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Number Houses
Have children build a series of houses, each higher than the next.
Nuts and Bolts Count
Have children unscrew the nuts from the bolts. Then sort and count the nuts and bolts.
Paper Bag Vests
Help children make paper bag construction-worker vests and safety signs to create “construction sites” for when they are building structures.
Parking Garage
Ask children to make a parking garage big enough to park some toy cars of various sizes.
Play Together: “Dub Cubs” #1 (BTL game)
Play the computer rhyming game Between The Lions “Dub Cubs.”
Play Together: Huff and Puff Tag
Play this game of tag and have “the wolf” chase after the little pigs. The game ends when all the little pigs have been tagged.
Play Together: Match the Tool
Point to a tool in Tap Tap Bang Bang and call out a child’s name. Have that child find the tool that matches the picture and act out using the tool.
Play Together: Musical Alphabet Chairs
Stop the music to signal children to sit on a chair. Ask each child to identify the letter on his or her chair.
Play Together: Pig, Pig, Wolf!
Play the game “Duck, Duck, Goose” using words pig and wolf.
Play Together: “X” Marks the Spot
Have children play the letter card game to get to the “X” spot.
Read Together: Alphabet Under Construction #1
Comment on the different tools used to construct the letters of the alphabet in the story.
Read Together: Alphabet Under Construction #2
Reread the book and have children create their own alphabet charts with letters they cut from magazines.
Read Together: Building a House #1
Read Building a House by Byron Barton with children. Have children talk about the sequence of steps builders follow to construct a house.
Read Together: Building a House #2
Read Building a House. Focus on the different steps the builders took to build a house and compare it to the steps the children took in building their houses.
Read Together: Educator’s Choice, Unit 6, Week 2
Read aloud The Three Little Javelinas, another version of The Three Little Pigs, or a new book about building.
Read Together: Houses and Homes
Read Houses and Homes by Ann Morris. Focus on the materials used to build houses and how the materials vary because of where people live in the world.
Read Together: Tap Tap Bang Bang #1
Have children compare the tools in the book to the tools in Building a House.
Read Together: Tap Tap Bang Bang #2
Read the story again and focus on the tools and the sequence they have in building the kart.
Read Together: Tell the Truth, B. B. Wolf #1
Read another story about the three little pigs. Explain that this book tells the big bad wolf’s side to the story.
Read Together: Tell the Truth, B. B. Wolf #2
Reread the story and have children identify the tools in the book.