Kindergarten and 1st grade this week watched the story of
The Three Little Pigs, then got a chance to try building houses of out straw, sticks, and bricks. Then the Big Bad Wolf came along and tried to blow them down. The kids loved it! We had some great Big Bad Wolves as well. :)
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| Some kids knew the story, but others did not. |
After watching the video we retold the story as a group, discussing the various building materials they used and which worked better than the others. Everyone knew that bricks were strongest and straw was weakest. Then I challenged them to make their own houses that could not be blown down.
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| "Bricks" were Legos and clearly the strongest building material. |
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| This Big Bad Wolf was very dramatic and had amazing lung strength! |
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| The kids LOVED calling over the Big Bad Wolf to see if he could blow down their houses. |
We were pretty loose with the concept of "house." It often ended up more of a pile. :)
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| That house went right off the table! |
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| You have to try blowing down your own house before you can call over the Big Bad Wolf. |
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| This house survived the first test. |
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| For "straw" we used small plastic coffee stir straws. The kids definitely had to use their imaginations building houses with these materials. They did a great job with it. |
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| We kept a tall on the white board to analyze which building material was strongest. |
In the end the brick houses always prevailed!
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| Can't go wrong with Legos! |
