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Stone Soup
Felt Board Fun
(or Puppets)

In this section I've put together some simple pages to go with the story of stone soup. They go especially well with the Stone Soup Poem. You can use the templates (found at the bottom of this page) in a number of ways:

Use the sheets as... COLORING PAGES

simply print the black and white version of each page and allow the children to color them.
There is more than one template piece per page (typically there are two pieces) with a dotted line oval around the piece.
- Cut around the dotted line before handing out the coloring pages
- either the children or an adult can do the cutting.
- It is up to you whether you want to cut the pieces out in detail or just leave the white paper oval background. (I like to leave the background for coloring pages or puppets and I like to cut the pieces out in detail and then laminate them for felt board pieces).
Color recognition: Focusing on color recognition and following directions while coloring the vegetables. Give them a variety of crayons and instruct them to color:
- the pot purple,
- the potato brown,
- the stone black,
- the salt red, (explain it is in a red container)
- the pepper grey,
- the carrot orange,
- the herbs green,
- the onion yellow,
- the milk blue, (explain it is in a blue jar)
- the ham pink.
How does it taste: As you color the pictures, talk about each vegetable's flavor. Is it sweet, is it sour, is it salty? Do you like it? Which is your favorite?
Printing: older children can print the color at the bottom of their coloring pages. Or, for slightly younger children who are starting to read but cannot yet write, have an adult write each color/vegetable on a slip of paper. Allow the children to pick out the proper slips and glue it to their coloring page -- you can color code the slips of paper to make it easier for the children to match the words with their vegetables.
Another Idea - Thanks to Annette (a viewer) for sending this in!: Thank you for your Stone Soup ideas! I just wanted to share a craft idea. Thought that you might add it to your Stone Soup ideas. I took coloring sheet copies of a stone, potatoes, carrots, onion, and a pot. I cut them out. I glued the pot onto the bottom of a brown lunch bag that was cut 1/3 it's size. The children colored the pot and other items. The other items were put into the bag/"pot" for the "soup".

Use the sheets as... PUPPETS

Either complete the black and white sheets as coloring pages (see above)
OR
print the color pages
There is more than one template piece per page (typically there are two pieces) with a dotted line oval around the piece.
- Cut around the dotted line before handing out the coloring pages
- either the children or an adult can do the cutting.
- It is up to you whether you want to cut the pieces out in detail or just leave the white paper oval background. (I like to leave the background for coloring pages or puppets and I like to cut the pieces out in detail and then laminate them for felt board pieces).
Tape each template piece to a popsicle stick, drinking straw or an unsharpened pencil.
How does it taste: As you color the pictures, talk about each vegetable's flavor. Is it sweet, is it sour, is it salty? Do you like it? Which is your favorite?
Color recognition: First, ask all the carrots to stand up and wave their puppets, then all the onions, etc. Then ask all the people with orange pieces to stand up, then all the yellow, etc.

Use the sheets as... FELT BOARD CHARACTERS

Either complete the black and white sheets as coloring pages (see above)
OR
print the color pages
There is more than one template piece per page (typically there are two pieces) with a dotted line oval around the piece.
- Cut around the dotted line before handing out the coloring pages
- either the children or an adult can do the cutting.
- It is up to you whether you want to cut the pieces out in detail or just leave the white paper oval background. (I like to leave the background for coloring pages or puppets and I like to cut the pieces out in detail and then laminate them for felt board pieces).
You can cover with clear contact paper or laminate if you want them to last longer.
Cut out each page.
Cut out a small piece of coarse sandpaper and tape or glue it on the back of each animal (if you laminated, it will need to be a larger piece of sandpaper). The sandpaper will allow the characters to stick on your felt board.
If working with a group, give each child an animal. As you read the story, have the children bring up the appropriate pieces and put them on the board.
How does it taste: As you color the pictures, talk about each vegetable's flavor. Is it sweet, is it sour, is it salty? Do you like it? Which is your favorite?
Color recognition: First, ask all the carrots to stand up and wave their puppets, then all the onions, etc. Then ask all the people with orange pieces to stand up, then all the yellow, etc.

THE TEMPLATES:

close template window when done printing to return to this screen.
change your page margins to zero (FILE, PAGE SETUP or FILE, PRINTER SETUP in most browsers). See print help for more info.