- crayons
- glue
- mural paper or large pieces of paper taped together
- paint and paintbrushes
- scissors
- scrap construction paper
- The Three Little Javelinas (book)
- adobe
- cactus
- desert
- house
- materials
- stick
- tumbleweed
MA Standards:
English Language Arts/Speaking and Listening/SL.PK.MA.5 Create representations of experiences or stories (e.g., drawings, constructions with blocks or other materials, clay models) and explain them to others.
Head Start Outcomes:
Language Development/Expressive Language Uses language to express ideas and needs.
Literacy Knowledge/Early Writing Recognizes that writing is a way of communicating for a variety of purposes, such as giving information, sharing stories, or giving an opinion.
Literacy Knowledge/Early Writing Uses scribbles, shapes, pictures, and letters to represent objects, stories, experiences, or ideas.
PreK Learning Guidelines:
English Language Arts/Composition 16 Use their own words or illustrations to describe their experiences, tell imaginative stories, or communicate information about a topic of interest.
Compare Story Murals
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Skill Focus: Compare and Contrast, Creative Expression, Fine Motor Skills, Story Comprension (Sequence), Vocabulary
Have children create a mural about The Three Little Javelinas. Talk about the desert scenery and the materials the wild pigs used to make their houses. Let children refer to illustrations in the book to refresh their memories about how tumbleweeds, the cactus, or an adobe house looks. Display the mural near the one you made last week so children can compare and contrast the two settings as they role-play or retell the story.