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.
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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.)