Three Little Pigs Puppet Theatre

Elliott, Henry, James D., Oliver



Juliana, Annabella, Alex and Jack



Sydney, Micol, Ashley, Elizabeth, Juliana



James M., John, Teresa, Addie



Joshua, Carter, Kai, Luca



Elissa, Connor, Turner, Sophie



Charlotte, Sarah, Sophie, Elissa



Ryan, Elizabeth, Micol, Juliana


I have been amazed at the way the children have opted the wolf to live instead of being boiled in a pot of water as the ending that I have read to them. Some of them opted to have the wolf ran away with his tail getting burned in the fire. One funny ending was the group of Elissa, Connor, Turner and Sophie who opted to have Officer Pig put the culprit behind bars. Suddenly, it made me realized that the children must have read the True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka where the Wolf was put behind bars. It made me think of the unique way that these children have chosen to resolve conflict not with the wolf being demised but running away with a burnt tail or being put in jail in order probably to reform and have a 'second chance' at life! Interesting!

Fairy Tale Resources Shared by Parents

I really love it when parents get involved in the classroom and offer their resources for further enrichment of the learning.

Charlotte (P.M.) brought this wonderful different book version of the Three Little Pigs. It is like five inches in height and three inches in width, a compact story book for kids to carry anywhere!

Ryan brought the Three Little Pigs clothed toy 'map' with the four wonderful characters made from cloth...

...and Princess in the Pea.

Parents, feel free to come by the classroom to share your resources with our little ones! We appreciate the help that you give us in our learning!

Character Education Starts Next Week

I have been thinking about it a lot for the past two weeks how and where to place Character Education into the schedule that we have in class. The classes have been so busy with many things but I have decided that the characters of our little ones are so important to develop. I have decided to discuss Character Education (e.g., good citizenship, compassion) before the class as a whole (I may be reading a story or discuss the topic directly) and later when we break into teams, we'll have a Character Education activity as part of the sandbox station. Before a certain team can proceed to the sandbox, they have to accomplish the needed activity (e.g., using paper hands, write a thing that would show that you are a good citizen = help others). We need to start character education as a topic everyday with our little ones because the future of our world lies in their hands! And like little ripples of water that can turn into big waves in a pond, just by planting seeds of good character into their hearts and minds might cause a big ripple effect in their persons for the future!

Learning Stations (Feb 27 - Mar 3)

March is Fairy Tale Month for our class. The first fairy tale we are reading is the Hans Christian Andersen Three Little Pigs!

Literacy Station

The story was read to the children. For this station, the children have to sequence the nine panels of the story in order. It is quite a challenge to remember the sequence but the children loved doing the cut and paste activity. To assist the children further, a bristol board contained the nine panels of the story as reference. However, I am finding that the children are able to recall the story sequence from memory!

Math Station

A game called Paddlin' Penguins is to challenge the number recognition and counting skills of the children. A picture of a canoe served as a gameboard. Children will take turns to draw a number card from 1 - 10. Based on the number, the child must get the same number of penguins sitting in the canoe. Afterwhich, they will turn over the number card and do a one-to-one correspondence of the paddles on the back of the card with the penguins sitting in the canoe.

Science Station

A book entitled Baby Wolf is read to the children. It tells the life of a baby wolf. The book reading will give facts about wolves to the children in a straightforward manner. The exercise of the reading is for the children to remember one interesting fact about a wolf. Afterwhich, the children will label the parts of the wolf in their worksheets. Then, another book will be read during the week to the children. Entitled Wolves by Emily Gravett, the aim of this exercise is for the children to infer what are the characteristics of a wolf based on the story. Before the children can infer, they need a background knowledge of wolves which they will learn from the first book.

Art Station

The children will make their paper puppets and re-enact the story using our small puppet theatre.

Three Little Pigs

Please find the nine panels of the Three Little Pigs Story that I have made for the children!

March is the month for Fairy Tales!!!

I am excited to say that the month of March will be devoted to fairy tales! A lot of elements come into play when children are read fairy tales: dare to dream, use of imagination, hope to become better than in one's present state, the ability to deal with inner-self conflicts, dramatic play (puppets, masks!), storytelling and oral language. A book entitled The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales by Bruno Bettelheim has discussed why it is important to read fairy tales to our little ones. I am still waiting for my copy from the Toronto Public Library to read and am hoping I will have it during my March break as an easy reading! Once I read it, I will summarize the points to you :P!

Computer Time

Learning about technology is an essential skill and knowledge in our society. And luckily, our school is equipped with more than 30 computers in the computer lab and all contain the latest software packages as requested ad hoc by me when I see on the OSAPAC website the licensed software that our children can use for their learning.

During computer, the children learned to use KidPix, Math Strategies Primary, Millie’s Math House, Bailey’s Book House, Sammy’s Science House, Plumo at the Zoo, Sheppard Software, AB Circus, Starfall, and many other websites and computer software that make them learn about science, math, language, art and other skills. Kindergarten kids love computers!