Make & Take: Pea Family Glove Puppet and Days of the Week Strips 1. If you have a copy of the book “Little Pea”, read it with your group of children. If not, watch it on YouTube at http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkuYEYpJr1k 2. Read the story again using the glove puppet and the days of the week strips. 3. When presenting this activity with infants/ toddlers, focus on Papa, Mama, baby and colours of the candies—as appropriate for your group. When presenting this activity to 3 to 6 year olds, it may be more developmen- tally appropriate to focus on the days of the week and the nutritional aspect of eating candy vs. spinach. 4. Provide opportunities for preschoolers and school age children to retell the story during free play or during a small group activity. As the teacher observes this process, information on story comprehension as well as language and thinking skills for each child participating can be gathered. Resource Sheet – Little Pea Written by: Amy Krouse Rosenthal & Illustrated by: Jen Corace 5 Little Peas (Interactive Finger Play) 5 little peas in a pea pod pressed (hold up a fist) 1 grew, 2 grew, and so did the rest (unfold one finger, unfold a 2nd finger, unfold the rest) They grew and they grew and they did not stop (raise hand with fingers spread out higher and higher) Until one day, the pea pod popped. (clap hands together on the word “popped”) Weekly Rap (Action Rhyme) (“Can a Cherry Pie Wave Good-Bye” CD, Hap Palmer) Monday, Monday - Reach and run day. Tuesday, Tuesday - Tap your shoes day. Wednesday, Wednesday - Stretch and bend day. Thursday, Thursday - Twist and turn day. Friday, Friday - Jump up high day. Saturday, Saturday - Pat your body day. Sunday, Sunday - That’s the one day we can rest and do nothing at all. Then clap, clap, clap for the weekly rap. Count to 7 and pick up speed! (Repeat all --- pick up speed.) (Repeat all & change last line to Count to 7 and that’s the end!) Check out these related books Eating The Alphabet by: Lois Ehlert Good Enough To Eat by: Lizzy Rockwell Now I Eat My ABCs by: Pam Abrams & Bruce Wolf Cookie’s Week by: Cindy Ward & Tomie dePaola Check out these Websites Classroom Activities http://www.teachpreschool.org/2012/10/little-peas-all-around-the-classroom/ Teacher’s Guide http://www.whoisamy.com/images/LittlePea_Hoot_Oink_TG.pdf P is for Peas! http://preschoolalphabet.blogspot.ca/2012/04/p-is-for-peas.html Time Lapse Pea Growth http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDA8rmUP5ZM Lesson Ideas for the Days of the Week http://www.ehow.com/info_7866677_daysoftheweek-kindergarten-activities.html
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Make & Take: Pea Family Glove Puppet
and Days of the Week Strips
1. If you have a copy of the book “Little Pea”,
read it with your group of children. If not,
watch it on YouTube at http://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkuYEYpJr1k
2. Read the story again using the glove puppet
and the days of the week strips.
3. When presenting this activity with infants/
toddlers, focus on Papa, Mama, baby and
colours of the candies—as appropriate for
your group. When presenting this activity to 3
to 6 year olds, it may be more developmen-
tally appropriate to focus on the days of the
week and the nutritional aspect of eating
candy vs. spinach.
4. Provide opportunities for preschoolers and
school age children to retell the story during
free play or during a small group activity. As
the teacher observes this process, information
on story comprehension as well as language
and thinking skills for each child participating
can be gathered.
Resource Sheet – Little Pea
Written by: Amy Krouse Rosenthal & Illustrated by: Jen Corace
5 Little Peas (Interactive Finger Play)
5 little peas in a pea pod pressed
(hold up a fist)
1 grew, 2 grew, and so did the rest
(unfold one finger, unfold a 2nd finger, unfold the rest)
They grew and they grew and they did not stop
(raise hand with fingers spread out higher and higher)
Until one day, the pea pod popped.
(clap hands together on the word “popped”)
Weekly Rap (Action Rhyme) (“Can a Cherry Pie Wave Good-Bye” CD, Hap Palmer)
Monday, Monday - Reach and run day.
Tuesday, Tuesday - Tap your shoes day.
Wednesday, Wednesday - Stretch and bend day.
Thursday, Thursday - Twist and turn day.
Friday, Friday - Jump up high day.
Saturday, Saturday - Pat your body day.
Sunday, Sunday - That’s the one day we can rest and
do nothing at all.
Then clap, clap, clap for the weekly rap.
Count to 7 and pick up speed! (Repeat all --- pick up speed.)
(Repeat all & change last line to Count to 7 and that’s the