Encourage thoughtful listening, expressive writing, and playful creativity with Interrupting Chicken activities that build literacy and social-emotional skills. From designing a robe to writing advice for Chicken, these activities spark meaningful discussions and hands-on fun. Students will explore story elements, compare fables and fairytales, and even build their own fairy tale while practicing comprehension, vocabulary, writing, and fine motor skills. It’s the perfect way to reinforce important lessons about timing, respect, and imagination—all with a side of giggles. Add these activities to your read-aloud routine and give every little interrupting chicken a chance to reflect and grow.
As a result of the included activities, students will be able to:

• Design a robe for Papa.
• Illustrate and write about times it is appropriate to interrupt.
• Write advice for Chicken.
• Recommend a new book the pair should read next.
• Sequence the story.
• Determine a cause and effect.
• Complete sentence starters.
• Compare and contrast fables and fairytales.
• Apply Writing Skills with included writing templates and prompts.
• Practice Reading Comprehension with included discussion questions for the beginning, middle, and end of the book.
• Engage in Social Skills with included whole group prompts and activities.
• Develop Fine Motor Skills with included coloring, tracing, cutting, and gluing activities.
• Build a fairy tale.

Get ready for giggle-filled learning and conversations that stick—no need to interrupt, just dive right in!

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About the Book

Occasionally overcome by uncontrollable bwaks, the little chicken shouts out in the middle of her bedtime stories. With a pleasant piano score that fades into fairy tale whimsy, you can hear chicken interrupting with a squawk! Read this fun tale and see how far you get before your kids interrupt with laughter.