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Read Together: Bee-bim Bop!

Discuss how different countries and families have their own special recipes. Read the story and have children notice all the foods in the bee-bim bop.

Read Together: Chicks and Salsa #1

Read the book Chicks and Salsa with children and focus on how the animals in the story solve their problem.

Read Together: Chicks and Salsa #2

Reread the book and discuss how people eat different foods all over the world.

Read Together: Chicks and Salsa #3

Reread Chicks and Salsa. Have children name root or leaf vegetables they recognize.

Read Together: Eating the Alphabet #1

Read about plant foods that begin with every letter of the alphabet and have children identify which part of the plant each food is from.

Read Together: Eating the Alphabet #2

Reread the story and have children call out the names of the plants they know.

Read Together: Educator’s Choice, Unit 8, Week 1

Read Chicks and Salsa, Eating the Alphabet, or another book about plants animals (including humans) eat.

Read Together: Educator’s Choice, Unit 8, Week 2

Read a book about plants and have children identify the leaf and root plants in the story.

Read Together: The Ugly Vegetables #1

Read the book and focus children on why the girl thinks her garden is ugly. 

Read Together: The Ugly Vegetables #2

Reread the story. Focus children on the words used to describe the vegetables and the garden.

Recite Together: “Five Fat Peas”

Recite the poem with the gestures. Clarify that peas are seeds.

Recite Together: Five Fine Carrots

Recite the chant about carrots and act out the motions. Repeat with different plant foods.

Recite Together: “Hungry for Bee-bim Bop!”

Recite “Hungry for Bee-bim Bop!” with hand motions.

Recite Together: Who Stole the Onions from the Farmer’s Field?

Recite the poem. Have children act out the animals in the poem.

Review the Week Together: Unit 8, Week 1

Revisit the charts, objects, and pictures from the week.  Review plant parts, edible plants, and taste, “Ff,” /f/, and farm.

Review the Week Together, Unit 8, Week 2

Revisit children’s charts, drawings, and pictures from the week.  Review leaf and root vegetables, letter and letter sound /v/, and the word vegetable.

Review the Week Together: Unit 8, Week 3

Revisit the charts, objects, and pictures from the week.  Review seeds, seed travel, and grocery stores, “Aa,” /a/, and apple.

Rhyme Time

Children play a rhyme match card game by turning over cards and “reading” the illustration or text and finding a card that rhymes.

Sing Together: “Apples and Bananas”

Sing the song, emphasizing the change in each word.

Sing Together: “Old MacDonald Grew Some Plants”

Sing the song and encourage children to suggest other plants for additional verses.

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