Transition Song: One Finger, On Thumb
Materials: laminated letter P, What Will Fat Cat Sit On book, puppets.
Vocabulary and basic concepts: What, Where, On/Under, animals, animal sounds, worried, mad, happy, negation (Not).
Pre-literacy: Let's draw the letter P. Start at the top and draw down. Go back to the top and draw a little around. What sound does it make? /p-p-p-p-p-/. Who has a /p/ sound in their name? What words have that sound? This children came up with papa, puppy, purple princess parties, top, apple, map, happy. Miss Carrie said that her favorite snack was popcorn.
Miss Carrie read a book called What Will Fat Cat Sit On by Jan Thomas. Fat Cat has a problem. Fat Cat doesn't know WHAT to sit on? Should he sit on The Cow? The Pig? The animals do NOT want Fat Cat to sit on them. Finally The Mouse offers a solution that everyone agrees on.
Then Miss Carrie brought out a lot of animal/insect puppets: sheep, lion, elephant, zebra, chipmunk, bee, spider, dinosaurs, cat, dog, bears. Everyone got to choose a puppet. Miss Carrie showed how her lamb puppet could sit ON the floor. She asked a friend if the lamb puppet could sit on their shoulder. (If a puppet wants to sit on someone, we must ask the friend if it is okay). Everyone took their puppets all around the room and talked about sitting on the chair, under the chair, on the table, under the table, on the shelf. We asked friends if it was okay if a puppet sat on their head. It was okay to say no. When it was time to come back to the rug, everyone had a chance to tell the class what their puppet sat on.
DO THIS AT HOME: No puppets? No problem. Take a favorite toy and talk about the toy ON or UNDER something. Let everyone get involved. It is pretty funny if mom or dad or grandma or grandpa get under the table. Don't forget to go to the library and check out more Jan Thomas Books.
