One European tradition of May Day is dancing around a village pole, often decorated with ribbons. Popular in the 19th & 20th centuries, the U.S. celebrated May Basket Day by hanging flowers and gifts on the doors of friends and neighbors.
EVERYONE
We can celebrate May Day together!Gather some colorful ribbon. You can attach it to a stick or pencil for easier twirling.
Put some music on your phone and go outside and dance with your ribbons!
Of course, I recommend starting with Vivaldi's Spring from the Four Seasons Vivaldi - Spring!
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2s: The Little Red Hen
1. Story Time
Watch a telling of the popular fable of The Little Red Hen with your child: The Little Red Hen
2. You can make your own little red hen.
From your bag, you'll need the small paper plate, the piece of red paper, the orange triangle, the sticker eyes and the white chef's hat. You'll also need glue.
Have your child tear or cut up the red paper into small pieces. Glue the pieces onto the paper plate.
Next, have your child put the beak and the eyes onto the hen's face. Finally, put the hat onto the hen's head.
3. Bake Something!
Baking or cooking with children covers all the areas of development. Working together incorporates social skills. Reading the recipe is literacy. Math is involved in measurement. Science is covered by the chemical reaction of the food changing states. Fine and gross motor skills are worked on by measuring, pouring and stirring.
Bake anything or let your child help you make dinner. The whole family will benefit from their hard work!
3s: The Little Red Hen
1. Story Time
Watch a telling of the popular fable of The Little Red Hen with your child: The Little Red Hen
Why do you think the Little Red Hen kept the cake all to herself at the end of the story?
What did you learn from the story? (hint: work hard and you'll be rewarded or laziness has its consequences)
2. Little Red Hen Graphing Game
From our website, print the Little Red Hen Graphing page. It includes a 6-sided die with character pictures. Card stock will make the die hold up better.
Cut out the die, fold it on the lines and tape or glue it together.
Show your child the graph. There are characters across the bottom of the graph. This is what we will be counting. The numerals on the side column tell us how many of something.
Give your child a number, for example 10. This is how many times total they will roll the die. Or, as long as they'll play!
Have them roll the die and see what character comes up. Make a mark in the '1' space for that animal. Roll again and repeat the recording process until you reach the specified number or they're done.
Look at the graph with your child. Ask questions: Which has the most? How do you know? What is the number for that one? How many hens did you get? How many ____? Which has the least? Are there any that are zero? Etc.
3. Little Red Hen Number Puzzles
On the website is another Little Red Hen themed activity - Number Puzzles.
Before the cards are cut out, look at the cards with your child. Each card has a numeral (1-10) and a corresponding number of objects from the story.
Cut out the cards and cut them apart. Keep the numeral sides and the picture sides separate.
Have your child choose a numeral and find the correct number picture to go with it.
What did you learn from the story? (hint: work hard and you'll be rewarded or laziness has its consequences)
2. Little Red Hen Graphing Game
From our website, print the Little Red Hen Graphing page. It includes a 6-sided die with character pictures. Card stock will make the die hold up better.
Cut out the die, fold it on the lines and tape or glue it together.
Show your child the graph. There are characters across the bottom of the graph. This is what we will be counting. The numerals on the side column tell us how many of something.
Give your child a number, for example 10. This is how many times total they will roll the die. Or, as long as they'll play!
Have them roll the die and see what character comes up. Make a mark in the '1' space for that animal. Roll again and repeat the recording process until you reach the specified number or they're done.
Look at the graph with your child. Ask questions: Which has the most? How do you know? What is the number for that one? How many hens did you get? How many ____? Which has the least? Are there any that are zero? Etc.
3. Little Red Hen Number PuzzlesOn the website is another Little Red Hen themed activity - Number Puzzles.
Before the cards are cut out, look at the cards with your child. Each card has a numeral (1-10) and a corresponding number of objects from the story.
Cut out the cards and cut them apart. Keep the numeral sides and the picture sides separate.
Have your child choose a numeral and find the correct number picture to go with it.
4. Bake Something!
Baking or cooking with children covers all the areas of development. Working together incorporates social skills. Reading the recipe is literacy. Math is involved in measurement. Science is covered by the chemical reaction of the food changing states. Fine and gross motor skills are worked on by measuring, pouring and stirring.
Bake anything or let your child help you make dinner. The whole family will benefit from their hard work!
4s: The Little Red Hen and the Letter Z
1. Letter ZWatch this catchy song from ABC Mouse about the letter Z! Letter Z from ABCMouse
2. Show & Tell
It's Friday. That means letter show & tell!
Can you find something that begins with the letter Z? Will you find a zucchini? Will you use a zipper? Will someone come over to borrow my son, Zane?
Have your family all find something that begins with the letter Z. If you cannot find something in the house, you can print a picture from the internet.
Have Mom or Dad write the words for everyone's object. Remember, if it is a person's name, you need to use an uppercase Z.
3. Story Time
Watch a telling of the popular fable of The Little Red Hen with your child: The Little Red Hen
Why do you think the Little Red Hen kept the cake all to herself at the end of the story?
What did you learn from the story? (hint: work hard and you'll be rewarded or laziness has its consequences)
4. Rhyming Words
Often, we make up silly rhymes at school or we recite nursery rhymes. Words that rhyme sound the same. Some examples are fox/box, house/mouse, and school/pool.
Let's find some rhyming words to go with the Little Red Hen story.
From our website, print out the Little Red Hen Rhyming Words sheet. On the left of each row, you'll see something from the story, like 'hen'. Which of the objects in the row rhyme with that? Say the words out loud to help you decide. Here's a clue: the fourth picture is 'dough' not a bowl.
5. Story Sequencing
Can you retell the story in the right order?
From our website, print out the Little Red Hen Sequencing page.
Look at the pictures and have Mom, Dad, or a sibling read the words to you. Cut the picture cards out from the bottom of the page.
Think about the story. What was the 'beginning'? Then what happened? What was the 'ending'?
Why do you think the Little Red Hen kept the cake all to herself at the end of the story?
What did you learn from the story? (hint: work hard and you'll be rewarded or laziness has its consequences)
4. Rhyming Words
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Often, we make up silly rhymes at school or we recite nursery rhymes. Words that rhyme sound the same. Some examples are fox/box, house/mouse, and school/pool.
Let's find some rhyming words to go with the Little Red Hen story.
From our website, print out the Little Red Hen Rhyming Words sheet. On the left of each row, you'll see something from the story, like 'hen'. Which of the objects in the row rhyme with that? Say the words out loud to help you decide. Here's a clue: the fourth picture is 'dough' not a bowl.
5. Story Sequencing
Can you retell the story in the right order?
From our website, print out the Little Red Hen Sequencing page.
Look at the pictures and have Mom, Dad, or a sibling read the words to you. Cut the picture cards out from the bottom of the page.
Think about the story. What was the 'beginning'? Then what happened? What was the 'ending'?
Can you glue the pictures in the correct order? Can you tell the story to someone else?
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