Story Time: P is for Pie
Who needs rhythm sticks when you’ve got a house full of instruments? You and your child can grab paper towel tubes, empty tin cans, or even a pair of chopsticks and get ready to make some noise. Start by keeping the beat to old favorites like “If You’re Happy and You Know It,” “B-I-N-G-O,” or your favorite popular recording. Then, after you’ve read a fun book about pie, dive into some of the following activities. And of course, no pie celebration is complete without a tasty treat at the end!
Join us Tuesdays, and Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. in the Community Room or Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. in the Activity Room.
Ages 3-5
Sing, Talk, Read, Write, Play
Tip
The holidays are a good time to learn about gratitude with your child. As your child gives and receives gifts, you can talk about acts of kindness and the feelings and or emotions associated with giving and receiving a gift. – TenderHeartedTeacher.com
Activity
Make a gratitude jar with your child. Decorate a jar or box, write down things that both of you are grateful for on small pieces of paper, and put them in the jar. Then, throughout the year, pull out a paper and talk about why you were grateful for that particular thing. You can also add more slips of paper to your jar as you both discover and experience new things!
Books Presented
I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie by Alison Jackson
All for Pie, Pie for All by David Martin
Little Red Hot by Eric A. Kimmel
Splat! by Jon Bergerman
Songs, Rhymes, and Fingerplays
Let’s Make a Pie (with rhythm sticks)
Apple pie, peach pie, blueberry too,
Let’s make a pie especially for you!
First we roll out the dough till it’s nice and flat.
Roll, roll, roll, roll. (Roll sticks on floor.)
Now we chop up the fruit, just like that.
Chop, chop, chop, chop. (beat the sticks on the floor)
Stir in the sugar & honey with me.
Stir, stir, stir, stir. (hold sticks together and stir in a circle)
Now march to the oven, 1, 2, 3.
March, march, march, march. (holding sticks vertical, hit the floor)
Put it in the oven and we wait,
and we wait, and we wait. (place sticks on floor, hold hands up)
Pie is done! Ding goes the bell!
Out of the oven, Mmmm love that smell.
(circle sticks in front of nose.)
Source: Miss Caitlin Music
Five Apple Pies in the Bakery Shop
Five apple pies in the bakery shop
Five apple pies with sugar on top
Along came a man with a penny in his hand
Click, clock, click, clock, click, clock, click, clock
He took one pie and away he ran.
Four apple pies in the bakery shop…..
Three apple pies in the bakery shop…
Two apple pies in the bakery shop…
One apple pies in the bakery shop…
But we’re not finished:
No apple pies in the bakery shop.
No apple pies with sugar on top.
Along came a man with a penny in his hand.
Click, clock, click, clock, click, clock, click, clock
He took one look… and away he ran!
Adapted from King County Library System
Blueberry Pie, Cream and Jam
Blueberry pie, cream and jam,
Let’s tap our sticks as nice* as we can!
*quick, slow, quiet, loud
Source Hushlander
Crafts and Activities
Pie Coloring Page
Pumpkin Pie Craft
Additional Books
Seed, Sprout, Pumpkin, Pie by Jill Esbaum
Discusses how pumpkins grow, the different varieties of pumpkins, and the many ways people use them.
Nothing's Wrong!: A Hare, A Bear and Some Pie to Share by John Jory
Ugly Pie by Lisa Wheeler
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