Monday, January 23, 2012

Three Little Pigs - Day 2


**We're starting with Art because we need the puppets for Reading**
Art
Preparation
Cut 6 elongated ovals out of pink paper
Cut 2 elongated oval out of gray or brown paper
Cut six triangles out of pink paper
Cut two triangles out of gray or brown paper
Put two ovals together, tape around the edges to create a finger puppet.  Repeat with remaining ovals until you have 3 pig finger puppets and 1 wolf finger puppet

Draw elongated ovals

Cut out

Tape two ovals together

Cut out small triangles
Materials
Finger puppets
Markers
Glue
Teaching
1. Have your child glue ears on each puppet.
2. Have your child draw a face on each puppet.  They can also draw other details such as clothes, etc depending on their interest. 

Reading
Reading Core Standard Key Ideas and Details 2
Preparation
Get puppets together
Materials
Three Little Pigs book (James Marshall has a good book)
Puppets

Teaching
1. Read The Three Little Pigs to your child.
2. Have your child retell the story using the puppets to retell the story.



Phonics Core Standard Phonological Awareness 2.e.
Preparation
on separate, small pieces of paper write the following "p," "i," "g," "r," "a," "s" "t," "h"
Materials
Papers with letters
Teaching
1. Place the letters "p" "i" "g" in front of your child.  Have your child sound out the word.
2.Say, "We are going to turn a pig into a hat!"


3. Have child sound our "pig" again.  Say, "Change a letter to make "rig."
4. Change a letter to make "rag."
5. Change a letter to make "sag."
6.  Change a letter to make "sat."
7. Change a letter to make "hat."


Writing Core Standard Text Types and Purposes 1
Preparation
Materials
Markers
Paper

Teaching
1. Have child draw their favorite pig house.
2.Have child write why this is their favorite pig house.



Math Core Standard - Counting & Cardinality: Count to tell the number of objects 4.a.,b.,5Compare Numbers 6
Preparation
Draw a line down the middle of a piece of paper
Materials
Paper
Small items (chocolate chips, we used puffed corn)
Teaching
1. Have your child take two handfuls of the treat and place each handful on one side of the sheet of paper.
2. Have your child count and write the number of items on each side of the paper.
3. Ask, "Which side has more?" Which side has less?"
4. Do this a few times with your child to practice counting and comparing numbers.

Exploration
Preparation
Materials
Craft Sticks
Glue
Teaching
1. Build a stick house together with your child. Talk with them about how to make walls and a roof.
2. Use the glue and craft sticks to build the house.

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