The Magic Porridge Pot 25.01.21

Project -Traditional Tales

Text - 'The Magic Porridge Pot'

Literacy Activities to support 'The Magic Porridge Pot' :

Listen to the story of 'The Magic Porridge Pot'
Discuss the features of the front cover ie title, illustration. Discuss the setting and the characters.
As you read/ listen to the story pause periodically to discuss events ad new vocabulary.
Encourage joining in with repeated language
Sequence pictures or use puppets to retell the story.
Re-tell the story with new characters - create a different food for the cooking pot eg stringy, saucy spaghetti , curly, crunchy, fries ...
Look at the words in the story - model reading from left to right. Are there any familiar letters can you spot? Some children are beginning to recognise the sight words that we call 'tricky words' - I to no go the into. Can you see any of these words as you look through the book?

Maths Activities :

Make porridge - weighing and measuring ingredients
Make oat play dough . Use your teddies at home to have a tea party - use mathematical language as you count and compare sizes. Use different shaped cutters eg circles, triangles etc. Maybe, make a dough pizza - cut into halves and quarters, compare sizes are they equal?
Complete the addition counting & recording worksheet (in resources).

Creative Activities:

In addition:

Phonics & Handwriting Activities and ways to support at home can be found by clicking on and browsing the 'Handwriting' and 'Phonics' folders.

Resources