Later he finds a flier about the King Puck Festival and decides to enter his goat in the contest. You will have to read the book to find out who wins and what the winner selects. I will give you a clue. The winner picks something that will help him read, explore, and learn.
What did we do to explore King Puck?
The goats line up to be judged in the King Puck contest. We lined up goats in number order. I am not sure that there were eighteen goats in the contest. We decided we need to have eighteen goats lines up on our kitchen table.
If JDaniel were older or had a better grasp on numbers, here are some other ways we could have explored number concepts with the goats.
- Sorted by even and odd numbers.
- Used the goats to make number sentences.
- Place the correct numbers before and after the number placed on the table
- Created word problems based on the goats
If you like this King Puck activity, here are some more book inspired learning activities:
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angelicscalliwags says
Thanks for hosting. I love this linky- anything to do with books has a huge thumbs up!! I love your puppet as well, and I’m thinking of which up and coming books I can include one with!
Shaunna Evans says
I had never heard of this book or the festival either. Thanks for sharing.
Barbara A. Mojica says
A lovely story. I was in Ireland in the month of April and I did not know about this festival either.
emilyashmore says
Thanks for hosting the link up. Such a great sounding book, another one to add to the wish list.
Lisa @ Two Bears Farm says
That looks like a really cute book!
AMBER EDWARDS says
That is THE cutest goat sock puppet I have ever seen! The book sounds fantastic! I wonder if they have it in our library.
amber whitehead says
That is the cutest and only goat sock puppet I have ever seen. I always love your book suggestions and crafts. Thanks!
The Dose of Reality says
Aw! Your puppet is adorable!! We’ve never heard of that festival either! Cool! –The Dose Girls
Sue says
I’ve never heard of this either…Looks like a cute book!
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Sofia says
That is quite a handsome puppet you made!! Hehehe
Kelli Becton says
Great ideas – love the puppet 😉 thanks for hosting – we were on the road this week mostly exploring and learning – but we did plenty of reading too (especially the museum signs)
Bethany Winston says
Your goat puppet is so cute!
Jennifer Fischer says
I love puppets and sock puppets are great fun! We do them with books too. http://www.jdaniel4smom.com/2013/03/an-irish-tale-king-puck-readexplorelearn.html#
Allison says
Love the sock puppet!
Mia says
Thanks for hosting. I love books with activity ideas for kids’ book clubs.
Anne says
Hi, I love Irish tale. Irish is a Beautiful language to me. If it was my choice I would learn Irish any day. On my Mother’s side she both Irish and Scottish, Irish being the Lockrins, and the Scottish McNabbs. My father is Pure English from England. The Lockrins came to America on the Mayflower and my father’s side went to America around the time when the 13 Colonies were established. If I had a choice I would go and live in Ireland in a flash no second thoughts.
Syddall Susan says
Thank you for hosting. I love your goat sock puppets. I’m definitely going to have to try this. Thanks for sharing.
Melissa Pezza says
Oh that sock puppet is so cute!! We are all about puppets here!
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