Social Skills

Willems, Mo. (2004). The Pigeon finds a hot dog. New York, New York: Hyperion Books for Children.


ISBN # 0786818697

This story is about sharing. The story is about how a pigeon finds a hot dog and the little duck is asking questions about it and the pigeon starts to get very frustrated with him and ends up sharing it with him. It is a book that children enjoy being told for many reasons. The pictures in the story are easy to follow. The word bubbles help the children know who is saying what. The pictures do not have background colours and objects, this allows the children to focus on the pigeon and the duck. And it moves through the actions of getting frustrated when learning to share.



Provocations:



Leave a Giant hot dog out for when the children arrive. It can be a big felt hotdog or a large plastic hot dog. But the hot dog should be in a visual place that the children will see. Perhaps in the room where the children first walk in.



Presentation:



1) Felt story: You will need a felt pigeon duck, hot dog. You can also use a large word bubble. To show who is speaking.

2) Puppets you will need a puppet duck a puppet pigeon and a hot dog

3) Act it out with another teacher, one will be the duck and one is the pigeon. To do this you can have the teachers dress up in masks.

I would stop on page 10 and ask the children what they think a hot dog tastes like. I would also stop on page 28 and ask the children what they think is going to happen.

Extensions:

1) Have the children make their own felt hotdog

2) Have the children make a hot dog out of moulding clay or play dough depending on supplies available to you

3) The children can share a story about when they share