Reading the Fable: The Donkey and The Wolf.
Prior to the story we talked about fables and what lessons can be learned from the stories. During the story, stopped halfway through the story to discuss and predict what would happen. After reading and discussing this cute little fable about using your wits, we got to work making our scene from the story!
Purple Mountain Craft
Materials
Blue construction Paper
Tempera Paint
Paintbrush
Directions
3. Our grass was mostly dry when the animals were ready, so we began to stamp a field of flowers onto the grass using different colors and an up-down motion with the brush. I reminded them to keep the flowers on the bottom half (my 2 year old is working on this concept)! If you do this while the grass is still wet, the colors get very muddy looking.
4. The kids then glued their characters onto the setting. My 5 year old added speech bubbles to her animals which is a great way to include writing into your projects! They then practiced re-telling the story and hung their pictures on the fridge!
What is great about projects like these is that you can extend or support the activity depending on the age and needs of your child. A 5 year old that has finished kindergarten may add speech bubbles. A 7 year old may re-write the tale with different characters. A 2 year old may be just working on the process and understanding of fables. It is important to know that you can adapt these activities to meet the needs of your individual child! Most importantly, HAVE FUN!
What a cute idea! Love both kids' scenes – your 5yo is quite the artist!
You are so sweet MaryAnne =) Coming from a mom of such a talented little artist herself – it means a lot! Maybe one day our girls will write a book together!
What a wonderful idea! The conversation bubbles are such a great fun!
I love what you did with the book. We are reading a storm here as usual (old-fashioned paper books), but daughter is not really interested in crafting to books.
That would be fantastic!