Will Little Pea like it???

This week for Large Group we continued to practice the "p" or popping sound.  We sang the song Sing and Eat to the Alphabeat.  We practiced saying the name of different foods that begin with the "p" sound and other sounds too.

We reviewed the story of Little Pea.  We talked about how Little Pea could only eat candy for dinner and how Little Pea hates candy.  We learned that candy is a "sweet" and we talked about other foods that are sweets.  We talked about how Little Pea loved to have spinach for dessert.  We learned that spinach is a "vegetable" and we talked about other foods that are vegetables.

We played a game called Will Little Pea Like It?

To play the game we looked at pictures of different foods.  We had to decide if the food was a sweet or a vegetable.  We had to decide if Little Pea would like it.  If the food was a vegetable, we put the food in the bag with Little Pea's smiling face because we knew that he would like it.  If the food was a sweet, we put the food in the bag with Little Pea's frowning face because we knew that Little Pea would not like it.  

This activity helped us to learn new vocabulary.  It also helped us learn to classify food into groups.  This activity also helped us work on answering yes/no questions and using and understanding the word "not".  We had a lot of fun deciding which foods Little Pea would like and which foods he would not like.  

You could work on yes/no questions and using the word "not" when you take a trip to the grocery store.  You can ask your child if they like certain food that you see.  Have them answer yes or no.  When they answer "no", you can model the use of the word "not" by saying, "I heard you say you did NOT like carrots etc."