- drawing supplies
- grain
- plant
- wheat
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:
Approaches to Learning/Initiative and Curiosity Demonstrates flexibility, imagination, and inventiveness in approaching tasks and activities.
Literacy Knowledge/Early Writing Uses scribbles, shapes, pictures, and letters to represent objects, stories, experiences, or ideas.
PreK Learning Guidelines:
English Language Arts/Language 3 Communicate personal experiences or interests.
The Little Red Hen Drawings
© Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Department of Early Education and Care (Jennifer Waddell photographer). All rights reserved.
Skill Focus: Creative Expression, Vocabulary
Have children draw a picture of the story characters from The Little Red Hen to help them recall and retell the story. Ask children to use their drawings to retell parts of the story, for example, how the little red hen planted and took care of the wheat grain. Help children label the characters and write their name on their picture.