Pot of Wolf Stew!
Posted by Faith BarbutoAlthough it may sound gruesome to the mind of an adult, there is nothing more exciting or more memorable to a PreK child than the thought of catching, cooking and eating a Big Bad Wolf!
After weeks of reading every version of the story we could find and comparing and contrasting them we finally finished our unit by doing just that. Along the way we learned that not all wolves are bad, revealing that there is always two sides to a story. Or that sometimes a Big Bad Pig scares little wolves, signaling that things are not always as they appear to be. We also learned story versions from other cultures, such as the The Three Javelinas, inspiring us to add a Spanish flavor profile to our cooking. The Big Bad Wolf story provided the backdrop for lessons on sequencing and patterns in math and of course, we made puppets to act it all out. Over the past weeks, my preschoolers became experts on all things wolf but the real excitement came when we made our own wild stew! As students arrived in school that day, they excitedly peeked into the pot, one by one they helped to cut up some par boiled potatoes and carefully add them in. One child suggested tomatoes, so a can of those went into the stew too! I had brought some onions and garlic from home which the young chefs eagerly smelt. Another child thought we should add green beans, so off to the garden we went to grab some. Everyone helped snipped the ends. We waited all day while the aroma filled our classroom. Everyone tried the wolf stew and there was plenty left to bring home to share!
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