How To Give A Pig A Pancake

Monday was a special day for the kids because Daddy was home! I decided to incorporate Daddy into our reading activity for the day. The kids LOVED it!

The book we read was If You Give A Pig A Pancake by Laura Numeroff. I absolutely LOVE the If You Give A.... stories. I love that you can integrate so many different activities into the stories:

• If You Give A Moose A Muffin: Make Muffins with the kids and read the story.
• If You Take A Mouse To The Movies: Before going to the movies or watching one at home, read the story and pop some popcorn.
• If You Give A Mouse A Cookie: Bake cookies together and read the story.
• If You Give A Pig A Party: For lunch, get a few balloons and set up the room like a party. Maybe reenact a small party for the kids, but the party is for the pig!

Here is what we did with: If You Give A Pig A Pancake:

What is even MORE fun...they have a book at the library that has a collection of the If You Give A... books. Definitely check that one out. Look at that ornery, little piggy peeking in the window. How cute is she?

 

So, as I mentioned earlier, the husband was off work for President's Day. I put him to work.....

 

Daddy was the pancake maker...and did a wonderful job!

 

While Daddy cooked the pancakes, I read the story to the kids.

 

Even my little princess loved the story!

 

The boys chowed down on their pancakes, just like that little piggy!

 

So did Mommy and Daddy........

 

 

Another little sweet pea wanted in on the fun.....

 

 

NOW she is happy!

 

In the story, the little Pig wants to mail his pictures to his friends.

They race off with all of the mail to send away.

 

 

The boys wanted to make piggies to mail off to Uncle Drew. They were not sure about 'mail' and the post-office...so the lesson went in that direction. We talked about mailboxes, bills, cards, letters, etc.

 

The boys painted paper-plates and then added all of the parts of the pig.

 

 

How cute are THESE? They will be mailed off to Uncle Drew in New York City this week.



 We could have done more with this book...but we could not pass up 50 degree weather outside.

This was a fun book and activity for the kiddos!

Again...you can check out ALL of the If You Give A...books and the activities that can accompany them are pretty easy to plan. I love to incorporate food into the lessons. Hey...they are little piggies that have to eat, right!?

 

Have a great day!!

 

Blessings!

 

Abby