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FIVE SHINY MARBLES
Language and Literacy
Materials
Marbles
Activity
Line up five shiny marbles on the floor, then recite the poem below. Take one marble away at the end of
each verse and let the children fill in the blank.
Five shiny marbles laying on the floor,
One shot away and that leaves ________.
Four shiny marbles I can plainly see,
One rolled off and that leaves ________.
Three shiny marbles, now just a few,
One left the group and that leaves ________.
Two shiny marbles basking in the sun,
One wandered off and that leaves ________.
One shiny marble looking for a hero,
Went off to find the others and that leaves ________.
Susan M. Paprocki
Variation: Give each child a cup of five shiny marbles. Have the children line up their own marbles in
rows and put one marble back in their cups at the end of each verse.
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Language and Literacy
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THREE LITTLE PIGS PUPPETS
Materials
Cardboard egg carton
Scissors
Craft knife
Pink tempera paint
Paintbrush
Marker
Activity
To make each puppet, select a cardboard egg carton. Cut
out, in a single piece, one egg cup and two adjacent cones.
Trim the cones to look like pig ears. Hold the egg cup so that
the ears are on top and carefully cut an X in the bottom side of
the cup for a finger opening. Paint the puppets pink and add facial
features with a marker. Let the children use the puppets to tell the 
story of The Three Little Pigs or while you sing the following song.
The Three Little Pigs
Sung to: “Three Blind Mice”
Three little pigs.
Three little pigs.
Each built a house.
Each built a house.
The wolf came by and he huffed and puffed.
The straw and stick houses were not so tough.
Thank goodness the brick house was strong enough
For three little pigs!
Kathy McCullough
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