The Gigantic Turnip

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Garden in a Glove: When my kids were younger, we put bean seeds in a plastic baggie with a wet paper towel. We taped the baggie to the window and waited for the seeds to sprout. But, here’s a unique twist on that activity! Have your kids start a garden in a glove. Vegetable Garden Watercolor Painting: This is a beautiful project for your artistic kids. It is a great way to highlight all of the parts of a vegetable, too. The Enormous Turnip– Retelling of a folk tale about a farmer who is ready to harvest his turnips and discovers that one of them has grown into the largest turnip he has ever seen. Related Posts The mouse took hold of the cat, the cat took hold of the dog, the dog took hold of the granddaughter, the granddaughter took hold of the old woman, the old woman took hold of the old man, and the old man took hold of the turnip.

A complementary resource to our The Enormous Turnip Story, this brilliant Enormous Turnip Colouring Sheet will both occupy and entertain your learners. Not only that, colouring activities such as this are great for developing concentration and fine motor skills. When using pens and pencils, children use hand-eye coordination to keep the colours within the lines, helping to hone their precision-based skills.If you'd like to have a browse, we have a whole range of eBook resources to choose from here. More eBook Resources for Early Years Children The Great Big Enormous Turnip– This is a story about a farmer who planted a turnip. The turnip grew so large that is took a “team” to harvest the turnip. Eventually, the couple, a boy, a girl, a dog, a cat and a mouse manage to remove the turnip and for their help, the farmers invite them all to enjoy eating the enormous turnip. Use the story questions to help children to talk about the story and consolidate their recall of the events. This colourful PowerPoint is easy to read, simple to use and great fun for all your students. If they would prefer it in an eBook format, we also have that. There are plenty of Enormous Turnip Activities for Early Years that you can call in to help out, such as this Enormous Turnip Colouring Sheet. Other stories from Twinkl

Spring is here, and we are so ready! Now is the time of year to start filling our book baskets with books about seeds, gardening, insects, and the like.Growing Veggies: While this post is about growing carrot tops, you could adapt it to go along with the story by growing turnip tops. When I teach book-based lessons, I love to dig in and discover other fun “rabbit trails” to follow. The Enormous Turnip is the perfect lead into discussions about seeds, gardening, farming, vegetables, healthy eating, teamwork, and more.

I wonder what we can learn from this story...about asking for help when we need it...about working together..? The Gigantic Turnip" or "The Enormous Turnip" ( Russian: Репка, Repka, Ukrainian: Ріпка, Ripka, IPA: [ˈrʲepkə], literally "small turnip"; ATU 2044, ‘Pulling up the turnip') is a cumulative Russian fairy tale and Ukrainian fairy tale, collected in Arkhangelsk Governorate and published in 1863 by folklore researcher Alexander Afanasyev in his collection Russian Fairy Tales (tale number 89), a collection not strictly Russian, but which included stories from Ukraine and Belarus alongside Russian tales. [1] [2] [3] The tale is also considered a Ukrainian fairy tale, [3] [4] well-known as adapted by Ivan Franko. [5] [6]

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The Giant Turnip Activities: This story sequencing activity is based on one of the variations of the story, The Gigantic Turnip. Once upon a harvest time... Appoint children to take the parts in the story, holding each other around the middle to pull. Help children innovate the story by retelling it with a different vegetable and different characters – use people the children know. With a variety of topics and supporting activities, exercises and even full lesson plans to support them they might well inspire the next great story in your children.