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Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse is a play filled with humor and warmth based on Kevin Henkes’ books—Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse, Chester’s Way, and Julius, Baby of the World. The combination of

these stories together has captured the essence of Lilly, her friends and her world. It completes with the hopes, joys, fears and passion that are part of growing up, which is certain to entertain and educate students and their families.

Enclosed in this enrichment guide is a range of materials and activities intended to help you discover connections within the play throughout the curricula. It is our hope that you will use the experience of attending the theater and seeing Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse with your students as a teaching tool. As educators and parents, you know best the needs and abilities of your students and children. Please feel free to pick and choose or adapt any of these suggestions for discussion or activities.

We encourage you to take advantage of the enclosed student worksheets—please feel free to photocopy the sheets for your students, or the entire guide for the benefit of other teachers.

Enjoy the show!YiRen TsaiAcademy/Education Associate [email protected]

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Synopsis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3about the Playwright . . . . . .4about the author . . . . . . . . . .4additional reading . . . . . . . .5Pre-Show Discussion . . . . . .5

Sciencerodent classroom Discussion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6Yummy Treats! Worksheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

artSLilly’s Purple Plastic Purse activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7theatre-classroom activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10Dot to Dot Student Worksheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17coloring Worksheet . . . . . .18Maze Student Worksheet . .19Design Mr. Slinger’s Shirt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

LanGuaGe artSVocabulary classroom activity . . . . . . . .8creative Writing Worksheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12rhyme Worksheet . . . . . . . .14

SociaL StuDieScheese from around the World! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

Math/GeoGraPhycoins-classroom Discussion/activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

MathShape recognition Worksheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13Budget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14coin recognitionand Value Worksheet . . . . .15counting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

Post-Show Discussion Questions . . . .22Who Said It! . . . . . . . . . . . . .21

Who Said It! . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 after the play Most appreciated by adults,

teens and young people ages 3 and older.

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attenDinG the PLay—GuiDeLineS For teacherSDiscuss proper audience behav-ior with your students. While applause and laughter, when appropriate, are appreciated and anticipated, unnecessary noise or movement by audience members can distract the actors and other audience members and affect the quality of the performance for everyone. it is very important that students understand how their behavior can affect a live per-formance. you, the teacher, and other adult chaperones for your group have the primary respon-sibility for being sure your stu-dents behave appropriately. We ask that chaperones sit among the students, and not together in a group behind the students. our ushers will react to disruptions and attempt to quell them, and we reserve the right to remove any student causing a distraction from the theater.

FirSt StaGe PoLicieSBecause of union regulations the use of recording equipment and cameras is strictly forbidden in the theater.

Food, drink, candy and gum are not permitted in the theater.

any portable radios brought to the theater by students will be kept by the house Manager dur-ing the performance and returned to the group leader at the conclu-sion of the play.

there is no smoking in the the-ater, by order of the Fire Marshal.

Should a student become ill, suffer an injury or have another problem, please escort him or her to the theater lobby and ask an usher to notify the house Manager immediately.

in the unlikely event of a general emergency, the theater lights will go on and someone will come on stage to inform the audience of the problem. remain in your seats, visually locate the nearest exit and wait for First Stage ush-ers to guide your group from the theater.

SeatinG For PeoPLe With DiSaBiLitieS: if you have special seating needs for any student(s) and did not indi-cate your need when you ordered your tickets, please call the Box office at (414) 267-2962 noW. our knowledge of your needs will enable us to serve you better upon your group’s arrival at the theater.

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Playwright Kevin Kling adapted LILLY’s PuRPLE PLAsTIC PuRsE from three of Kevin Henkes’ books—Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse, Chester’s Way, and Julius, Baby of the World. Kling blended the three stories together to create a play that captures the essence of Lilly, her friends and her world—complete with the hopes, joys fears and passion that are a part of growing up.

The story begins with the introduction of Chester and Wilson, who are enjoying a picnic when they are interrupted by the one-of-a-kind Lilly. she speaks a secret backwards language, wears disguises and carries a squirt gun.

At home, Lilly’s family is expecting a new mouse in the clan. Lilly promises to be the best sister in the world. Later, she calls Chester and Wilson to tell them she has a secret to share with them. They don’t know what to make of Lilly, but she piques their curiosity.

Chester and Wilson head out on a bike ride to meet up with Lilly, but quickly find themselves lost and surrounded by bullies. A cat with a squirt gun appears and frightens the bullies away. The cat then turns her attention to Chester and Wilson. They fear the worst, but the cat pulls off her head to reveal that it has been Lilly all along. From this moment on they are “three peas in a pod.”

When baby Julius arrives, Lilly is less than impressed. she quickly becomes jealous of the attention that Julius receives from her parents. Lilly declares Julius “a lump,” and earns herself some time in the “uncooperative chair.” (10 minutes that seem, to Lilly, to be an eternity.) That night, Lilly dreams that she is riding a giant cat and chasing baby Julius. Her dream is interrupted by an alarm, and quickly Lilly wakes up and is off to school.

On the way to school, Lilly shares her frustration about Julius with Chester and Wilson. The only thing Lilly has to look forward to is school, where a new teacher awaits them. Mr. slinger is not your average teacher. He wears “artistic” shirts. He greets his students with “howdy!” He has them rearrange their desks in a semi-circle. He promises them snacks, but the biggest excitement comes from the Light Bulb Lab. Mr. slinger has created a place where students can express their feelings through art rather than through misbehaving. All the mice draw happy pictures of their dreams and desires. Lilly draws a picture of her new favorite teacher and tells Mr. slinger that she wants to be a teacher when she grows up.

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setting the stage: synopsisFirst Stage children’s theater • 325 W. Walnut St. • Milwaukee, Wi 53212 • tickets: 414-267-2962 • 06-07 Season • www.firststage.org

After school, Grammy shows up at home and offers to take Lilly to shopping. At the store Lilly falls in love with a purple plastic purse—it plays music when you open it! Grammy buys her the purse and matching sunglasses, and gives Lilly three quarters to put in her new purse. Lilly imagines how everyone will react to her new purse: Chester and Wilson will be impressed; cousin Garland will be jealous; she will be able to use the purse to rescue Mr. slinger from a pit of snakes; her life will be better now—her parents will even send Julius away on a rocket ship.

Lilly discovers that the reality of everyone’s reactions to the purse is much less impressive. Chester and Wilson are more interested in their tennis match, and Garland couldn’t care less. Mom and Dad are too preoccupied with Julius to notice her or the purse. At school Lilly is anxious to share her new things with her classmates, but Mr. slinger asks her to wait for sharing time. Lilly cannot contain herself, and, in the middle of a presentation on cheeses of the world, she pulls out her purse, opens it and begins to dance. Mr. slinger takes Lilly’s things and puts them in his desk, suggesting that Lilly visit the Light Bulb Lab. Lilly draws a picture of a “big, fat, mean, stealing teacher.” she slips it into Mr. slinger’s bag as she leaves class.

At home, Lilly opens her purse, and there is a message from Mr. slinger: “Today was difficult. Tomorrow will be better.” Lilly is filled with regret. she wishes she hadn’t given the picture to Mr. slinger. she voluntarily visits the uncooperative chair where she imagines the pain that her note will cause Mr. slinger: maybe the FBI will come and take him away, and then Julius will be her new teacher.

since a drawing created the problem, Lilly decides that maybe another picture can help to make it better. she draws a very happy picture and includes an apology. The next morning she arrives early and gives the note to Mr. slinger. He accepts her apology, and they agree that Lilly should keep her purse and sunglasses in her desk.

Life is good again, but when Lilly returns home she finds a party going on for Julius. Although Lilly is not excited about this party, a surprising thing happens when Cousin Garland criticizes Baby Julius. Lilly’s sisterly instincts kick in, and she starts to see Julius in a new way. Julius’ fur is sweet and his eyes look like Father’s. she realizes that she loves Julius after all. she makes Garland apologize and then heads out to find Chester and Wilson. The “three peas in a pod” are together once again, but as the story ends, a strange masked figure appears declaring, “I am Victor. I am King. Let freedom reign.” “uh oh!”

setting the stage: about the playwrightFirst Stage children’s theater • 325 W. Walnut St. • Milwaukee, Wi 53212 • tickets: 414-267-2962 • 06-07 Season • www.firststage.org

Originally from Brookfield, Missouri, Kevin Kling’s accomplished work exists in many forms, including theater, television, radio, recording, and literature.

Since 1993, Mr. Kling has been a member of the Minneapolis based Playwright’s Center. Aside from Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse, Mr. Kling’s plays include 21A, Gravity vs. Levity, Lloyd’s Prayer, Auguste Modern: The Life of a Marketing Analyst Born With the Face of a Clown as Told by the Right Side of His Brain, The Seven Dwarfs, Home and Away, The Ice Fishing Play, The Education of Walter Kauffmann, and Fear and Loving in Minneapolis. His work has been seen in theaters such as the Seattle Repertory Theatre, The Sundance Institute, Actors Theater of Louisville, The Goodman Theatre, and Second Stage Theatre (off-Broadway) as well as in national and international festivals. Mr. Kling has also written adaptations of The Venetian Twins, along with Michael Bogdonov, for the Guthrie Theatre,

and Lyle, Lyle Crocodile for the Children’s Theatre of Minneapolis.

On the radio, Mr. Kling can be heard as a commentator for National Public Radio’s All Things Considered and as a storyteller on Good Evening with Noah Adams, also for NPR. Other credits for Mr. Kling include a Jerome Fellowship (1983), a Heideman Award for Best Short Play, 21A (1986), a Bush Fellowship (1988), a Jerome Book Arts Grant (1989), an NEA fellowship (1990), a McKnight Fellowship (1990), the Whiting Literary Award (1993), a Minnesota State Arts Grant (1996), and a McKnight Advancement Grant (1998-99).

When asked, “What would you like the theater to represent or reflect in the next millennium?” Mr. Kling stated, “The same thing as any millennium. The freedom to, represent humanity as it is, not as it is desired to be or ‘should’ be, but actually is.”

From The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Website http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/family/lilly/author.html

setting the stage: about the authorFirst Stage children’s theater • 325 W. Walnut St. • Milwaukee, Wi 53212 • tickets: 414-267-2962 • 06-07 Season • www.firststage.org

Kevin Henkes became an author/illustrator at age 19 when he left his home in Racine, Wisconsin and headed to New York. With his portfolio in hand, Kevin’s goal was to find a publisher; a goal he accomplished when he met Susan Hirsh-man at Greenwillow Books and had his first picture book, All Alone, published in 1981. Mr. Henkes’ career to date includes not only writing and illustrating picture books, but also writing several novels. He is drawn to the variety of trying to find new ways to fill the pages between two covers, experimenting with words, paint and ink.

This love of both art and books did not come to Mr. Henkes recently. He remem-bers drawing at a very early age, and enjoying it all the more because his parents and teachers told him he was good at it. Books also played an important role in

his young life, those he owned were re-read, looked at over and over, and taken with him everywhere. His books were filled with dog-eared pages, fingerprints on his favorite illustrations, and his name and addresses inscribed in crayon on the covers. With his love of books came a sense of wonder about authors and illustrators. He wondered if they had families, what they looked like and how old they were. He never imagined that one day he would be lucky enough to be one himself.

Aside from Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse, Mr. Henkes’ books for children include Owen, Bailey Goes Camping, Chester’s Way, Jessica, Grandpa & Bo, Julius, Baby of the World, Sheila Rae, the Brave, Words of Stone, A Weekend With Wendell, and Chrysanthemum.

From The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Website http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/family/lilly/author.html

pre-show Discussion QuestionsFirst Stage children’s theater • 325 W. Walnut St. • Milwaukee, Wi 53212 • tickets: 414-267-2962 • 06-07 Season • www.firststage.org

1. All of the characters from Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse are mice, but all of the actors/actresses are human beings. How do you think the costume designer, Kristina Van Slyke, designed the costumes to help us believe that they are mice?

2. Do you believe that what you wear can make you feel certain ways? Lilly always wears some nifty disguise to make her feel brave. What do you wear to make you feel brave?

3. Have you ever hurt someone’s feelings on purpose because you were mad? How did you feel afterward? What did you do to make it up to that person?

4. Have you ever been “peas in a pod,”—best friends—with someone? Who? How did you meet each other, and what makes you best friends?

5. What do you like best about your friend(s)? How are some ways you and your friend are exactly alike? What is one way you are completely different? What would you be willing to do to fit in with a group of friends? What would you never do to fit in, no matter what?

6. Do you have any younger brothers or sisters? If not, would you like to have one? Why or why not? If you do, how did you feel when you first saw them? Do you like to be an older brother or sister? Why?

Kevin Henkes’ Bibliography: Mouse BooksLilly’s Big Day (Ages 4 up)Chester’s Way (Ages 4 up)Chrysanthemum (Ages 4 up)Julius, the Baby of the World (Ages 4 up)Julius’s Candy Corn (Ages 2 up)Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse (Ages 4 up)Lilly’s Chocolate Heart (Ages 2 up)Owen (Ages 4 up)Owen’s Marshmallow Chick (Ages 2 up)Sheila Rae, the Brave (Ages 4 up)Sheila Rae’s Peppermint Stick (Ages 2 up)A Weekend with Wendell (Ages 4 up) Wemberly Worried (Ages 4 up)Wemberly’s Ice-Cream Star (Ages 2 up)

Picture BooksAll Alone (All ages)A Good Day (All ages)Bailey Goes Camping (Ages 4 up)The Biggest Boy (Ages 2 up) illustrated by

Nancy TafuriCircle Dogs (Ages 2 up) illustrated by Dan YaccarinoClean Enough (Ages 2 up)Goodbye, Curtis (Ages 2 up) illustrated by Marisabina RussoGrandpa and Bo (Ages 4 up)Jessica (Ages 4 up)Kitten’s First Full Moon (Ages 3 up)Oh! (Ages 2 up) illustrated by Laura DronzekShhhh (Ages 2 up)So Happy! (Ages 2 up) illustrated by Anita Lobel

NovelsThe Birthday RoomOlive’s OceanProtecting MarieSun & SpoonThe Under ParWords of StoneThe Zebra Wall

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science: roDent classroom DiscussionFirst Stage children’s theater • 325 W. Walnut St. • Milwaukee, Wi 53212 • tickets: 414-267-2962 • 06-07 Season • www.firststage.org

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Rodents aren’t so bad!?The History of RodentsThe fossil record of rodents begins long before the extinction of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, as early as the Jurassic Period. By the end of the Eocene epoch, beavers and squirrels appeared in the fossil record. They originated in Laurasia, the joined continents of North America, Europe, and Asia. Some species colonized Africa, giving rise to the earliest hystricognaths. From there they rafted to South America, an isolated continent during the Oligocene and Miocene epochs. By the Miocene, Africa collided with Asia, allowing rodents such as porcupines to spread into Eurasia. During the Pliocene, rodent fossils appeared in Australia. Even though marsupials are the prominent mammals in Australia, rodents make up almost 25% of the mammals on the continent.

Meanwhile, the Americas became joined and some rodents expanded into new territory; mice headed south and porcupines headed north.

Rodent NumbersIn terms of number of species — although not necessarily in terms of number of organisms (population) or biomass — rodents make up the largest order of mammals, with over 40 percent of mammalian species belonging to the order. Their success is probably due to their small size, short breeding cycle, and ability to gnaw and eat a wide variety of foods.

There are about 2,277 species of rodents, about 42% of all mammal species. Rodents are found in vast numbers on all continents except Antarctica, most islands, and in all habitats except for oceans. They are the only placental order other than bats (Chiroptera) to reach Australia without human introduction.

Rodent TraitsMost rodents are small; the tiny African pygmy mouse is only 6 cm in length and 7 grams in weight. On the other hand, the capybara can weigh up to 45 kg (100 pounds) and the extinct Phoberomys pattersoni is believed to have weighed 700 kg.

Rodents have two incisors in the upper as well as in the lower jaw which grow continuously and must be kept worn down by gnawing; this is the origin of the name, from the Latin rodere, to gnaw, and dens, dentis, tooth. These teeth are used for cutting wood, biting through the skin of fruit, or for defense. The teeth have enamel on the outside and exposed dentine on the inside, so they self-sharpen during gnawing. Rodents lack canines, and have a space between their incisors and premolars. Nearly all rodents feed on plants, seeds in particular, but there are a few exceptions which eat insects or even fish.

Rodents are important in many ecosystems because they reproduce rapidly, and can function as food sources for predators, mechanisms for seed dispersal, and as disease vectors. Humans use rodents as a source of fur, as model organisms in animal testing, for food, and even in detecting landmines.

Adapted from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodent

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Create your own special Purple Plastic Purse—just like Lilly’s!

Materials: Zip-loc Bag (one quart)Purple Construction paperWhite printing paperGlue dots or Hot Glue GunPaper Twist or construction paperMarkers

Directions: 1. Fold purple paper and cut to fit inside a zip-loc bag. 2. On a white printing paper, use marker to write down “someone’s Purple Plastic Purse.” Cut the paper and glue it onto the purple paper. 3. Insert the paper in the bag with a fold at the bottom.4. Use paper twist or twist thin strips of construction paper to make handles. Attach it to the bag with glue dots or a hot glue gun.

By Nancy Polette http://www.teachingheart.net/kevinideasl.html

language arts: Vocabularyclassroom actiVity

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Below is a list of words used in the play that may be unfamiliar to your students. It is not essential that students know these words to comprehend the play, but understanding the words can enhance the experience for them. Have students work on their dictionary skills by looking up these words and using them in a sentence. Scrumptious Gratifying Uncooperative Authentic Evidence Dreadful Baffled Glamorous Brave

social stuDies: cheese From arounD the worlD!—classroom actiVity

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Lilly’s classmates give an oral presentation about the history of cheese. Have your students work in small groups and use their computer skills to research one of the cheeses and the country from which it comes. Each group can present what they find to the rest of the class.

Gouda—DenmarkBrie—FranceColby—USAFeta—GreeceMozzarella—ItalySwiss—SwitzerlandLimburger—Germany

ExuberanceRodentAnnoyingDisruptFreedomNiftyExquisiteDeserveReign

math/geography: coins—classroom Discussion/actiVityFirst Stage children’s theater • 325 W. Walnut St. • Milwaukee, Wi 53212 • tickets: 414-267-2962 • 06-07 Season • www.firststage.org

On April 2, 1792, U.S. Congress passed the Coinage Act, authorizing the construction of a mint in Phila-delphia, which used harnessed horses to drive the minting machinery. New coins have been produced every year since then. Today circulating coins exist in the following denominations: $0.01, $0.05, $0.10, $0.25, $0.50, and $1.00. Also minted are bullion and commemorative coins. All of these are produced by the United States Mint. Today the United State Mints produce billions of coins each year.

Lilly’s Grammy gives her three quarters to place in her new purse. Have students explore and learn about all the different coins in our currency!

Activity 1: Ask students to bring in a sampling of different coins, especially state quarters, from home. Have students show the coins to their classmates, and discuss the differences that appear on the coins, such as the images, the dates and the symbols. For state quarters: what state quarters do they have? What symbols appears on the back of Wisconsin state quarter? Why do they think those images were chosen for Wisconsin? How about images on other state quarters?

Activity 2: Bring out a U.S. map. Ask students to match different state quarters to their states.

Activity 3: Have students do a coin rubbing of their coins. Materials needed: coins, papers and pencils/crayons. Optional: types 1. Put a coin under a piece of paper. (For stability, tape the coin to the paper.) 2. Rub the pencil or crayon on top of the paper. Until an image of the coin appeared on the sheet.

Activity 4: Coloring a Wisconsin state quarter.

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Lilly is a strong-willed, courageous little Mouse, with a wild imagination! The activities listed below will allow your students the opportunity to portray Lilly, and how they think Lilly looks and acts like! Students can create the characters from the story, using their ideas and imagination—there are many different and wonderful ways to depict this loveable mouse!

1. After reading Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse to your class, bring out the copies of different characters’ illustrations from the book. Materials needed: Photocopies of the illustrations from Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse. (The number of the copies should be the same as the number of students in the class.

2. Ask students to describe the different emotions of the characters in the pictures. How do the characters’ body language help show their emotions?

3. Split the class into two groups. Ask students in the first group to pose like the characters in the pictures—reminding them to show the characters’ emotions on their faces. Ask the students to maintain their positions like a statue for several seconds.

4. While students are maintaining their character statues, ask the other students in the classroom to identify the characters being portrayed. How can they tell which characters are being portrayed? What are the differences between the characters—physical differences, facial differences, etc.?

5. After allowing the class to discuss the different characters represented in the first group, allow the first group to “un-freeze” from their character statue and take a seat in the classroom. Then, have the second group come up in front of the class and create different character poses for the class!

science: yummy treats! –stuDent worksheetFirst Stage children’s theater • 325 W. Walnut St. • Milwaukee, Wi 53212 • tickets: 414-267-2962 • 06-07 Season • www.firststage.org

You can make tasty treats—perfect for any mouse, or kid—right at home! Remember to ask an adult for help!

Lilly’s Luscious Cheese Bites

IngredientsTwo 8-ounce packages cream cheese, softened8 ounces sharp cheddar cheese, grated1 teaspoons dry mustard4 tablespoons sesame seeds, toasted

1. In a mixing bowl, beat cream cheese and grated cheddar cheese at medium speed until blended. 2. Add mustard and beat until blended. 3. Cover and refrigerate overnight.4. Remove cheese mixture from refrigerator and use hands to shape into small balls. A melon baller can be helpful. 5. Roll finished cheese balls in sesame seeds and serve with crackers. Makes approximately 48 cheese balls.

Mr. Slinger’s Cheese Crispies

Ingredients2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese1 cup butter, softened2 cups flour1 teaspoon garlic salt2 cups crisp rice cereal

1. Cream butter and cheese together. 2. Add flour, then garlic salt. 3. Add crisp rice cereal. 4. Roll into small balls and place on ungreased cook- ie sheet. Press flat with fork.5. Bake at 350 degrees for 12 minutes or until light brown. Makes 80 to 100.

From Kevin Henkes official website: http://www.kevinhenkes.com/meet/fun.asp

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Lilly and her classmates learn a lot of fun information about cheese in Mr. Slinger’s class. One day, the class has a discussion about the “mysterious black holes” in Swiss cheese, but no one knows exactly how those holes are made!

Think creatively and help Lilly’s class. In the space below, write down as many different fun and creative reasons as you can think of, as to why there are “mysterious black holes” in Swiss cheese!

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Shapes!!Name: ___________________

In Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse, Mr. Slinger, Lilly’s teacher, thinks it is old fashioned to have students’ seated in rows. So, he asks the students to come up with other interesting shapes for how they could arrange their desks. Lilly and her classmates come up with tons of different ideas. See if you can match the names of the shapes, which they came up, with the shape itself.

Square

Triangle

Circle

Semicircle

Star

Rectangle

Heart

math: buDget—stuDent worksheetName: __________________________

If you had 75 cents, just like Lilly, what would you buy from the following list? Make a list of what you would buy, and make sure you spend all of your money…but remember, don’t spend more money than you have!

On Sale! Piece of gum: 5 c

Candy Bar: 55 c

Notebook: 25 c

Craft paper: 40 c

Pencil: 20 c

My Shopping List:

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Name:______________________________________

Mr. Slingers love to rhyme and he always encourages his students to practice their rhyming skills. See if you could find some words rhyme with the words on the left.

Example:

Mice—Nice—Rice—dice

Lilly—________________________—_______________________—_______________________

School—_____________________—________________________—_______________________

Pea—________________________—________________________—______________________

Dream—________________________—______________________—______________________

Row—________________________—_______________________—________________________

Mad—_________________________—______________________—_______________________

Queen—_______________________—______________________—_______________________

Like—_______________________—__________________________—______________________

Cat—_______________________—_________________________—________________________page 14

math: coin recognition & Value—stuDent worksheetFirst Stage children’s theater • 325 W. Walnut St. • Milwaukee, Wi 53212 • tickets: 414-267-2962 • 06-07 Season • www.firststage.org

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math: counting—stuDent worksheetFirst Stage children’s theater • 325 W. Walnut St. • Milwaukee, Wi 53212 • tickets: 414-267-2962 • 06-07 Season • www.firststage.org

Name:___________________________Count the objects in each column and write down the total number on the right.

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Name: ______________________________

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arts: maze—stuDent worksheetFirst Stage children’s theater • 325 W. Walnut St. • Milwaukee, Wi 53212 • tickets: 414-267-2962 • 06-07 Season • www.firststage.org

Name:___________________________From Kevin Henkes official website: http://www.kevinhenkes.com/meet/fun.asp

arts: Design mr. slinger’s shirt—stuDent worksheetFirst Stage children’s theater • 325 W. Walnut St. • Milwaukee, Wi 53212 • tickets: 414-267-2962 • 06-07 Season • www.firststage.org

Artsy ShirtName: _____________________________

Mr. Slinger impresses his students with the “artistic” shirts that he wears. Costume Designer Kristina Van Slyke looked at Kevin Henkes’ illustrations to create many different shirts for the character of Mr. Slinger to wear in the play. Use the outline below and design your own artistic shirt for Mr. Slinger!

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who said it!First Stage children’s theater • 325 W. Walnut St. • Milwaukee, Wi 53212 • tickets: 414-267-2962 • 06-07 Season • www.firststage.org

1. If you grow a watermelon plant I’ll grow one too.

2. I ma ylliL.

3. Whatever you wear can make you look how you feel or feel how you look.

4. Just ignore them, bad names only hurt if you let them.

5. Stop it! Leave Chester alone you bullies!

6. Julius isn’t going anywhere, Lilly. This is where he’ll stay, and stay, and stay, and stay, and stay.

7. If that’s the way you feel, the queen may have to spend a little time in the uncooperative chair.

8. Can your parents return him for a better baby?

9. We’re lucky because we have the light bulb lab. For if something is troubling you or wants to burst out, bring that feeling to the light bulb lab and put it on paper. You can draw it, paint it, cut, color, or paste. Then you can save the good feeling forever or crumple up a bad one and throw it away.

10. But you are missing one very important thing. Three shiny quarters.

11. And that’s what will happen when I show everyone my new plastic purse.

12. I’ll stay here for a million years for Mr. Slinger. Bring on the pain. I deserve it.

13. Now repeat after me. Julius is the baby of the world.

post-show Discussion QuestionsFirst Stage children’s theater • 325 W. Walnut St. • Milwaukee, Wi 53212 • tickets: 414-267-2962 • 06-07 Season • www.firststage.org

1. Lilly runs into a lot of problems during the play. What do you think is the biggest problem she encounters? If you were Lilly’s friend what advice would you give her to help her solve the problem? What do you think Lilly learns from the problems she faces during the play?

2. Why does Mr. Slinger take away Lilly’s beautiful purse? Lilly gets very upset when Mr. Slinger takes her purse away. Can you remember a time that you were very angry and upset? What Happened? How did other people react? How did you feel afterwards?

3. What do you think Mr. Slinger thinks when he opened his bookbag and finds the mean picture that Lilly drew of him? How does Lilly apologize to Mr. Slinger for her behavior? What would have happened if Lilly had not apologized to Mr. Slinger?

4. Why does Lilly put herself in the uncooperative chair? How does it help her?

5. Before Julius arrives, Lilly is very excited and promises to be a good big sister. After he arrives she soon changes her mind. Why? Do you always get along with your family members? What can you do to help each other better work and play together?

6. Lilly has a very good imagination. After she gets her purse she imagines how everyone will react to her new purchase. Do they react the way she expects they will? Have you ever been excited about sharing something with someone and then been disappointed by their reaction? What happened? How did you feel?

7. Was the set for this play (the way the stage was set up and decorated) what you expected? Was it a good place for Lilly’s story to take place in? Why or why not?

8. Chester, Wilson, and Lilly are the best of friends. What makes someone a good friend? Can you think of examples from the play when one of these three characters portrayed characteristics of a good friend?

9. The purse plays different music at different times in the play. Why? Discuss how music can have the power to help create a mood.

10. A new character, Victor, appears at the end of the play. What do you think will happen next?

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who said it! answersFirst Stage children’s theater • 325 W. Walnut St. • Milwaukee, Wi 53212 • tickets: 414-267-2962 • 06-07 Season • www.firststage.org

1. If you grow a watermelon plant I’ll grow one too. Chester

2. I ma ylliL. Lilly

3. Whatever you wear can make you look how you feel or feel how you look. Lilly

4. Just ignore them, bad names only hurt if you let them. Chester

5. Stop it! Leave Chester alone you bullies! Wilson

6. Julius isn’t going anywhere, Lilly. This is where he’ll stay, and stay, and stay, and stay, and stay Father

7. If that’s the way you feel, the queen may have to spend a little time in the uncooperative chair. Mother

8. Can your parents return him for a better baby? Chester

9. We’re lucky because we have the light bulb lab. For if something is troubling you or wants to burst out, bring that feeling to the light bulb lab and put it on paper. You can draw it, paint it, cut, color, or paste. Then you can save the good feeling forever or crumple up a bad one and throw it away. Mr. Slinger

10. But you are missing one very important thing. Three shiny quarters. Grandma

11. And that’s what will happen when I show everyone my new plastic purse. Lilly

12. I’ll stay here for a million years for Mr. Slinger. Bring on the pain. I deserve it. Lilly

13. Now repeat after me. Julius is the baby of the world. Lilly

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