Extension Activities for Children’s Books:



The Giant Jelly Bean Jar by Marcie Aboff

Additional Riddle Books for Children:

Scatterbrain Sam by Ellen B. Jackson. Scatterbrain Sam must solve riddles to find the ingredients to a mysterious glue stew that will make him smarter. A great read-aloud story with great art

Stories to Solve: Folktales from Around the World by George Shannon. Another wonderful read-aloud that invites the audience to solve the mystery before the solution is presented. Each story is just a few pages long and promotes thinking and problem solving skills.

Yucky Riddles by Marilyn Helmer. An easy-reader book for primary grades; kids will love to try these gross riddles out on their friends.

Book Extension Activities:

Sensory Experience: Can you Guess What Flavor the Jelly Bean Is? Give each child the same flavor jelly bean. Ask them to close their eyes (so they do not see the color of the bean) and eat it. Ask them what does it taste like? Record answers and predict which answer is correct. Reveal the correct flavor of jelly bean.

Literacy/Language Development: Fiddle me a Riddle: construct easy riddles by thinking of an object and then write two attributes about the object as a question. Example: who rides in a rocket and floats in space? An astronaut.

Counting/Math Extensions: Sorting: distribute jelly beans and sort by color. Estimation: Create your own “contest jar,” fill with jelly beans or other objects and ask children to estimate how many items are in the jar. After all guesses, reveal the winner. How did they determine their guesses? Record responses. Patterns: using different colored jelly beans, ask children to arrange them into predictable pattern lines. Measurement: how many jelly beans does it take (end-to-end) to make a yard?

Emotions Discussion: Sometimes You Win, Sometimes You Lose: discuss feelings when playing board games and being in contests. Share an experience about when you won something or when you lost.

Language Arts: Writing Activity: use the following questions to prompt writing: If I could create my own jelly bean flavor it would be ______, because ______. My favorite jelly bean flavor is _______. When I woke up this morning, jelly beans poured out of my ___________.

Dramatic Play Activity: Take turns being the owner of the best candy shop in town! Give child an apron like Jo-Jo has and instruct them to tell the “customers” what type of candy you have in your shop. How much does your candy cost? Have other children pretend to be paying customers.

Scavenger Hunt: make up riddles that reveal where jelly beans are hidden in the room. Take turns reading a riddle to each child so they can find one hidden jelly bean. Older children can be handed the clues and return to the group when they find their jelly bean. Then, they can read it out loud to the group and share the answer to where the jelly bean was hidden.



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