#208 The Cookie Crisis
Rousso has baked
special Dalmatian-shaped cookies for the crew at the firehouse.
Wimzie and Jonas, "just smelling," drop the cookie
tin. Horrified that they have broken the cookies, they don't
tell Rousso of the accident. For the rest of the day, they
worry, lie, and giggle about the accident, even though they
resolve "to tell the truth from now on." Rousso
comes home early but even though the children have a chance
to confess, they don't. Instead, they hide the cookies.
When Rousso is unable to find the cookies, he employs Horace's
famous sense of smell. Horace finds the cookies and then
drops them as he hands them over to Rousso. Wimzie and Jonas
gleefully place the blame on Horace, who feels terrible.
Wimzie feels his guilt and confesses her own, admitting
she broke the cookies first. Jonas too confesses. Rousso
opens the tin - all the cookies are unbroken! And hard as
cement and inedible! The children apologize and feel relieved
to be honest again. Everyone laughs and Yaya initiates a
real cookie bake.
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- Children will learn that accidents
do happen, so when they do, just tell someone.
- Children will learn that it
is best to tell the truth right away.
- Children will learn that if
you tell a story that is not true, it will make trouble
for you.
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Vocabulary: |
accident
Dalmatian
"having the blues" |
Suggested Activities: |
| Before you view:
What should Wimzie and Jonas have told Rousso right away? |
| While you view:
See suggestions in "How to use this guide" |
| After you view:
Go back to your pre-viewing activity and have the children respond
to the question. (Answer: That they had dropped the cookies
by mistake and were very sorry.) Talk about what you have seen
and take some time to discuss it. |
Extended Learning Activities |
Option 1: Talking About What
Is "True" (Discussion Activity)
Materials required: None |
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in mind that three- and four-year-old children have a very limited
idea of what is fact and what is fiction (that is why they love
pretend and dress-up so much), ask them to talk about what "true"
and "not true" mean. Lists could be made for thinking about. |
Option 2: Counting Cookies (Counting Activity)
Materials required: Box of tiny cookies or crackers, bowl |
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Seated around the table, children
can each take one cookie, then two, then three. Eat them up,
one, two, three. Count out another set and eat them down:
"Now I have three, now two, now one!" Older children can handle
higher numbers as well as eat more!
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Theme Related Books: |
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Big Fat Enormous Lie,
Marjorie Weinman Sharmat. NY: Scholastic.
Who Stole the Cookies from the Cookie Jar?, Judith Moffat.
NY: Scholastic.
Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Jan Brett. NY: Dodd Mead,
1987.
Good Dog, Carl, Alexandra Day. NY: Farrar, Strauss
& Giroux. |
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