What sort of "puddles" might you meet along your way?
If you think you are going to meet a puddle, should you avoid taking
that path?
Is a puddle a bad thing?
Can you learn anything from your "puddles"?
Activity Ideas
Younger children may want to pretend to jump in a puddle or two, and
splash around! Perhaps you could cut out a "puddle" from a large piece of
craft paper and put it on the floor.
Even better, put on your wellington boots and go looking for a puddle or
two!
Using your pretend or real puddles, work out physical responses - do you
like to jump over puddles? Tread carefully around them? Splash noisily
through them? If the puddle is too big, do you need to stop and find another
way?
Extension Ideas
This simple proverb uses the image of a puddle on a path as a way of
warning us that there will always be obstacles in our way, no matter what we
choose to do. Brainstorm, and then design a poster of the sort of "puddles"
that children might come across.
Younger children could also brainstorm potential "puddles", then cut out
large puddle shapes from craft paper and card and label them. Place them on
the floor and then decide how you would approach and deal with each
"puddle".
Alternatively, you could come up with ideas for puddles that you think
the children might come up against. Perhaps you could make a set of "puddle"
cards? Use them in the classroom or home as a means to get the kids talking
about how to deal with problems.
Older children could even create "puddle" cards anonymously, so that
problems they have already encountered can be discussed in a classroom
setting and solutions brainstormed.
Early Learning Videos
Featuring bright colors, fun photos and cheerful music, these videos are aimed
at the younger age-group and introduce colors, numbers, letters and first words.
