The classic story of the Three Little Pigs has provided a lot of fun and a yummy snack for our MWF classes. We read lots of stories the last two weeks-The Three Little Pigs, The True Story of the Three Little Pigs, Piggie Pie, The Three Little Fish and the Big Bad Shark, Big Bad Wolf Is Good and one of my all time favorite books, The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig.
After each story, we asked: Were there three pigs? A big bad wolf? A house of bricks, a house of sticks and a house of straw? A happy ending? We put our answers on big chart paper and the children took turns writing YES or NO. Reading is more than just reading aloud and sounding out words. We want the children to be able to recall details of the story, tell how these stories are the same and different and retell the story.
We have a cardboard house of bricks, sticks and straw that we take outside. The children are able to act out the story. There is lots of huffing and puffing.
So that was all fun. Today we told the children we were going to eat a snack of straw, sticks and bricks. Ewww....yuck! That was the reaction until they found out the straw is shoestring potato sticks (found at IGA). The sticks are pretzel sticks (the kids broke in half) and then we added bricks which are the chocolate chunks found in the bakery aisle. YUM-O!!! Salty and sweet-they loved it. Each child had a small bag to take home, too.
This year we added a dictation activity. The children picked out a 'nice' animal, three rhyming names, a big, bad animal, a location, what the three houses were made out of and how they fell down. These stories were super creative and will be in your child's backpack on Monday. Want to do more? Have your child add illustrations to their story. Create another Three Little ????? and the Big Bad ???? Get the books we read in class from the library and discuss the stories with your child.
