The next "Pea" book was titled Little Pea written by Amy Krouse Rosenthal. This is a darling story about a little pea whose parents (momma pea and papa pea) make him eat candy for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Most children would think this would be awesome, but not little Pea. He hates candy and can't wait until he can eat dessert - which is spinach. This is another book which Stella had me read several times that day.
After reading our books, we went outside to find a "Pea" sensory box. Inside the box I placed lots of dried split peas for scooping and pouring. I placed a magnifying glass, scissor scoops, small tweezers, scoops and small buckets and several snap peas and snow peas.
The girls would play - leave - and then return to play with the box most of the afternoon. The only direction I gave them was to try to open the pods and remove the little peas with the tweezers. They really had fun trying to pick those peas out of the pods. Here are some pics.
Lyla trying to pull out the peas.
Lyla eating the peas.
And, of course, where ever the girls are, Ruby follows.
At first, I wasn't so sure I wanted to do a "Pea" sensory box. I had seen several on Pinterest, but wasn't sure the girls would find it interesting or fun. They did! They loved scooping the dried peas into their buckets. The scissor scoops and tweezers were a great fine motor activity and they enjoyed trying to pull the peas out of their pods. In the end, I was glad I had made it.
That was our letter "P" week. Thanks for letting us share it with you.
