The Preschool reading of "Stone Soup"

Oh I can just imagine the number of times this theme has been done by teachers all over the world! It certainly is a classic. I'm sure Marcia Brown, the author of "Stone Soup" had no idea how this book would take on a life of it's own. Here a some of the highlights of our "Stone Soup" week and the making of our soup on Friday. Hope you enjoy it as much as we did.

This is the sign up sheet I created for the parents. I made sure I created a space for each parent to bring at least one item. However, some parents brought two or three items.

                                    

                            Chicken and Vegetable Stone Soup

  

Parent	Ingredient/Supplies
	1 onion
	Garlic
	Carrots
	Cooked chicken breast
	Celery
	1 can/bag of sweet corn
	Chicken Broth
	1 bag of Noodles
	Salt
	Pepper
	ladel
	1 can of tomato sauce
	Small bag of cut potatoes
	Crackers
	1 Can or Bag of green beans
	1 small bag of parmesan cheese
	1 small stone

                                                                  

                            Here we are creating pots with black play doh.

We colored vegetables, then cut them out

to glue on black crete paper pots. 

These cauldrons were left over from Halloween.

They were perfect for the housekeeping area, outside games, 

and circle time activities. 

My favorite was watching the kids stir in alphabet blocks 

and play vegetables to create

"alphabet soup". 

We talked about the word "ingredient" and "directions".

We touched and/or smelled each of the ingredients for our soup. 

We washed our stone and vegetables.

Added the ingredients to our soup. 

Each child had the opportunity to add an ingredient and stir the pot. 

Then we all enjoyed "Stone Soup".

I found this site to be helpful

http://www.dltk-teach.com/fables/stonesoup/index.htm

and one of my friends found this site for me today. I bookmarked

it for next year! 

http://kidsworldexploration.com/id22.html

All of these book were available at my public library. We didn't get a chance to read all of them, but we sure gave it a try. 

Surprise Soup

Lentil Soup

Alvie Eats Soup

Mean Soup

Carrot Soup

       

My friend Laura said it best, we had a "souper" time with this theme!