Music
(while they come in): Dana’s Best Rock
and Roll Fairy Tales by Dana Cohenour (JCD ZM COHE DBR R 05)
Book: True Story of the Three Little Pigs by
Jon Scieszka
Snack
(while listening to story)
Activity:
Would You Kiss a Frog? Graph with lip prints.
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| http://lifeinfirstgrade1.blogspot.com/2011/04/kicking-off-fairy-tales-unit.html |
Activity:
Blow Your House Down.
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| http://sewingschool.blogspot.com/2011/01/he-huffed-and-he-puffed.html |
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Have kids divide
into teams of 3-4 and sit down at a table in Storytime Room B
o
Toothpicks &
marshmallows
o
Sugar cubes
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Pipe cleaners
o
Cardstock squares
(cut slits so they hold together)
o
Craft sticks
o
Lego bricks
o
Graham crackers
o
Qtips and straws
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Each team creates a
house out of the given materials.
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Each team presents
their house. Kids predict whether or not
it will stay together. We write down predictions.
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“Wolf” (hair dryer) tries to
blow down house.
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Were predictions
correct? If the house fell apart, can
you think of any changes that could be made to it to have it stay
together? (If time, try out some of the
ideas)
Activity:
Giant Measuring
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Have kids measure
each other and graph the results.
Craft: Wanted Posters
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| http://mrsterhune.blogspot.com/2011/10/fairy-talestorybook-characters-unit.html |
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Kids
create a wanted poster for some fairy tale villain
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Big
Bad Wolf (3 Pigs, Red Riding Hood)
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Evil
stepmother/queen (Cinderella, Snow White)
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Evil
fairy from Sleeping Beauty
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Giant
from Jack and the Beanstalk
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Rumpelstiltskin
o
Troll
(3 Billy Goats Gruff)
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Witch
(Hansel and Gretel)
Evaluation:
Wonderful
program. All activities were a huge hit with the kids. We found that the
cardboard squares were not suitable for building a house, though. Not sturdy
enough to stand up at all when hooked together.
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