"P" is for POPCORN

This week for Large Group, we introduced the "P" sound.  We practiced saying the "P" sound by itself and in the beginning of words.  We played a game where Teacher Heidi let us choose a piece of popcorn out of her bucket and we practiced saying the "p" word that was on the popcorn.  We also talked about how the letter "p" makes the "p" sound.

We watched a short animated story on the BIG SCREEN in our class.  It was the Popcorn book by Frank Asch.

This story is so funny.  It is about a bear named Baby Bear.  He wants to have a party so he calls up all his friends and invites them over.  All of the friends that come to the party bring popcorn.  Baby Bear decides to pop all of the popcorn, so he gets Mama Bear's big pot and fills it with all of the popcorn.  Soon, it begins to pop and it keeps popping!!!!  The popcorn spills over the side of the pot, onto the kitchen floor.  The popcorn fills up the entire kitchen then moves to the living room, soon filling the whole house.  Baby Bear and his friends had to get rid of the popcorn so they crunched and munched and munched some more until it was all gone.  They all felt so sick!!!  Baby Bear's friends went home and Baby Bear went to bed and when his mom and dad got home, they told him they had brought him a treat and guess what it was????  POPCORN!!!

We loved the story and watching it on the BIG SCREEN.  We talked about the story and what happened.  We talked about how Baby Bear felt.  We talked about what we would do if that happened at our house.  

If you want to watch the popcorn story at home, you can find it by googling "frank asch popcorn flash" and then clicking on the link.