Teacher Activities Introduction

Learning to write letters begins with drawing shapes. Little Pea is a sphere, which is kinda' like a circle. Circles represent the letter O. Teacher activities always include writing activities!

We love measuring our preschool and kindergarten children at the beginning of the year, and then again at the end of the year. Little Pea will grow big, just like us!

We've developed some candy-based pre-math games and teacher activities, all without the worries of nutrition policies and dental hygiene! See the printable below.

Recognizing, imitating, continuing, and creating patters are key to preschool and kindergarten math skills development! 

Touch Math is a multi-sensory approach to teaching counting, numeral recognition, and number representation. Try our preschool and kindergarten game for FREE!

Working on speech and language skills within play to accomplish goals at a child's level is simply "education through play."  We encourage using a collection of manipulatives that represent aspects from the story as a tool for learning. These teacher activities we call "story baskets."

In individual or in groups, Little Pea can help teach preschool and kindergarten children how to interact with others by following their requests ("I want two pieces of candy") or making requests themselves ("I want blue, please!").

Similar to Simon Says, Papa Pea gives the children directives and they need to follow the directives. Allow your preschool and kindergarten children to take turns being the leader, too! Let's go, Little Peas!

Another fabulous preschool and kindergarten movement activity within group or individual lessons. Having children follow single -to- multi-step directions with a green ball (Little Pea) keeps them engaged!

We love this group or individual activity that promotes listening skills, teamwork,  prepositional concepts, & following single & multi-step directions for preschool and kindergarten children.

Using a place setting "map," preschool and kindergarten children race against a timer to match items to the map. (Extra challenge: try and do it without the map.) A super, independent center activity, as well as home activity!  [Printable below]

A cute worksheet on counting different shaped candies. [Teacher activities printable below]

BINGO is a fabulous way to reinforce characters and events from the story. We opted for colors & patterns for our preschool and kindergarten BINGO activity. For tokens, you can use green chips, toothpaste caps...and even a toothbrush to clear the chips away!

Perfect preschool and kindergarten activity for social skills, resiliency, vocabulary, speech, motor skills AND having fun! The images on this printable are from www.sproutorganicfoods.com, and fit in perfectly with Little Pea. [Printable below]

Papa Pea uses a spoon to fling Little Pea into the air! (Something we can't do to our preschool and kindergarten kiddos...!) What are some other types of silverware or utensils we use for eating with? Let's sort them and discuss their similarities & differences.  What about chopsticks, ceramic soup spoons, or ...fingers?!?!?

Using a closed bag filled with plastic utensils, have children reach inside and feel for a specific utensil: "Can you reach inside and pull out a fork?" Have preschool and kindergarten children pull one utensil out, and ask them to label what they have. 

Just like how Papa Pea flings Little Pea into the air, use a stomping board to fling a green beanbag. Preschool and kindergarten LOVE flinging things!

What could be better than exploring "Little Peas" of every size, shape, weight and texture. Our preschool and kindergarten bodies move in many ways, and so can a ball!

Place print-outs of Little Pea along a wall, with baskets below each picture. Have your preschool and kindergarten children toss beanbags against the pictures so they drop into the baskets below.

To work on preschool and kindergarten writing skills, including grasp, posture, & stabilizing the paper,  kids follow Little Pea's path to the candy dish.

A mess is best for teacher activities! Little Pea provides opportunities for preschool and kindergarten children to explore sensory activities through food: smashing peas, pinching peas, pressing peas, opening pods...have fun!

Peas are like little spheres. They roll! With marbles or small balls, other teacher activities include rolling, pushing, using fingers to pick up, and using spheres for roller painting. 

Creating Little Pea with finger print dots is a fun way to support the literature, as well as build sensory, social, and pre-academic skills. Different colored peas 'n friends? That's like the real world! Arts have no rules, similar to teacher activities. (Except maybe no paint past the elbow!)

Dot Art provides many avenues of expression for preschool and kindergarten learning. See our printable below for some GREAT ideas!

Using paper plates, preschool and kindergarten children can create their own Pea Family! (But we don't advise EATING off the plate until it's laminated...!)

Acting out the story is a super way to keep kiddos engaged in teacher activities, and solidify the preschool and kindergarten skills learned. 

Teacher activities include adapting familiar songs to Little Pea. It's as is easy as one, two, PEA!  See our quick 'n easy printable below.