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Tissue Box Tales

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  • DOMAIN(S)
    Communication, Language, and Literacy (CLL)
  • INDICATOR(S)
    CLL5.4b
  • AGE GROUP(S)
    48-60 months

After reading In the Tall, Tall Grass by Denise Fleming, create a set of small stick puppets for retelling. Glue pictures of each of the animals on the ends of craft sticks. Cover a square tissue box with fringy, green paper to resemble the grass. Cut a hole in the bottom of the box so you can put the stick puppet inside and through the opening in the top where the tissue pops out. Encourage the children to act out what each character did, such as “Caterpillars lunch. Munch, crunch.” Cover a second box with shiny blue paper to represent the pond and have the animals retell Fleming's In the Small, Small Pond. This activity could be done in small group.  

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