- Color R page … Use red paint or Do-a-Dot markers to color your R page. I was planning on having him just make the R red, but he ended up coloring the whole page. Oh well :)
- Read several versions of "The Little Red Hen"
- Before you read …
- In a paper grocery bag, place a loaf of bread, a red craft feather, a bag of flour, a bowl & a mixing spoon.
- Tell the kids the things in the bag are clues to the story you're about to read.
- Pull out the items one at a time, letting the students guess what the story might be about.
- When the bag is empty, reveal & read the story!
- After you read …
- Sequence the story.
- Draw four simple pictures of the Little Red Hen making bread:
- mixing
- pouring in pans
- baking
- eating. (The Mailbox, 2006-2007 Yearbook, Preschool, pg. 158 has great sequence cards ready to copy … or HERE are some other sequence cards ready to print).
- Have the kids glue them in order on a large brown bread cutout.
- Drizzle glue on top of the loaf of bread and sprinkle oatmeal on the glue.
- Decorate a Red Hen
- Make a simple hen cutout from red paper. Or print the image above onto red paper!
- In a container, place several colorful craft items including several red ones (pom poms, feathers, ribbon, buttons, etc).
- Let the kids search through to find the red items and glue them on their hen.
- Bread and Butter
- Make a loaf of bread & eat it with butter.
- Yes, it makes a mess, but the kids love helping bake and getting their hands in the dough. Just go with it, you’ll have a great time!
- NOTE: while you’re waiting for the bread to bake you can make your own butter!
- Fill a small glass baby food jar with heavy cream and SHAKE, SHAKE, SHAKE until you do not hear the liquid swishing around anymore.
- Pour off the watery liquid and butter your freshly baked bread!
- For more specific directions, click here. I love their suggestion to put a marble in the jar to speed up the process.
- Retell the story of “The Little Red Hen.”
- I found these little wooden animals at Michael’s for $0.25 each.
- We glued them onto popsicle sticks, then retold the story using our new characters … Not I, said the green frog. Not I, said the teddy bear. It was fun.
Snack Idea: homemade bread & butter