Three Little Pigs, Part I: Costumes
Good one. Fun to see
kids in costumes.
Objectives
Children ages 5-6 can cut along straight and curved lines FM II
Children ages 4-5 will learn to paste or glue FM II
Children between 2-4 can identify triangles and circles Cog. I
can children between 2-3 can identify facial parts Lang. IA
Materials
Book, "The Three
Little Pigs" (try Paul Galdone's Scholastic Paperback; Strips of paper, 1
1/2 - 2" wide x 20 - 24" long. Pig faces precut from sturdy paper
with holes for eyes, ear and nose shapes (some dotted on paper, others precut by
teacher). Paste; stapler and staples; felt pens or crayons; pipe cleaners.
SEE ILLUSTRATION
Procedures
1. (Often story is special event.) Gather children around table.
Review story; focus on description of characters. "Do people look like
pigs?" Pass out materials.
2. Demonstrate procedures necessary to create masks using one of younger
children as a model. Let children make masks:
a. Cut out nose and ears with scissors. Children who are not yet able to cut
with scissors can paste on pre-cut shapes.
b. Paste ears and nose in place.
c. Draw in mouth (happy, sad, and scared), hair and other details.
Teacher staples finished mask to headband. Headbands are made from long strips
of paper wrapped around child's head and stapled to fit.
3. Demonstrate the way to make a pig's tail from pipe cleaner by wrapping pipe
cleaner around felt pen or crayons to give it a cork screw effect. Then tail
can be attached to belt, pants loop or button hole. (Tape may be necessary.)
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