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THE THREE LITTLE PIGS

Dear Educators, This Little Piggie went to the theatre, and we are so glad you did, too! A delightful musical retell-ing of this classic folk tale will have you look at this favorite, story in a fresh and energized way! We are sure you will be dancing, huffing and puffing, and wiggling your tails as you and your young students participate in our production of Stiles and Drewe's THE THREE LITTLE PIGS!

Enclosed in this Enrichment Guide is a range of materials and activities intended to help you discover connections within the play through the curricula. It is our hope that you will use the experience of attending the theater and seeing THE THREE LITTLE PIGS with your students as a teaching tool. As educators, you know best the needs and abilities of your students. Use this guide to best serve your children – pick and choose, or adapt any of these suggestions for discussions or activities.

Enjoy the show!

Julia MagnascoEducation Director(414) 267-2971Julia@firststage.org

SETTING THE STAGEpreparing for the play

Synopsis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3About the Authors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Recommended Reading . . . . . . . . . 5Pre-Show Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

FOR TEACHERSCurriculum connectionsbefore or after the play

SCIENCEHog Wild! – All About Pigs . . . . . . . . 6

MATHBuild Me A House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Plenty Of Pigs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–9

LANGUAGE ARTSOnce Upon A Time . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

ARTMaking Masks! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

SOCIAL STUDIESAbout The Main Characters: Cha, Siu, Bao . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Pork Dishes from Around the World 12Houses Around The World . . . . . . . 13

CURTAIN CALL

Post-Show Questions . . . . . . . . . . 14Who Said It? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Who Said it? (ANSWERS) . . . . . . . 15

FIRST STAGE POLICIES• The use of recording equipment and cameras are not permitted during

the performance.• Food, drink, candy and gum are not permitted during the performance.• Electronic devices are not permitted in the theater space.• Should a student become ill, suffer an injury or have another problem, please

escort him or her out of the theater space.• In the unlikely event of a general emergency, the theater lights will go on

and the stage manager will come on stage to inform the audience of the problem. Remain in your seats, visually locate the nearest exit and wait for the stage man-ager to guide your group from the theater.

Seating for people with special needs: If you have special seating needs for any student(s) and did not indicate your need when you ordered your tickets, please call our School Sales Specialist at (414) 267-2962. Our knowledge of your needs will enable us to serve you better upon your arrival to the theater.

INSIDE THE GUIDEA NOTE TO TEACHERS AND PARENTS

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Our musical begins with the celebrated pig siblings Bao, Cha and Siu along with their mother arriving to greet fans who want to hear how the pigs became famous. (One, Two, Three Little Pigs)

The three little pigs recount their story in their messy family home filled with books, games, athletic equipment. Mother Pig decides it is time for the pigs to leave home. (A Real Pig Sty) Before leaving, she warns them about the Big Bad Wolf who took their father away from them. She also wants the pigs to remember no matter they may go in the big, wide world, they will always be family. (Perfect for a Pig)

After their goodbyes, the three little pigs begin their adventure and discover how wondrous the world is! Finally, the pigs also decide to build homes for themselves and look forward to the day their mother will come to visit them in their new homes. They also debate about what materials to use. Bao suggests they all share a home. (A Little House) Each pig decides to build a home on their own and sets out to find materials.

As Bao searches for building materials, he sees a wanted poster with a picture of the Big Bad Wolf. He runs to warn his siblings. When he leaves, the Big Bad Wolf appears as looks at the poster. He is hurt by the way he is described on the poster and explains that he is not scary at all. (A Bit Misunderstood) Finishing his plea, Big Bad Wolf begins looking for a pig.

The pigs continue to look for house building materials when they meet a merchant. He sells straw to Siu, sticks to Cha and bricks to Bao. (A Little House) The Big Bad Wolf watches as they work to build their homes. (To Build A House) Their homes are complete and the Big

Bad Wolf visits each pig. (I’ll Huff and I’ll Puff) First, he visits Siu in her straw house. Big Bad Wolf blows it down and Siu runs to her brother Cha’s house of sticks. Cha and Siu are visited by the Big Bad Wolf. (I’ll Huff and I’ll Puff) The Big bad Wolf blows Cha’s house down. Cha and Siu run to their brother Bao’s house of bricks. Again, the Big bad Wolf announces he will blow the house down. (I’ll Huff and I’ll Puff) But, the brick house doesn’t fall!

When the humiliated Big Bad Wolf leaves, Siu and Cha explain how the Big Bad Wolf destroyed their homes. Bao invites his siblings to live with him. He also devices a plan to build a wolf trap to get rid of the wolf. They work together to create the trap and hide in the brick house.

When the Big Bad Wolf returns, he has a hostage with him, Mother Pig! She begs for her life. Hearing this, Bao offers his life for his mother’s in order to lure the Big Bad Wolf into the trap. When the Big Bad Wolf frees Mother Pig and lunges for Bao, he falls into the wolf trap! Bao and Mother pig run to safety in the brick house.

While the Big bad Wolf gets angrier and brags about how he is going to come down the chimney, the pigs build a fire in the hearth. When the Big Bad Wolf slides down the chimney, he lands in a stew pot!

Now that her little pigs are safe, Mother Pig announces she must return to her home. (A Real Pig Sty) Bao suggests Mother Pig join him and his siblings, living in the lovely brick house! (A Little House) She agrees and they all live happily ever after. (One, Two, Three Little Pigs and Mum!)

SETTING THE STAGE SYNOPSIS

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“The dynamic musical theatre songwriting partnership that is George Stiles (music) and Anthony Drewe (lyrics) have been writing together since they met at Exeter University over twenty years ago.

“George and Anthony have written five musicals together:• In 2004 they composed the new songs, additional music and

lyrics, vocal and dance arrangements for the multi-award winning MARY POPPINS, currently one of the UK's and Broadway’s biggest attractions.

• Their first musical was TUTANKHAMUN (Northcott Theatre and Imagination Building); which they hope to revisit one day.

• JUST SO was produced by Cameron Mackintosh and won the 1985 Vivian Ellis Prize…none other than Steven Spielberg then secured an option to turn it into a feature animation. Just So most recently played at the Chichester Festival Theatre in 2004.

• HONK!– which was commissioned by the Watermill Theatre in 1993 – has been produced over 4,000 times and won the Olivier Award for Best Musical in 2000, the FNB VITA Award in South Africa, and the Elliot Norton Award in the USA.

• PETER PAN– A Musical Adventure, began life as a BBC concert presented in 2001 at the Royal Festival Hall starring John Thaw as a wonderfully menacing Captain Hook. Won Best Song and the Orchestras Award at the 1996 International Musical of the Year in Denmark.

“They have also written two revues and contributed songs to a variety of theatre, TV, and radio shows, including the RSC’s SHAKESPEARE REVUE, THE CHALLENGE, and Dame Edna Everage’s LOOK AT ME WHEN I’M TALKING TO YOU.”

From: http://www.stilesanddrewe.biz/about_us.html

http://musicaltheatrereview.com/stiles-drewe-judge-the-new-musical-project/#.VBylEfldUcC

ABOUT THE AUTHORS: George Stiles and Anthony Drewe

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The Three Pigs by David Wiesner

The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig by Eugene Trivizas, Helen Oxenbury

The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka

Goldilocks and the Three Bears by Jan Brett

The Three Billy Goats Gruff by P.C. Asbjornsen and Marcia Brown

The Three Little Kittens by Paul Galdone

Jack and the Beanstalk by Steven Kellogg

Believe Me, Goldilocks Rocks!: The Story of the Three Bears as Told by Baby Bear (The Other Side of the Story) by Nancy Loewen

The Three Little Gators Hardcover by Helen Ketteman

The Three Little Tamales by Eric A. Kimmel

1. Have you ever heard the story of the Three Little Pigs? Describe happens at the beginning, the middle, and the end.

2. In the story, the three pigs build their houses out of straw, sticks, and bricks. What other materials do you think can be used to build a house? What is your home built of?

3. One of the pigs Siu, is very aware of protecting the environment. What do you do at school and home to help the earth?

RECOMMENDED READING

PRE-SHOW QUESTIONS

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Pigs are very clean mammals. They do not like to use the bathroom where they sleep or eat.

A male pig is called a boar and a female is a sow.

A group of pigs is called a herd.

Pigs roll around in the mud to keep cool because they do not have sweat glands.

An adult pig on average weighs 300-700 pounds!

Pigs have 44 teeth.

A mother pig sings to her piglet while nursing.

Pigs have 15,000 taste buds! Humans have 9,000.

An adult pig can run up to 11 miles per hour.

Pigs are omnivores meaning they eat plants and meat. Most domesticated pigs living on farms eat corn.

Pigs drink up to 14 gallons of water every day.

There are about 2 billion pigs on earth!

Pigs live on every continent except for Antarctica.

Pigs are easily trained to walk on a leash, use a litter box and do tricks.

In Denmark there twice as many pigs as people!

It is physically impossible for a pig to look up into the sky because their eyes are on the side of their head.

http://www.kidsplayandcreate.com/are-pigs-smarter-than-dogs-amazing-pig-facts-for-kids/

HOG WILD! – ALL ABOUT PIGSScience Classroom Information

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MATERIALS• Goldilocks and the Three Bears• Recycled materials for building, such as boxes, cardboard, poster board, paper towel and tube paints• Glue, tape, or other adhesive• Paper scraps, fabric, bottle caps, pipe cleaners, and other recyclable materials for decorating• Standard (e.g., inch rulers) and non-standard (e.g., blocks) measurement tools

ACTIVITY1. Read Goldilocks and the Three Bears. After reading the book in a large group, talk with the children about the charac-

ters and events in the story.

2. Introduce character props in three different heights and sizes (tall, medium, and short); these can be dolls or rod puppets. a. Explain to the students that each of the three characters will need a house that fits its size.

3. Place students in small groups and give each group a different character from the story that they must build a house for. Provide students with the materials to build the house and encourage them to work together to choose the materials and build their house. a. Move among the tables, asking students open-ended questions and engaging them in conversations that emphasize

comparative words (e.g., longer, longest, shorter, shortest, taller, tallest, wider, widest).

4. After the houses are completed, invite students to describe how they built their houses using non-standard and standard units of measure to determine the height of the characters props and the houses. Depending on their comfort level with measuring, you may need to help facilitate this.

5. Completed houses can be displayed in your classroom math center for future activities and used as props to encourage story dictation and dramatization.

*Extension IdeasDocument the process with photos and children’s dictations, or record with a video camera or voice recorder to share with parents. To simplify the activity, provide each table with small animal figurines of different sizes and play dough or blocks to build houses that will fit the size of the animals they choose.

Taken from: http://pbskids.org/lab/activity/buildhouse/

BUILD ME A HOUSEMath Classroom Activity

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ACTIVITY1. Give each student a page of the twelve pigs.

2. Instruct the students to color 3 pigs red, 3 pigs blue, 3 pigs brown, and 3 pigs green. When finished, cut the pigs out along the dotted lines.

3. Encourage students to separate the pigs by color in piles on their desks.

4. Pass out the following worksheet or solve the problems as a class.

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A Math Student Worksheet

If you add the number of red pigs you have to the number of blue pigs you have, how many red and blue pigs do you have?

_________________ red pigs + _________________ blue pigs = _________________ red and blue pigs

If you add the number of green pigs, brown pigs, and red pigs you have, how many green, brown and red pigs do you have?

______________ green pigs + ______________ brown pigs +______________ red pigs

= _________________ green, brown, and red pigs

If you add together all of your pigs together, how many pigs in total do you have?

___________ red pigs

+ ___________ blue pigs

+ ___________ green pigs

+ ___________ brown pigs

= ___________ Total pigs

Adapted from First Stage’s Teaching Through Theater lesson

PLENTY OF PIGS!A Math Classroom Activity

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PLENTY OF PIGS!A Math Student Worksheet

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Fill in the Mad Lib type story using the information from the play or make up your own wacky tale! You can write the word or draw a picture in the space provided.

REVIEW THE FOLLOWING WITH STUDENTS• NOUNS- a person (or animal), a place, or a thing• ADJECTIVES- a describing word• VERB- an action word

Once upon a time there lived three _______________ (NOUN). When they grew up their Mama made them _______________ (VERB) out of the house. They left and found a merchant to buy house building materials. The first pig was very ___________ (ADJECTIVE) and built his house out of _______________ (NOUN). The second pig was very ___________ (ADJECTIVE) and built his house out of _______________ (NOUN). The third pig was very ___________ (ADJECTIVE) and built his house out of _______________ (NOUN).

Until one day the Big, _________ (ADJECTIVE) Wolf knocked on the pig’s door. “Little Pig, Little Pig, let me in!” The pig answered, “Not by the hair of my chinny chin _________ (NOUN)! To which the wolf responded, “I’ll huff and puff and I’ll ___________ (VERB) your house down! And he did.

The first pig ran to the second pigs house. The Wolf knocked on the second pig’s door. “Little Pig, Little Pig, let me in!” The pig answered, “Not by the hair of my chinny chin _________ (NOUN)! To which the wolf responded, “I’ll huff and puff and I’ll ___________ (VERB) your house down! And he did.

Both pigs ran to the third brother’s house. The Wolf knocked on the third pig’s door. “Little Pig, Little Pig, let me in!” The pig answered, “Not by the hair of my chinny chin _________ (NOUN)! To which the wolf responded, “I’ll huff and puff and I’ll ___________ (VERB) your house down! And he tried. And he tried. But he could not blow it down. The Wolf felt frustrated and hungry. He thought of a clever idea- he would climb up the house a __________ (VERB) down the chimney to get to the pigs. The pigs had an idea of their own. As the Wolf climbed up the house, the pigs put a giant pot of hot _______________ (NOUN) on the fire. The Wolf got to the top of the chimney, made his way down, and YOW!! his goose was cooked.

ONCE UPON A TIME….English Language Arts Classroom Activity

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Follow the directions below to create the pig mask. Once complete, act out your favorite scenes from The Three Little Pigs or create new adventures!

MATERIALS1 large paper platepink paintstaplerfelt penelasticsmall cup for drawing aroundpencileraserscissors

ACTIVITY1. Paint the paper plate pink and allow to dry.

2. Using pencil draw a light line across the plate to divide it in half. Place your cup slightly over the line in the middle of the plate and draw lightly around it to mark out the snout.

3. Cut it out and draw on the snout features.

4. Cut the remaining piece of plate in half and then cut off the ridged edge using two straight lines to make ears. Use the picture above as a guide.

5. Staple the ears in place.

6. Make a small hole on either side of the mask and thread the elastic through and tie with a knot.

7. Measure the mask against the wearer. You may need to cut away a little section on either side for the eyes.

Taken directly from: http://mylittle3andme.co.uk/make-a-paper-plate-pig-mask/

MAKING MASKS!Art and Dramatic Play Classroom Activity

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Cha, Siu and Bao are the main characters in the play, The Three Little Pigs. But did you know it is also the name of a popular Chinese food?! Cha siu bao is a Cantonese bun filled with barbecue pork. These steamed or baked buns are served as a part of dim sum, which is kind of like small, individual snack foods.

PORK DISHES FROM AROUND THE WORLD

Review these dishes with pork as a staple with your class – find pictures of these dishes and match the dish to their place of origin, using a map.

Pork and Beans United States

Afelia Greece

Babi Panggong Indonesia

Cracking Bread Southern US

Crispy Pata Philippines

Espetada Portugal

Galbi Korea

Ham Sandwich England

King Rib Scotland

Mett Germany

Pastie Ireland

Whole Hog Roast Cuba

Pork Pie England

Tamale Mexico

Senate Soup United States

Limerick Ham Ireland

Jambonette France

Bacon Explosion United States

ABOUT THE MAIN CHARACTERS: CHA, SIU, BAOSocial Studies Classroom Information

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Did you know that straw can actually be used to make a sturdy and safe house? Or that some peo-ple fill tires with dirt and stack them on top of each other to complete their abode?

Houses are made from so many different materials: • Adobe • Cob• Earth sheltered• Earthships• Earthbags• Rammed Earth• Cordwood• Bamboo• Straw bales• Rock

Discuss with your class the differences between straw, sticks, and bricks. Create a table and list the physical properties of each. You may want to bring in examples of the materials, a scale and some magnifying glasses.

Straw Sticks Bricks

Based on information from: http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/curiosity/topics/10-natural-building-materials.htm

HOUSES AROUND THE WORLDSocial Studies Classroom Activity

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1. But I need protein to build my muscles.

2. I don’t mean to be a bore, I mean a BOAR, a male pig.

3. I honestly don’t think you should live on your own, Cha. You would just make so many silly mistakes.

4. Well, I did read in a book that in Africa there are some tribes that build their huts from straw.

5. I’d say you’ve been in the sun a bit too long. You gone a bit googoo gaga.

6. Phew, it’s heavy work- I’m sweating like a pig!

7. Darn it, all that hay is giving me hay fever.

8. Good riddance to bad rubbish!

9. Will everyone stop being so nice to one another! It makes me feel sick!

10. It’s not environmentally friendly to kill a wolf.

WHO SAID IT?

1. The Big, Bad Wolf tries to convince us that he’s not a bad guy. Do you believe him?

2. Cha, Siu and Bao are the main characters. Cha Siu Bao is a popular food served in China. Why do you think the playwrights chose these names? Can you think of other clever names for these pigs characters?

3. The Three Pigs are very different from each other. What makes each of them unique? What do they have in common?

4. The play ends with the wolf turning into stew. What do you think the pigs will do now that he’s gone?

POST-SHOW QUESTIONS

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1. But I need protein to build my muscles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHA

2. I don’t mean to be a bore, I mean a BOAR, a male pig.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MOTHER PIG

3. I honestly don’t think you should live on your own, Cha. You would just make so many silly mistakes. . . . . . . . . . . . SIU

4. Well, I did read in a book that in Africa there are some tribes that build their huts from straw. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BAO

5. I’d say you’ve been in the sun a bit too long. You gone a bit googoo gaga. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MERCHANT

6. Phew, it’s heavy work- I’m sweating like a pig! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BAO

7. Darn it, all that hay is giving me hay fever. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .BIG BAD WOLF

8. Good riddance to bad rubbish! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHA

9. Will everyone stop being so nice to one another! It makes me feel sick! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .BIG BAD WOLF

10. It’s not environmentally friendly to kill a wolf. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SIU

WHO SAID IT? (ANSWERS)