It ends on a very positive note with an important lesson about maintaining balance in your life. he's obsessed! Until one day, from his five-legged chair, he looks down at his hand and discovers that he's grown a 6th finger! What will he do? How does he remove it? What crazy plans do his advisors have in store for him? You'll have to get your hands on the book to see!The story deals with an obsessive compulsive, polydactyly (hexadactyly) King and unfolds in a whimsical rhyme accompanied by mid-century illustrations. He has 5 towers on his castle, 5 moats around it, 5 knights on 5 horses, 5 queens, 5 servants, 5 meals. It is a tale about a King named Mortimer who is obsessed with the number 5. The King's 6th Finger is the first collaborative effort between Jolby and Rachel Roellke. ' The King's 6th Finger by Jolby and Rachel Roellke 'The Very Smart Pea and the Princess to Be' by Mini Grey 'Pinkalicious' by Victoria Kann and Elizabeth Kann Through the paper (pretend you are relating it to the princess feeling the pea), Predict how many pieces of paper the wand will be able to hold the Place the magnetic marble under one sheet of paper to see how the wand can hold the magnet This will make it like a paper doll puppet. : The Princess and the Pea (9780142413937) by Isadora, Rachel and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices. Tape the paper princess to the magnetic wand. Read the story and discuss how the princess could feel the pea under all the mattresses or quilts. Multicolored construction paper cut in half

Magnetic marble or small object (I use a green magnetic marble because it resembles a pea.)

The students will experimentally measure the strength of a magnet and make predictions on how the distance from the magnet increases,Īnd as the barrier (paper) is built between the magnet and an iron object (or magnetic marble). Adapted from an old fairy tale - This little girl proves that she is a real princess, because she can feel a pea through many mattresses.

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