Could you help me come up with an activity for four year olds that correlate with the book The Hungry Thing?

Question

I'm reading the book The Hungry Thing to a four year old classroom at a local preschool I need to include a game, song, science activity... Does anyone have any ideas? The book is about a monster that comes to a village with a sign that says feed me. He doesn't pronounce words correctly when he asks for food, he rhymes them. For example, when he wants pancakes he asks for shmancakes. The townspeople feed him and at the end he flips the sign over and it reads thank you. I need an activity that correlates with the book. Please help.

Answer 1

The children could create "monsters" with paper bags as puppets.  You could cut out pictures from magazines and have them "feed" the monsters with the pictures and use rhyming words.

Ever hear the song "I like to eat apples and bananas?" Well, if you haven't you say something like "i like to oat oat oat opples and bononos" it's silly and fun. Barney use to sing it on his show. I use to be a preschool teacher.

Answer 2

Bring them a snack. Help them write a song with ryming words, like in the book. Make monster puppets with paper food to feed them and have them make signs like the monster had that they can bring home and play with. Even try acting out the book as a play!  have fun!

Activity Plan: Storytime activities: • http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/thing/t... help feed the hungry thing. Find the words that rhyme. Use nutritious foods. Have a big box with a big hole cut as mouth – kids decorate box and then feed it rhymes by teams matching words – eg one side is egg 1 side is leg – use illus and word written Home activities: • http://www.sbceo.k12.ca.us/~summerld/hun... • rhyming game (do as flashcards) • http://www.kinderhive.net/thehungrything... feed magnetic food to hungry thing – put laminated pics of food glued to magnets

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Answer 3

get them to eat something nutritional