January 28, 2015 Story Time - Korea

This month we are reading about different places.

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

*marks the books we read

Bee-bim Bop!  by Linda Sue Park*
The Rabbit's Judgment  by Suzanne Crowder Han
Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal  by Paul Fleischman*
The Firekeeper's Son  by Linda Sue Park
White Food Fun  by Lisa Bullard*
Jin Woo  by Eve Bunting
My First Book of Korean Words  by Katy R. Kudela*
The Rabbit and the Dragon King  by Daniel San Souci

For our craft we made a Korean blue dragon found in the book "Storytime Crafts" by Kathryn Totten page 67.

Extra activities:

We talked about the different foods used to make Bee-bim Bop! They include eggs, rice, vegetables and slices of meat. Then we talked about our favorite white foods

We used an atlas to find where Korea is located

January 21, 2015 Story Time - France

This month we are reading about different places.

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

*marks the books we read

Come Fly with Me  by Satomi Ichikawa*
The Cows Are Going To Paris  by David Kirby & Allen Woodman
First Picture Word Book in French  by Felicity Brooks*
Eiffel Tower  by Nate LeBoutillier
Puss in Boots  by Eric Blair*
Minnie and Moo Go to Paris  by Denys Cazet
It's a Big World, Little Pig!  by Kristi Yamaguchi
E is for Eiffel Tower A France Alphabet  by Helen L. Wilbur*

You can find the craft we made here:
http://goo.gl/B37pWR

Extra activities

We used the First Picture Book in French to learn some words and we counted to ten in french

We used an atlas to find France

January 14, 2015 Story Time - China

This month we are focusing on different places

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

*marks the books we read

Bringing in the New Year  by Grace Lin*
The Seven Chinese Sisters  by Kathy Tucker
A Look at China  by Helen Frost*
Dragon Dancing  by Carole Lexa Schaefer
1,2,3, Go!  by Huy Voun Lee*
The Pet Dragon  by Christoph Niemann
China in Colors  by Maria Gamze-Pendergrast*

The craft we made can be found here:
http://goo.gl/GX0y8N

Extra activities:
We talked about what sign (Chinese Zodiac animals) everyone was born under depending on their birth date

Five Little Pandas
Five little pandas went out to play
On a sunny, sunny day (hold up five fingers)
The first little panda climbed a tree (hand over hand)
The second little panda got stung by a bee (poke stomach and say Ouch!)
The third little panda went rolling down hill (rolling motion with hands)
The fourth little panda sat oh, so still (hold index finger to lips--Shh!)
The fifth little panda went to the river
And got so wet he had to shiver! (hug yourself and shiver)

January 7, 2015 Story Time - Australia

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

*marks the books we read


Pouch!  by David Ezra Stein*
Wombat Walkabout  by Carol Diggory Shields
Big Rain Coming  by Katrina Germein
About Marsupials  by Cathryn Sill*
Do you do a Didgeridoo?  by Nick Page
K is for Kissing a Cool Kangaroo  by Giles Andreae
Australia in Colors  by Nathan Olson*
Baru Bay Australia  by Bob Weir

For our craft we colored a paper kangaroo; then tied elastic thread to the kangaroo and a wooden bead so we could make the kangaroo jump!

Extra activities:

We talked about different animals that live in Australia then did this finger play with puppets of the animals listed
Here is Australia
Here's the emu straight and tall,
nodding his head above us all (raise one arm, fingers down for the head)
Here's the long snake on the ground,
wriggling upon the stone he found (wiggle hand and arm)
Here's the echidna prickly and small,
rolling himself into a ball (roll hands around each other)
Here's the kangaroo jumping around,
covering yards with every bound (jump around)
Here is Australia far away,
That's where our stories come from today

We also looked at an atlas so we could see where Australia is located