Educators
Kitten & Clucky teaching resources supplement the learning experience and make it more fun for kids!
Teaching Resources
Worksheets
Worksheets for educators include
• vocabulary learning;
• life lessons/themes;
• and questions for listeners to foster discussion
Reader’s Theater
Reader’s theater printable scripts and theater adaptations (available soon)
Coop Supplies
Items are available in our online store.
• Coloring pages
• Stickers
• Masks that can be cut and colored
• Embroidery pattern
Teacher’s Guide
Listen to the podcast episode first. Students can listen for character voices, story order, vocabulary words and emotions.
The original script is on the final page. Students can read along with the script if that’s helpful.
There are worksheets that can be filled out before, during and after listening to the podcast.
The class can perform the Readers’ Theater.
Split up the acts so that each student gets a role or divide into smaller groups so they can read with one another.
Turn it into your own podcast episode by recording their voices on a computer, tablet, or phone. It doesn’t have to be perfect, but this adds to the fun!
Keep Kids… and Grandma… off the screen!
There are so many “screens” in our world today. It’s important to have screen-free time, especially for kids. Studies show that a lot of screen time in early childhood can have negative effects.
Kitten & Clucky is designed as a screen-free activity that can be enjoyed by every generation. There are many fun and productive things to do while listening. Here are some suggestions.
Build Legos together while listening.
See if the playroom can be cleaned…or the laundry folded…or take care of another project before finishing an episode.
Grandma can work on her needlepoint embroidery of the Kitten & Clucky logo while her grandson colors a Kitten & Clucky coloring page while listening to a Kitten & Clucky podcast.
What can you do while listening?
Want to learn more about screen-free?
Here are some studies that show how important screen-free education is.
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Getting to the Core of the Matter
Our podcast provides a number of skills and Common Core Content Standards.
Skills
Reading: Foundational Skills (RF)
RF.1.4 / RF.2.4 / RF.3.4 — Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
Speaking & Listening (SL)
SL.1.1 / SL.2.1 / SL.3.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners.
SL.1.2 / SL.2.2 / SL.3.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or presented orally.
SL.1.4 / SL.2.4 / SL.3.4 — Tell a story or recount an experience using relevant facts and descriptive details, speaking clearly at an appropriate pace.
Language (L)
L.2.4 / L.3.4 — Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases.
Fourth-Grade Common Core Standards
These are some of the fourth-grade common core standards that we are meeting with our Reader’s Theater script.
RF.4.4 – Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
RF.4.4b – Read the Reader’s Theater script orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression.
RL.4.3 – Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in Meet Kitten & Clucky, using details from the script and podcast.
RL.4.7 – Make connections between the text of the script and the podcast audio, identifying similarities and differences in presentation.
SL.4.1 – Engage in collaborative discussions with peers about the story, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
