Little Pea

This week for Large Group, we introduced the "p" sound.  We practiced saying it and we named some things that start with the "p" sound.  We talked about different foods that we might eat and we sang a song about different foods, some of them started with the "p" sound, like pizza, popcorn and pickles.  

We read the story Little Pea.  It is about Little Pea and his family.  In the story Little Pea can only eat candy for dinner.  Little Pea hates candy.  If Little Pea eats five pieces of candy, Papa Pea and Mama Pea will let him have dessert.  Little Pea is so excited when he gets a big bowl of spinach for dessert!!  We talked about foods that are vegetables and foods that are sweets.  We worked on answering "wh" questions by asking questions about the book after we read it.  We worked on different vocabulary words like pal, vegetable and hopscotch.  We also worked on emotions by looking at Little Pea's face to help us know if Little Pea liked what he was eating or not.  

You can read this book at home by checking it out from the library or if you search it on YouTube, for a digital version you can watch.  You can ask your child to practice saying the "p" sound in the words "pea", "papa pea", "hopscotch" and "pea pal".  You can work on asking and answering questions by thinking of different foods and asking your child, "Would Little Pea like broccoli?", "Would Little Pea like chocolate?" etc.....