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Martha and Skits Session 1

Game: Choose and Chat

1. Cut out the cards. Put them face down.

2. Take turns choosing a card.

3. The Big Buddy will read the card aloud. Both players will answer the question.

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Wh

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us t

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for a

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nd

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Ev

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Wh

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MARTHA SPEAKS is a production of WGBH Boston and DHX Media. Corporate funding provided by Chuck E. Cheese’s®, Kiddie Academy® Child Care Learning Centers, and Chick-fi l-A, Inc. Additional series funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, by The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations...Dedicated to Strengthening America’s Future Through Education, and by public television viewers. All characters and underlying materials from the “Martha” books TM and © Susan Meddaugh. All other characters and underlying materials TM and © 2012 WGBH.

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Martha to the Rescue Session 2

Activity: Make a SuperPup Puppet

You will need:Paper lunch bag

Markers

Scissors

Colored paper

Tape or glue stick

1. Draw eyes and a nose on the bottom fl ap of the lunch bag.

2. Pick up the bottom fl ap and draw a mouth.

3. Cut ears and arms from colored paper. Glue them to the paper bag.

4. Cut a rectangle from colored paper. This is the puppet’s superhero cape.

Glue or tape it to the back of the puppet.

5. Write the SuperPup’s name on the cape. Use the name “Courageous Collie Carlo,” or make up

another name, such as “Courageous Molly” or “Brave Sam.”

6. Put your hand inside the paper bag to make the puppet’s mouth move.


Firedog Martha Session 3

Game: Tic-Tac-Talk—Fantasy or Real?

You will need fi ve game pieces in one color. Your Little Buddy will need fi ve game pieces in

another color. For pieces, you can use plastic cubes, checkers, or little paper squares.

1. Have your Little Buddy put a game piece on a picture.

2. Ask your Little Buddy, Is the picture fantasy or real? Why?

3. Help your Little Buddy use the word real, pretend, or actually in his or her answer.

4. It’s your turn to put a game piece on a picture. Have your Little Buddy ask you,

Is it fantasy or real? Why? Use one or more of the special words in your answer.

5. Play the game until all the spaces are fi lled.


Martha in Charge Session 4





Wh

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yo

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to

sta

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alt

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Na

me a

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m

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Ho

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Wh

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Wh

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m

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Wh

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Perfectly Martha Session 5

Game: Skits’s Tricks

1. Go to pbskids.org/martha.

2. Click on Games.

3. Click on the blue, white, and red ball. Follow the instructions to play.


Martha Walks the Dog Session 6





Wh

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Wh

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as g

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on

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gro

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Wh

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asa

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rp

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Wh

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lim

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th

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o

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ur f

rie

nd

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Wh

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if

a b

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g

yo

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?

Do

yo

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or

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Martha Calling Session 7

Game: Tic-Tac-Talk—Name the Rule!

You will need fi ve game pieces in one color. Your Little Buddy will need fi ve game pieces in

another color. For pieces, you can use plastic cubes, checkers, or little paper squares.

1. Put a game piece on a picture and say the rule.

2. Use the word allowed, permitted, or forbidden when you say the rule. For example,

you could say, No pets allowed or No dogs permitted or Animals forbidden.

3. Now it’s your Little Buddy’s turn to choose a picture and say the rule.

4. Play the game until every picture has a game piece on it.


There Goes the Neighborhood Session 8




3. The Big Buddy will read the card aloud. Both players will take turns answering the question.


Wh

at a

nim

als

are y

ou

pre

jud

ice

d a

ga

inst?

An

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er w

ord

th

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th

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am

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s b

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is_________.

Na

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om

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to

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t b

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jud

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d

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I t

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ra

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en

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(Co

mp

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en

ten

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Sa

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am

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to

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yo

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!”

(Act o

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om

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Tell

a j

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e!

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ha

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to

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ore

_________.

(C

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ple

te t

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yo

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ra

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ca

ts o

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Dog Fight Session 9

Game: Truce!

1. Cut out the pictures of Martha and Skits.

2. Attach them to wooden sticks (if available) to make puppets. You and your Little Buddy will be acting out

a scene in which Martha and Skits are quarreling about something. Then they will call a truce and

negotiate a solution.

3. Act out the quarrel and then the solution.


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All characters and underlying materials from the “Martha” books TM and © Susan Meddaugh. All other characters and underlying materials TM and © 2012 WGBH.

All characters and underlying materials from the “Martha” books TM and © Susan Meddaugh. All other characters and underlying materials TM and © 2012 WGBH.

Martha Says It with Flowers Session 10

Activity: Make a Thank You Card

1. Ask your Little Buddy, What person would you like to thank? Someone in your family? A friend?

What would you like to thank them for?

2. Write your Little Buddy’s words on the card below. Encourage your Little Buddy to use the words

thoughtful and/or considerate in the message. Let your Little Buddy write his or her name at the end

of the message.

3. Point to the words as you read the message aloud. Your Little Buddy may want to read along.

4. Cut out the card and fold it in half. Let your Little Buddy draw a picture on the front of the card.

Dear ,

Thank you for

Sincerely,


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