Too Many Carrots by Katy Hudson

Too Many Carrots is written and illustrated by Katy Hudson. This story is about a rabbit who LOVES carrots! He collects them wherever he goes. Soon there is no more room for carrots in his house. He then decides to ask his friends if he can sleep in their houses. They agree, but he also brings more of his carrots. Each time, the carrots ruin the homes of Tortoise, Bird, Squirrel, and Beaver. When there aren't anymore houses, Rabbit decides that the best thing to do with carrots is to share them with everyone.

There are a few activities that I did with my students based on Too Many Carrots. I really like to incorporate math with literature. The math activity that I have done is addition with carrots. Students have fake carrots that they can use as manipulatives. They then write down the numbers. If you have younger students, you can have students practice writing their numbers.

Adding with carrots

With younger children, I like to have them write using orange sand (the sand does not have to be colored orange). I have letters written on carrots and they write with their finger in the sand. For older or advanced children, have them write words (and, the, from, etc.). It's an engaging activity for young children. There are many children who like the sensory aspect of this activity.

Writing with sand

A third activity I like to do is sequencing. For young students, you can use pictures from the story and have them put them in order as a whole group. For older students, have students draw and write their own sequence of events. Students can share what they did for their sequence with the whole group when they are finished. You can also print out pictures of the events from the story, and have students put them in order in small groups.

Sequencing a story

If you would like to listen to the author, Katy Hudson, read the story, go to:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loCtdCHLm1k

I found a really fun Too Many Carrots sensory bin activity for preschool at:
https://teaching2and3yearolds.com/too-many-carrots-preschool-spring-sensory-bin/

Hope you enjoy this adorable story about friendship and sharing!

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