"Soup's On": Participatory Stories & Songs to Celebrate Community
As children arrived, talked to them about favorite kinds of soup...
favorite family recipes
Who had a garden this summer, what did they grow? --> Book: Growing Vegetable Soup by Lois Ehlert
Followed by a "Mulberry Bush" song variant acting out how, lyrics here: Soup's On
Participatory storytelling with props (pot, puppets, & veggies): Stone Soup
Old story many variants – I use my version of the Ann McGovern version with a family who has been traveling a long time in place of the young man - idea of welcoming people into the community - script here: Soup's On)
Soup is good year round!
Song (children each held up cards with enlarged images from the pages of this little book):
Chicken Soup with Rice – Maurice Sendak, tune by Carole King from “Really Rosie”
Reinforces concept: the names of the months, lyrics here: Soup's On
Chicken Soup with Rice – Maurice Sendak, tune by Carole King from “Really Rosie”
Reinforces concept: the names of the months, lyrics here: Soup's On
Who started school this week? Some days are good, sometimes not so good...
Book: Mean Soup by Betsy Everitt (how to handle a "bad day" - could also make "Mean Cheerios!")
Song: If you're happy & you know it, sad, mad, etc.
Song/Flannel: "Alphabet Soup" by Tom Chapin (another silly recipe, reinforces alphabet, lyrics here: Soup's On)
Finished with:
Book: Hot Pot Night by Vincent Chen (people in apartment house come together to make the traditional Chinese "hot pot" soup and make community at the same time)
Puppets : Uno, Dos, Tres Amigos (reinforces idea that we all have come from different places but celebrate together; enumeration practice, learn/reinforce Spanish language numbers)
Diez Amigos "10 Friends" Tune: “10 Little Indians”
Uno, dos, tres amigos,
Quatro, cinco, seis amigos,
Siete, Ocho, Nueve amigos,
Diez amigos son.
One, two, three friends,
Four, five, six friends,
Seven, Eight, Nine friends,
Ten friends are we.
Diez Amigos "10 Friends" Tune: “10 Little Indians”
Uno, dos, tres amigos,
Quatro, cinco, seis amigos,
Siete, Ocho, Nueve amigos,
Diez amigos son.
One, two, three friends,
Four, five, six friends,
Seven, Eight, Nine friends,
Ten friends are we.
Craft: Used model magic to make and fill soup bowls!
This child made her bowl heart-shaped!
Other possibilities:
Community-based soup books: Thank you, Omu! by Oge Mora, Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Pena but they were a little long for the primarily preschool-aged audience.
Books supporting the idea of welcoming community include: One Green Apple by Eve Bunting, Say Hello! by Rachel Isadora, I'm New Here & Someone New both by Anne Sibley O'Brien, Earthdance by Joanne Ryder
Song based books: This Little Light of Mine, illustrated by E.B.Lewis, What a Wonderful World, illustrated by Ashley Bryan, This Land is My Land by Woody Guthrie
9/2026 Piscataway Public Library "Welcome Week"
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