On a snowy day, a girl and her mom go to the market and pick out ingredients for soup. At home, they chop the vegetables into different shapes, then play together while the soup cooks. When the girl’s dad comes home, they all sit down together to eat the delicious soup.
Soup Day
Discuss the Book
At the Market. Pages 1–9
- Important Moment: At the market, the girl and her mom pick out vegetables for their soup—one bunch of celery, two onions, three carrots, four potatoes, five zucchini, and six mushrooms.
- Ask and Share: What vegetables do the girl and her mom choose? Do you notice anything about how they counted the vegetables? (They pick vegetables in number order—1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.) Which of these vegetables have you tried? What are your favorite fruits and vegetables?
Chopping Vegetables. Pages 10–15
- Important Moment: Mom chops the celery and onions into squares, the carrots into circles, and the potatoes into cubes. The girl chops the mushrooms and zucchini and adds veggies to the pot.
- Ask and Share: What shapes are the vegetables after Mom chops them up? How does the girl help? How can you help in the kitchen or after a meal?
Waiting and Playing. Pages 16–25
- Important Moment: While the soup cooks, the girl and her mom play and read together.
- Ask and Share: What do the girl and her mom do while they wait for the soup to cook? What can you do to make the time go by faster when you have to wait for something?
Soup Time! Pages 26–32
- Important Moment: After Dad comes home, the family sits down to eat their delicious soup, and the girl uses the alphabet pasta to spell out “yum.”
- Ask and Share: What does the girl spell with her alphabet pasta? What word would you want to spell with your pasta if you were eating delicious soup? What is a delicious meal you like to enjoy with family or friends?