construction paper, glue, green pipe cleaners, wiggly eyes, fruit cutouts or stickers Procedures: glue green construction paper on toilet paper roll, make caterpillar face with mouth hole for mouth, glue on wiggly eyes, glue on pipe cleaner antennas, glue on legs, color the food pictures and cut them out, feed caterpillar in sequential order 4. Banana Caterpillar: Materials needed: bananas, cutting board, knife, green and red jell‐o mix, chocolate chips, pretzel sticks, Twizzlers pull‐and‐peel, paper plates Procedures: slice up banana, arrange so it looks like caterpillar, sprinkle red jell‐o powder on head and green jell‐o powder on body, use two chocolate chips for the eyes, break up pretzel sticks for the legs, add Twizzlers for the antennas, admire then eat and enjoy! 5. Butterfly footprints: Materials needed: white construction paper, black construction paper, paint, paintbrushes, wiggly eyes, bucket of soapy water to wash feet Procedures: cut out butterfly body before lesson, paint child’s right foot, push it on paper, paint child’s left foot, wash feet in soapy water, push it on paper, glue on butterfly body and wiggly eyes The Three Billy Goats Gruff By Paul Galdone Vocabulary: goat meadow valley troll river bridge horns butt hillside grass cross field mean Noun modifiers: big medium small biggest smallest Activities: 1. Read Book: The Three Billy Goats Gruff, by Paul Galdone, copyright 2006 2. Food Scene: Materials needed: graham crackers for bridge, icing to stick graham crackers together, shredded coconut for grass, green food coloring to dye coconut, blue fruit rollup for river, goat animal crackers, paper plates, grape or jellybean for the troll Procedures: break graham crackers, use three pieces to make bridge, adhere bridge together using icing, place shredded coconut into Ziploc bag add a few drops of food coloring and shake bag to make grass, cut fruit rollup to make river and place under bridge, give each child three goat animal crackers and a grape, use food to retell the story 3. Make Goat Masks: (mask template retrieved from http://www.sparklebox.co.uk/) Materials needed: goat template print outs, paper plates, popsicle sticks, knife to cut out eyes, paint or markers to paint/color the goats Procedures: precut templates, let child select which goat he would like to make, glue goat to paper plate, cut out eyes, color or paint goat, adhere popsicle stick to bottom of paper plate to use as handle to hold mask 4. Make Troll Mask: (mask template retrieved from http://www.sparklebox.co.uk/) Materials needed: troll template print out, paper plate, watercolors, yarn of varying colors, knife to cut out eyes, popsicle stick Procedures: cut out troll template, glue onto paper plate, cut out eyes, paint troll with watercolors, staple popsicle stick to the bottom of the plate 5. Act Out Story with Masks Materials needed: goat and troll masks, table for the bridge Procedures: reenact story with props made throughout the week, let each child have an opportunity to be a goat and the troll The Three Little Pigs
by James Marshall
Vocabulary:
straw
stick
brick
wolf
chimney
huff
chin
pot
snout
blow
bought/buy
build
Activities:
1. Read Book The Three Little Pigs by James Marshall
2. Paint pig with shaving cream and glue
Materials needed: outline of pig, shaving cream, red food coloring, school
glue, bowl and spoon
Procedures: mix equal amounts of shaving cream and glue in a bowl, add a
little red food coloring to make it pink, spread the mixture on the outline of the
pig, let dry.
3. Wolf puppet
Materials needed: printer, paper, paper bag, glue or tape, scissors
Procedures: print out the template, fold the corners of the flippy tab under and
glue/ tape them to make a triangular head shape. Glue or tape the nose onto the
end of the triangle. Lift the flap/snout and glue the tongue on underneath it.
Glue the eyes and ears onto the head. Glue the arms onto the bag. Glue/tape
the tail onto the back
4. Paper plate pig
Materials needed: paper plate, dessert sized paper plate*, pink construction
paper, pink pipe cleaner, black marker, scissors, glue, hole punch (optional)
*If you don’t have a small paper plate you can always make a circle with pink
construction paper.
Procedures: paint both paper plates pink, glue the small plate onto the large
plate, not in the center, but off set, cut out all of your shapes from pink
construction paper: you will need: 4 pig feet, 1 round snout, and 2 triangle ears,
glue all of your paper shapes onto your pig's body, use a marker to draw the
eyes on, don't forget to draw on your pig's nostrils, make a hole at the top of
your paper plate with a hole punch or scissors, thread the pink pipe cleaner
through the hole and curl it.
5. Houses
Materials needed: pieces of construction paper, straw, popsicle sticks, red
construction paper bricks, glue
Procedures: make the three houses with each one of the different materials,
add a roof and a door to each house
Peanut Butter Rhino
Vocabulary:
rhino
squish
monkey
sandwich
elephant
picnic
cave
lunch
lunchbox
Activities:
1. Read Book: Peanut Butter Rhino by Vincent Andriani copyright
1994 by Scholastic Inc.
2. Rhino Mask
QuickTime™ and a
decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
Materials needed: paper plate, purple paint, cup, construction paper, glue,
marker, popsicle stick
Procedures: paint plate and cup purple, attach construction paper cutouts to
the rhino, glue eyes, attach popsicle stick to bottom of mask.
3. Construction paper lunch box
Materials needed: glue, construction paper cutout of lunchbox, apple, banana,
carrot and peanut butter sandwich
Procedures: glue each one of the food items in the lunch box
4. Peanut butter sandwich
Materials needed: bread, peanut butter, knife, plate
Procedures: spread the peanut butter on the bread with the knife. Place the
second piece of bread on top of the peanut butter. Enjoy!
5. Rhino picture
Materials needed: construction paper cutout of rhino, horn, lunchbox, tree,
peanut butter sandwich, real peanut butter and glue.
Procedures: glue all cutouts on blue construction paper, spread peanut butter
on rhino’s bottom and place bread cutout on the peanut butter.