DLTK's Educational Activities:  Portuguese Fable
Stone Soup

Stone soup is a wonderful story to share with children in a group setting (daycare, school, church, Brownies, etc).  Share the story one day, the next day have all the children bring a ziploc baggie of chopped up vegetables, herbs and/or spices (you can assign things to bring for a well rounded soup or let the children bring whatever they like for a mystery pot).

Have the adult scrub a stone very clean (you can purchase river rocks that are quite clean from garden or craft stores) and bring that -- an adult can also bring a ham bone or some chopped up pieces of meat.  As a group, make a pot of stone soup and let everyone taste it.

A lot of venues may not have a place to cook up the soup, but even if you take it home and bring it back the next day the kids will still enjoy the process.


Stone Soup

ListenPrintRead or Watch the Story of Stone Soup


coloring pages

Coloring Pages

including the Stone Soup poem



Crafts to go with this story:
felt board fun

Felt Board Fun

Can also be used as puppets or coloring pages


aesop fable ideas

Name Tags


Stone Soup: Traveller TP Roll

Traveller TP Roll Craft


Other Activities on the Site that would work with this story:
aesop fables ideas

Make a Clay Bowl


aesop fables ideas

Nutrition Activities



Worksheets to go with this story:
Stone Soup Anagram Puzzles

Anagram Puzzles - Vocabulary Word Puzzle Practice


Stone Soup Crossword Puzzles

Crossword Puzzles - Vocabulary Word Puzzle Practice


Stone Soup Draw and Write Worksheet

Draw and Write - Creative Writing Worksheet


Stone Soup Informational Writing Worksheet

Informational Writing - Creative Writing Worksheet


Stone Soup Sudoku Puzzles

Sudoku Puzzles


Stone Soup Tracer Pages

Tracer Pages - Vocabulary Word Picture Clue Resources


Stone Soup Word Ladder Puzzles

Word Ladder Puzzles


Stone Soup Word Mine Puzzles

Word Mine Puzzles


Stone Soup Word Search Puzzles

Word Search Puzzles - Vocabulary Word Puzzle Practice


Stone Soup Word Wall Activities

Word Wall Activities - Vocabulary Word Picture Clue Resources


Stone Soup Writing Prompts

Writing Prompts