The pigs in The Three Horrid Little Pigs by Liz Pichon didn’t have the right tools to make their way in the world. They couldn’t or won’t build decent homes for themselves. They had horrible manners. They didn’t learn to look out for each other. They weren’t good for their mother either. I think that must be why she kicks them out of her house. A very kind and helpful wolf tries to mentor the pigs in homebuilding. They don’t want any help and treat him with contempt. Finally, after each has their home taken over by other animals they all decided to seek help from the wolf.
This is a humorous and yet telling look at the three pigs. The author opens the door for parents to talk to their children about manners and making judgments about others. I love the way the text in the story flows from one page to the next sometimes midsentence. The illustrations fill each page and beautifully paint pictures of what is happening in the story. The watercolor style is such fun.
This week we made a house out of popsicle sticks. That means we had to eat a lot of popsicles. There was no fussy from JDaniel about that.
I drew this picture and had JDaniel add some of the same elements to his house.
I labeled parts of JDaniel’s house as he drew them. He hung both of our work on the fridge when we finished.
Disclaimer: I was sent a copy of this to review by Tiger Tales. The thought and opinions in this post are my own.
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Ha! Red Ted would also have NO problems with eating lots of popscicles…a perfect toddler activity 😉
Maggy
Red Ted Art
That book looks funny. My kids would love to be given the task of eating a lot of popsicles!
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It’d be interesting to see just how many books parody the 3 Little Pigs. My favorite is The True Story of the Three Little Pigs. Nice, simple craft for a little one!
fun way to introduce manners.
That books looks so cute! I’ll have to see if I can find it. My kids can use the occasional reminder about manners.
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I love fairy tale retellings. Cute craft.
Looks like an adorable book!
I think I need to find that book for my grandkids for Christmas! We all can use a little reminder about manners at times…
I just love all your great, simple ideas for activities. I might just have to pull out the popsicles sticks this afternoon, after naptime.
We have The True Story of the Three Little Pigs. I’ll have to look into getting this one too.
Awesome, I’ve been looking for a manner book!
What a great book and project. Thank you for linking up to stART!!
I’m a great lover of manners books. We collected a lot of them when my children were little. I actually wrote my master’s dissertation on using Montessori methods to teach manners. This looks like a great, new addition to the manners books!Fun project as well!
what a great way to talk about manners…
with a classic!
i love how you always do an activity with it>..