FIAR Co-op - Papa Piccolo, Part 2

After once again reading Papa Piccolo together and talking about the story, the children made their own gondolas out of paper! In the story, the two little baby stray cats that Papa Piccolo ends up adopting, unwittingly go for a long gondola ride and are "lost" for a day. We talked about how in Venice, the canals serve as streets and there are boats of all types traversing the waterways.




Papa Piccolo was served scraps of all kinds, and of course loved fish! For our snack, the bravest of the children tried sardines on crackers. A few of them were not willing, and we didn't force them, but 3 of the 5 at least tasted!


Sally's boys couldn't get enough!


Sally gathered all the stuffed animal cats she had in the house, and the children acted out the story. Super cute!



We really enjoyed this book. It was a fun, fun morning!