You can never go wrong with a classic.
I like to read the story first, because the recording can be a little scary for young children. Usually once we have talked about it, and acted it out (especially the wolf), it seems to diffuse the scariness of it. The children love being the wolf, and love being “brave” Peter.
In a world of iPads and movies for children, I love that this is a story children can listen to. Listening to a story is so important. They develop listening skills, and use their imagination.
For this part of the story, I used a rope to show the children a lasso. I showed them how Peter slowly let it down and slipped it on the wolf’s tail to catch it.
I would like to think that we can get the duck out of the wolf’s belly. Hahaha.
What a wonderful way to introduce children to musical instruments.
After the story, we listened to the first part of the recording below and acted out all of the different characters.
The bird, the duck, the cat, Grandfather, the wolf, Peter(looking for a wolf) and the hunters.
Many years ago, I traveled to Russia, where I bought this hat. I love being able to use it for this story.
Here is the projection image. Could this be the house where Peter and his grandfather live? Is there a wolf in that forest?
I made these so the children can retell the story in the library.
During my after school classes, we had more time to listen to the recording. The children colored while they listened.
After we listened to the story, we went on a wolf hunt (with ropes). The children then tried to figure out how to make a lasso to catch the wolf.
Of course we had a procession to take our wolves to the zoo (with music!):
Another Beatrix and Berto approved book:
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