On Thursday we had a super fun day learning about peas!
During circle time we sang, "Crack the Pod" to the tune of "Row Your Boat."
"Crack, crack, crack the pod.
Look for peas to eat,
(Twist wrists away from one another.)
Rolling, rolling, rolling out.
(Roll arm over arm.)
Yum, a tasty treat!"
(Pat belly.)
For our first activity we worked on our last page in our journal! The kids worked on the number 10 page. They drew two pea pods with 5 peas in each pod. They wrote 5 + 5 = 10, and "The peas are green." They also completed the back page of their journal, which was a beginning sounds activity with the letters we learned about this month.
Before beginning our next activity, I asked the kids how many peas they think could fit inside a pea pod. I explained that pea pods can have anywhere from 1-12 peas in a pod. I set out our new word cards and the matching word puzzles. I asked the kids to look at the word puzzle and imagine it was a pea pod. They were then asked to identify if the missing "pea" (letter) was the beginning, middle or ending sound. I included our hands-on letters for the kids to complete the word puzzle. We love to sing the "Word World," "Let's Build a Word" song while we do this! :)
This set of words were a little more difficult than some we have seen before. It gave me the chance to teach the pirate sound "ar," and the silent and powerful ninja "e."
Next, I read the story "The Princess and the Pea." This is a story about a woman that claims she is a princess. The King and Queen test her claim by seeing if she can feel a pea under 20 mattresses and 20 down covers. She ended up not sleeping very well and complained of a lump in her bed, so the King and Queen announced her a REAL princess and she married the prince!
We wanted to see if we could feel a "pea" under many mattresses so we tested it out with a small green wooden block and a stack of pillows!
The kids had BLAST reenacting the story and playing with the pillows! They kept saying they could feel the "pea" and pretending to be a REAL prince or princess!
Next, I set out green Play-Doh and green pony beads for peas....
The kids were welcome to play with other Play-Doh toys as well...
I challenged them to make a pea pod with the green Play-Doh and pony beads.
N rolled her own pile of peas!
These were our books for the day! Both are excellent, but 1-2-3 is a must read if you want to teach your child how to count to 100!
It was gorgeous outside, so we had story-time outside!
The night before I made a batch of super YUMMY split pea soup with ham, potatoes, carrots, and celery!
For lunch I served grilled ham and cheese sandwiches, pineapple, and three different kinds of peas...steamed frozen peas, sugar snap peas, and homemade split pea soup!
I asked the kids to vote for their favorite: 1 child voted for sugar snap peas, 2 voted for regular peas, and 7 voted for the split pea soup! This was shocking, but I was thrilled they liked it!
I am so proud of these kids when they try new foods!
L even cheered for the split pea soup!
Keeping it real though...check out this serious face! S wanted nothing to do with her peas! Hee hee!
Our Mother Goose song was super fun today! I taped a rhombus on the floor, and we split the kids into two groups of five. Each group took turns acting out the lyrics in the song, "Peas in a Pod" on our Growing Gardens CD. They LOVED this song because at the end the pea pod got crowded and POPPED!
The kids worked on some basic math problems with peas in their math workbook...
They also cut out pictures of pea pods and followed the directions of where to paste them (the directions emphasized positional words).
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