October 2024
By Helene Welsing, Preschool Director
We are Thankful for…..Stone Soup???
We have a newer tradition at POPPS-reading and making our own Stone Soup! In addition to making handprint turkeys, investigating flint corn, baking projects and being thankful, our students also explore this European Folktale! Through this book they learn about travelers who have a clever plan to convince reluctant villagers to each share a little of their food to create a delicious soup and a communal experience of fellowship. This story models problem solving, creativity and cooperation. As we have many versions of this book, the students are also able to compare and contrast this story as told by different cultures.
After reading the story, students have an opportunity to bring in and prepare their own ingredients, recreating a delicious soup to enjoy the week before Thanksgiving, learn about collaboration and thankfulness and share our gifts from God with each other. Outside in our mud kitchen during our Tinkergarten inspired lesson, they have an invitation to recreate the soup in their play, gather ingredients from our playground, build a pretend cooking fire, and share the soup with their playmates.
We hope you have a bountiful Thanksgiving with your loved ones! For more information about Stone Soup, visit Stone Soup Activity For Kids | Tinkergarten. For more information about Prince of Peace Preschool, please visit princeofpeacenj.org, call 201 965-3354, or visit our fb page at Facebook.
For more information about Prince of Peace Preschool, please visit princeofpeacenj.org, call 201 965-3354, or visit our fb page at Facebook.
