Home Hot Topics Articles Directors' Choice Awards About Us / Contact Us Activities & Curriculum Activities for Outcome-Based Learning Arts & Crafts Music for Learning Recommended Reading Sharing Boards: What Do YOU Think? NEWSlink Current National News Conference Calendar Topics In Early Childhood Education Art and Creativity in Early Childhood Education Job Sharing Board State Licensing Requirements Stay Connected! We'll send you regular emails filled with articles and ideas for your classroom. Subscribe Now   ACTIVITY The Little People By Rae Pica This activity is based on Snow White and the Seven Dwarves and offers children experience with the concepts of small and seven. It also provides an opportunity for the children to problem solve and express themselves creatively. Curriculum Area Language and Problem Solving Before You Start Read and discuss the story. How many is seven? Do the children know any little people? Let's Begin 1. Invite the children to move while being as small as they possibly can. Once they’ve demonstrated one possibility, ask them to show you another. Be sure to point out the variety of responses you see. Furthermore Can the children show you the shape of the number seven with their bodies or body parts?   Picture book Snow White and the Seven Dwarves Articles and activities listed on this website may be printed for single use. No article or activity may be duplicated or distributed in any form, in whole or in part, without permission from the publisher, Excelligence Learning Corporation. Contact Permissions Department.

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