ROCKS ROCK!

Rocks Rock!

I brought in rocks for the students to stack while waiting for everyone to arrive.

For a  fun introduction we read the amusing alphabet book If Rocks Could Sing by Leslie McGuirk. 

Show and Tell

I encouraged the children to bring in a special rock and share it with the group.
We had five children share their treasures. 

The Craft

We colored river rocks with Prismacolor pencils. I had some examples to show them. 

 

They enjoyed the craft but the end product was disappointing for me.  It would be a better craft for older students, but mine were mostly younger elementary. Allow at least 15 minutes for this activity. It can also be completed at home with regular colored pencils. 

 

The Story

I read the classic version of Stone Soup  by Marcia Brown.

Candy Rocks!

I found a wonderful post featuring these realistic looking candy rocks made from white candy bark and chocolate flavored cookies. I doubled the recipe and made them them the night before. Day of, I cut the "fudge" into bars and  put them on paper plates 

and from there they easily became rocks. Here's the link for the recipe. 

http://www.hungryhappenings.com/2012/06/my-dad-rocks-edible-fudge-rocks-for.html

These turned out great and they enjoyed snacking on them while we watched Scholastic's film 

of Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig.

PS...

I found this cool idea and I will use it for a future rock program. They can decorate the cardboard egg carton and I will acquire some rocks to get them started. Plus they can put their candy rocks in there.