Our Three Little Pig Study gave the preschoolers many opportunities to re-tell and create their own versions of the story. Reading many different versions gave them new ideas to incorporate into their play. It also provided many conversations about where authors get their ideas and how they can decide to change familiar stories to make it their own.
One of the most favored ways to create stories was through play-doh and building materials.
One of the most favored ways to create stories was through play-doh and building materials.
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“The wolf poked himself on the prickles. There are a lot of chimneys. These are the buddy wolves, they both go up. The lava destroyed the house.”
-Henry
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“The rocks are the pigs. Two wings fly the pigs away to Utah. There are lots of chimneys.”
-Abby
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“Mine has a slimy person to get all the pigs. That’s my story of the three little pigs. No wolf, just the slimy guy”
-Ronald
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The story even inspired a made-up song:
“The wolf came to the straw house and blowed it down
and the stick house
but not the bricks.
The wolf got hurt
and the pigs
and the wolf not gonna blow
no more houses down"
The preschoolers engaged in many opportunities for writing while creating plans for houses in the block area and making their own books.
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| "Once upon a time" |
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| Using tools to draw plans for a sturdy house |
