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The Legend of Jelly Bean and the Unbreakable Egg

 

The Legend of Jelly Bean and the Unbreakable Egg:  

A Holiday Hill Farm Book by Joe Trolano, illustrated by Susan Banta

 (DJ Inkers Clip Art)

I received this book from a friend and teaching colleague and I knew right away that it would be the perfect seasonal book for young children.

Here's a Peek Into the Story:

Five fluffy chicks peck, poke, and whack a friend who is not ready to hatch!  Much to their dismay, the unbreakable egg is collected by the farmer.  The chicks follow the farmer to rescue Chick Six, but not before falling into the Easter egg dye.  Finally, these colorful chicks receive a colorful surprise when the sixth chick Jelly Bean makes an appearance.  

Teamwork and kindness are the messages received from this great seasonal story!

My Preschoolers loved this story!  Here's a Look At What We Did:

Colorful Shape Inspired Egg Hunt

(Source for Geometric Shapes 10" Jumbo Designer Cut-Outs)

 (Source for Geometric Shapes 1" Mini Designer Cut-Outs)

Prior to the start of the lesson, I hid many plastic eggs.  The children found the eggs and opened each egg to reveal a small shape cut-out.  The children were asked to identify and sort these shapes and to place the egg in the colored buckets.

Jelly Bean Sorting With Our Very Own Jelly Bean Chicks

Each child received these cute plastic chick eggs full of jelly beans to sort and to eat!

(Jelly Bean Sorting Mat Source)

Jelly Bean Chick Art

These colorful chicks were made from coffee filters.

 

Ask K-2 students to write about their own unbreakable egg, complete a written retelling of the story, identify and explain their favorite part of the book, and make connections to self, text, or the real world.

 Click on the chick to download the writing paper and the math mind map.

Enjoy the download and have a great night!

Eggs and Teaching Blog Addict

Click on over to Teaching Blog Addict to view my post tonight!

I just added a few "eggcellent" ideas to inspire your teaching week!

A Reading Response Activity

 Life Cycle Sequencing and Writing Activity

Hope you have a great evening!

Hatching Writers

Here's a look at our auto-biographies!

There is a page for "My School" and  the last page is blank to allow for a free topic choice.  Examples of the topics my students included this year were "Favorite Foods", "My Sports", and "Special Pets".

 

Download the pdf here.

Happy Writing!

Sporty Eggs

Here are a few math activities for the plastic eggs in your classroom.

We are using "sporty eggs" for a few math games this month.

(Please know you can use any plastic eggs for these math activities.)

 Each student or pair of students will need a plastic egg and three dice per egg to play.