The Little Red Hen

We sang Hickety Pickey Bumble Bee and each child stood up and said their own name proudly in the song. We moved the date and Ryann knew exactly where November 4th was. We sang our "I" song and put 9 apples on the tree. Then we hunted for 9 hidden airplanes with numbers on them and landed them on a runway in order. Since 9 was our special number, we all wore 9 stickers and went on a 9 walk. Every time we found a nine we raced and touched it. This was so much fun, but Addi especially loved it! She loved finding 9's all by herself, not just touching the ones the older kids found. By the end of the walk we were all better at telling 9's from 6's.

Miriam showing us her 9 sticker!

We read The Little Red Hen and then reviewed our bingo song. (Miriam has such a memory for songs, and at lunch time she led everyone in singing bingo all on her own.) Repetition is so good for these preschoolers. Today they all knew the song and could even clap the rhythm. (Try it at home. ) Then we played Bingo with the farm animals from the story. The 3 year olds had picture Bingo cards and the 4 year olds had word Bingo cards. Elizabeth and Quinn were GREAT at recognizing words like duck and cow and mouse with no pictures or help from me. It was really fun!

Everyone working on Little Red Hen craft gluing wheat and feathers. Laine LOVED the glue.

Then we read Pancakes Pancakes by Eric Carle, (wonderful book!) and ground our own wheat into flour. Everyone added 2 ingredients and we made our own pancakes for lunch. We each had a job setting the table and Elizabeth noted that like the Little Red Hen, we all had to help or we wouldn't get to eat. :) They were so proud they ate like horses--better than I've EVER seen them eat at my house. Lunchtime was wrapped up with a highly entertaining round of impromtu singing initiated by Miriam but quickly taken over by Elizabeth :). Quinn, Miriam, and Elizabeth were all standing and dancing in their chairs. It was quite a sight. I took a video, but it's turned 90 degrees and I can't figure out how to flip it. Darn. It was another really fun day.