February 19, 2014 Story Time - Arctic Animals



If you missed this weeks story time here is what we did:

*marks the books we read



Hello, Arctic!  by Theodore Taylor  Illustrated by Margaret Chodos-Irvine*
Over in the Arctic  by Marianne Berkes  Illustrated by Jill Dubin
Arctic Hares  by Helen Frost
In Arctic Waters  by Laura Crawford  Illustrated by Ben Hodson*
Mama, Do You Love Me?  by Barbara M. Joosse  Illustrated by Barbara Lavallee
Live in a Polar Region  by Carol K. Lindeen*
Baby Animals of the Frozen Tundra  by Carmen Bredeson

Our craft was a walrus puppet found in the book: Seasonal Storytime Crafts by Kathryn Totten  page 47

Extra activities:

We talked about the letters "A", "P", "S" & "W", the sounds the letters make and words that begin with those letters

10 Little Polar Bears
1 little, 2 little, 3 little polar bears
4 little, 5 little, 6 little polar bears
7 little, 8 little, 9 little polar bears
10 little polar bears playing in the snow

Fingerplay
One little polar bear feeling kind of blue
Along came another one and then there were two
Two little polar bears feeling quite free
Along came another one and then there were three
Three little polar bears wanting something more
Along came another one and then there were four
Four little polar bears feeling quite alive
Along came another one and then there were five
THEN
We counted down from 5 to 1


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