May 27, 2015 Story Time - Bugs

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

*marks the books we read

I Love Bugs!  by Philemon Sturges*
Busy Bugs-A Book About Patterns  by Jayne Harvey
Bye-Bye, Big Bad Bullybug!  by Ed Emberley*
Not Inside This House!  by Kevin Lewis
Some Bugs  by Angela Diterlizzi*
Bugs Galore  by Peter Stein
Beetle McGrady Eats Bugs!  by Megan McDonald
Ugh! A Bug  by Mary Bono
Bug Off!  by Cathi Hepworth
Bug Patrol  by Denise Dowling Mortensen
Insect Detective  by Steve Voake

For our craft we made bug headbands with construction paper and sparkly pipe cleaners

Extra activities:

Insect Song (sung to "Wheels on the Bus")
The firefly at night goes blink, blink, blink
blink, blink, blink, blink, blink, blink
the firefly at night goes blink, blink, blink
all through the town

Repeat with verses:
The bee in the flowers go buzz, buzz, buzz...
The ants in the grass go march, march, march....
The crickets in the leaves go chirp, chirp, chirp.....
The caterpillar in the field goes creep, creep creep....

Itsy Bitsy Spider
The itsy bitsy spider crawled up the water spout
down came the rain and washed the spider out
out came the sun and dried up all the rain
and the itsy bitsy spider crawled up the spout again!

May 20, 2015 Story Time - Ladybugs & Insects

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

*marks the books we read

Ladybugs  by Sian Smith*
What the Ladybug Heard  by Julia Donaldson
Insects and Crawly Creatures  by Angela Royston*
Can YOU make a Scary Face?  by Jan Thomas
Beetle Mania  by Anders Hanson
Ladybugs  by Gail Gibbons*
Garden Friends  by Linda Gambrell

For our craft we colored a picture of a ladybug and taped it to a craft stick to make a puppet

Extra activities:

We talked about words and other insect names that start with "B"

We talked about words that rhyme with "bug"

Five Little Ladybugs
Five little ladybugs climbing up a door
one flew away, then there were four
four little ladybugs sitting on a tree
one flew away, then there were three
three little ladybugs landed on a shoe
one flew away, then there were two
two little ladybugs looking for some fun
one flew away, then there was one
one little ladybug sittin in the sun
she flew away and then there were none

May 13, 2015 Story Time - Plants/Flowers

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

*marks the books we read

Dandelions Stars in the Grass  by Mia Posada*
Planting a Rainbow  by Lois Ehlert
What is a Flower's Special Power?  by Kay Massey*
Spring Blossoms  by Carole Gerber
Seeds, Seeds, Seeds  by Brian and Jillian Cutting*

For our craft we colored a picture of flower stems and glued flower pictures to the stems

Extra activities:
The children got to plant seeds into small pots they could take home. We had flowers and vegetables available for planting

Daffodils
One little daffodil had nothing much to do,
out popped another one, then there were two
two little daffodils were smiling at a bee,
out popped another one, then there were three
three little daffodils were growing by the door,
out popped another one, then there were four
four little daffodils were glad to be alive,
out popped another one, then there were five
five little daffodils were wearing golden crowns,
they danced in the breeze in green satin gowns

Plants (sung to "The farmer in the dell")
The farmer plants the seeds
the farmer plants the seeds
hi, ho the dairy oh
the farmer plants the seeds

Repeat with verses:
The rain begins to fall
The sun begins to shine
The plants begin to grow
The buds all open up
The flowers smile at me

May 6, 2015 Story Time - Mothers

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

*marks the books we read

My Mother Is Mine  by Marion Dane Bauer*
Dinosaur vs Mommy  by Bob Shea
Hands and Hearts  by Donna Jo Napoli
All the Things I Love About You  by LeUyen Pham*
Even Firefighters Hug Their Moms  by Christine Kole MacLean
I Love My Mommy  by Giles Andreae*
My Mommy Hung the Moon  by Jamie Lee Curtis & Laura Cornell

I found our craft here:http://goo.gl/JvCkQO  we glued the tea set on a picture of a doily, then laminated it to use as a placemat. We also decorated a bookmark for moms

Extra Activities:
Happy Mother's Day to You (to the tune of "Happy Birthday")
Happy mother's day to you
happy mother's day to you
happy mother's day dear mommy
happy mother's day to you

Special Friend (to the tune of "Bingo")
I have a very special friend
and mommy is her name-o
m-o-m-m-y, m-o-m-m-y, m-o-m-m-y
and mommy is her name-o