Circle
The Little House with a Star Inside
Materials needed:
cutting board
knife
apple
A plate full of apple slices for children to eat after this story or during sack time is a good idea.
Once there was a little boy who had played almost all day. He had played with all the games he knew, and he could not think of anything else to do. So he went to his mother and asked, “Mother, what shall I do now?” His mother said, “I know about a little, red house with no door and no windows and a star inside. You can find it, if you go look for it.” So the little boy went outside and there he met a little girl. He said, “Do you know where there is a little, red house with no door and no windows and a star inside?”
The little girl said, “No, I don't know where there is a little, red house with no door and no window and a star inside, but you can ask my daddy. He is a farmer and he knows lots of things. He's down by the barn and maybe he can help you.”
So the little boy went to the farmer down by the barn and asked, “Do you know where there is a little, red house with no door and now windows and a star inside?”
“No,” said the farmer. “I don't know, but why don't you ask Grandmother. She is in her house, up on the hill. She is very wise and knows many things. Maybe she can help you.
So the little boy went up the hill to Grandmother's house and asked, “Do you know where there is a little, red house with no door and no windows and a star inside?”
“No,” said Grandmother. “I don't know, but you could ask the wind, for the wind goes everywhere and I'm sure he can help you.”
So the little boy went outside and asked the wind, “Do you know there is a little, red house with no door and no window and a star inside?”
And the wind said, “OHHHHHHHH! OOOOOOOO! To the little boy, it sounded like the wind said, “Come with me.” So the little boy ran after the wind. He ran through the grass and into the orchard and there on the ground he found the little, red house with no door and no window and a star inside! He picked it up and it filled both his hands.
He ran home to his mother and said, “Look, Mother! I found the little, red house with no door and no window, but...I cannot see the star! So this is what the mother did. (Cut apple in half, across the core.) “Now I see the star!” (Show children the star) Do you?
Related activities:
Stamp painting with apples cut to show the star
Verse:
If I were an apple
And grew on a tree
I think I'd drop down
On a nice boy, like me
I wouldn't stay her
Giving nobody joy; I'd fall down at once
And say, “Eat me, my boy!”
Materials needed:
cutting board
knife
apple
A plate full of apple slices for children to eat after this story or during sack time is a good idea.
Once there was a little boy who had played almost all day. He had played with all the games he knew, and he could not think of anything else to do. So he went to his mother and asked, “Mother, what shall I do now?” His mother said, “I know about a little, red house with no door and no windows and a star inside. You can find it, if you go look for it.” So the little boy went outside and there he met a little girl. He said, “Do you know where there is a little, red house with no door and no windows and a star inside?”
The little girl said, “No, I don't know where there is a little, red house with no door and no window and a star inside, but you can ask my daddy. He is a farmer and he knows lots of things. He's down by the barn and maybe he can help you.”
So the little boy went to the farmer down by the barn and asked, “Do you know where there is a little, red house with no door and now windows and a star inside?”
“No,” said the farmer. “I don't know, but why don't you ask Grandmother. She is in her house, up on the hill. She is very wise and knows many things. Maybe she can help you.
So the little boy went up the hill to Grandmother's house and asked, “Do you know where there is a little, red house with no door and no windows and a star inside?”
“No,” said Grandmother. “I don't know, but you could ask the wind, for the wind goes everywhere and I'm sure he can help you.”
So the little boy went outside and asked the wind, “Do you know there is a little, red house with no door and no window and a star inside?”
And the wind said, “OHHHHHHHH! OOOOOOOO! To the little boy, it sounded like the wind said, “Come with me.” So the little boy ran after the wind. He ran through the grass and into the orchard and there on the ground he found the little, red house with no door and no window and a star inside! He picked it up and it filled both his hands.
He ran home to his mother and said, “Look, Mother! I found the little, red house with no door and no window, but...I cannot see the star! So this is what the mother did. (Cut apple in half, across the core.) “Now I see the star!” (Show children the star) Do you?
Related activities:
Stamp painting with apples cut to show the star
Verse:
If I were an apple
And grew on a tree
I think I'd drop down
On a nice boy, like me
I wouldn't stay her
Giving nobody joy; I'd fall down at once
And say, “Eat me, my boy!”
