This is a great way to learn about favorite family foods and traditions. uncommon food exploration: Brainstorm as a group about other foods that students like that may not be common to all.for older children, they could write a story about lima beans using some of the facts that they learned.for younger children, have them draw a picture of lima beans and write a sentence with one fact they learned.For example, did you know that Lima beans are also known as “butterbeans” due to the taste of them cooked resembles butter? learn about lima beans: given it’s an uncommon food, share some fun facts about the lima bean.So here are a few ideas to get you started: How many of us think of lima beans as one of our favorite foods? Also, while this lesson is definitely important for our younger friends, kids of all ages would benefit from reminders of “don’t yuck my yum” as we say at TasteWise Kids. After all, it starts with Camilla liking lima beans. While this is of course very important, and a skill we want all of our students to learn, I thought it would be fun to use this book to talk more explicitly about different food preferences. Scholastic offers a good lesson plan for Pre-K thru 2 nd grade which focuses on learning to respect and accept differences in others. Isn’t there anyone who can help Camilla remember what it means to be herself?
Specialists are called but the situation goes from bad to worse. When the class says the Pledge of Allegiance, she turns red, white, and blue! Instead of blending in, she’s standing out. Camilla Cream is very worried about what other people think about her, but at the very moment she most wants to fit in, she becomes completely covered in colorful stripes! Worse yet, she seems to change colors to match whatever is happening around her. Why? Because the other kids in her school don’t like them. Since I know many of us are always looking for new books and ways to use them to extend learning – whether at home with your kids or in your classroom – I thought I’d share.Ĭamilla Cream loves lima beans, but she never eats them. I’m so glad that she did as it’s a great story and also happened to spark some fun ideas of how we might use this book as we develop some new workshops for younger kids. Recently, my daughter asked me to read A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon during read aloud time in her kindergarten class.
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In our next post in this series we’ll explore the book Enemy Pie and share character lessons related to friendship.By Wendy Jeffries, TasteWise Kids Executive Director Watch actor Sean Astin read A Bad Case of Stripes. Remind students that it should be something that makes them unique but they might be shy or have never told anyone about. Then ask students to think about what would cure them if they had a bad case of stripes. Lima Beans Activityĭiscuss with students what cleared up Camilla’s stripes and why simple lima beans worked. You can allow the students to use just crayons, markers and color pencils or go a step further and let them use beads, feathers, magazines, etc. After brainstorming, students decorate the head to show every student’s uniqueness. Have students brainstorm ways they can show each person’s favorite thing or something special about their self on the group head. Create a larger cut out of a head for each group or one for the class. This can be a group or whole class project. This is a great first week of school activity. Encourage students to share things that others would not know or they might be shy to share.
The students then draw lines across the head and fill in stripes with things that make them unique.
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Book Activities About Being Yourself Uniquely YouĬreate a paper head, there are free printouts you can find online of Camilla’s head or you can make your own. I have read this book many times with Little Bit and used it in my 4 th and 5 th grade classroom. This is a great book for students of all ages. Camilla’s anxiety about what other people think of her causes a big problem, a bad case of stripes. Although Camilla Cream loves lima beans she is afraid to eat them because of what other people might think. I love this book for many reasons but mainly because the book teaches you to be yourself no matter what others say or might think. Today we’re continuing our character lessons series with activities about being yourself.Ī Bad Case of Stripes is my favorite children’s book. We recently shared ways to teach about spreading rumors with the book Mr. Using picture books to teach character lessons at home and in the classroom can be a very effective instructional tool for children. Share on X (Twitter) Share on Facebook Share on Pinterest Share on Email
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