December 23, 2015 Story Time - Santa

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

*marks the books we read

Here Comes Santa Cat  by Deborah Underwood*
Santa Duck and His Merry Helpers  by David Milgrim
Pete the Cat Saves Christmas  by Eric Litwin*
Where, Oh Where, Is Santa Claus?  by Lisa Wheeler
I'm not Santa!  by Jonathan Allen*
Click, Clack, Ho! Ho! Ho!  by Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin*
Santa Claus and the Three Bears  by Maria Modugno

For our craft we glued a picture of santa's beard to a craft stick and covered it with cotton balls.
We also made a santa lunch bag puppet like the one found here:
http://goo.gl/h2nExs


Extra activities:
Five Little Christmas Cookies
(hold up five fingers then take one away as directed by poem)
5 little Christmas cookies on a plate by the door
one was eaten and then there were four
4 little Christmas cookies gazing up at me
one was eaten and then there were three
3 little Christmas cookies enough for me and you
one was eaten and then there were two
2 little Christmas cookies sitting in the sun
one was eaten and then there was one
1 little Christmas cookie better grab it fast
as you can see the others surely didn't last!

Old St. Nicholas (sung to the tune of "Old McDonald Had a Farm")
Old St. Nicholas had a tree
ho, ho, ho, ho, ho
and on that tree he had some horns
ho, ho, ho, ho, ho
with a toot toot here and a toot toot there
here a toot, there a toot
everywhere a toot, toot
continue.....
lights-----flash, flash
candy canes-----yum, yum
drums-----boon, boon
bells-----ring, ring
birds-----peep, peep
stars-----twinkle, twinkle

December 16, 2015 Story Time - Reindeer

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

*marks the books we read

The Great Reindeer Rebellion  by Lisa Trumbauer*
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer  by Robert Lewis May
Rudolph's Christmas Party!  by Mary Man-Kong*
Caribou: and Reindeer, Too  by Joyce L. Markovics
Olive the Other Reindeer  by J. Otto Seibold
Bob and 6 more Christmas Stories  by Sandra Boynton*
Merry Christmas Samantha Reindeer  by Eugene Bradley Coco

For our craft we made a reindeer ornament like the one here:
http://goo.gl/tTOaQj

We also made candy cane and round ornaments with pipe cleaners and beads

December 9, 2015 Story Time - Winter/Polar Animals

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

*marks the books we read

Polar Animals  by Paul Hess*
Polar Bear by Trevor Ricketts
10, 9, 8 Polar Animals! A Counting Backward Book  by Rebecca Fjelland Davis*
No  by Claudia Rueda*
Bear Has a Story to Tell  by Philip C. Stead
Polar Animals  by Deborah Hodge
Animal Babies in Polar Lands  by Jennifer Schodield*
The Magic School Bus Presents Polar Animals  by Cynthia O'Brien
20 Fun Facts About Penguins  by Heather Moore Niver

For our craft we made a circle polar bear like the one here:
http://goo.gl/SwJ48w


Extra activities:
Polar bear, polar bear
Polar bear, polar bear turn around
polar bear, polar bear touch the ground
polar bear, polar bear growl real loud
polar bear, polar bear sit on the ground

Five Little Polar Bears
One little polar bear
wondering what to do
along came another
then there were two!
Two little polar bears
climbing up a tree
along came another
then there were three!
Three little polar bears
ate an apple core
along came another
then there were four!
Four little polar bears
happy to be alive
along came another
then there were five!

5 Perky Penguins
Five perky penguins, stood on the shore
one went for a swim, and then there were four
four perky penguins, looked out to sea
One went swimming, and then there were three
three perky penguins said, "What can we do?"
one jumped in the water, and then there were two
two perky penguins, sat in the sun
one swam off, and then there was one
one perky penguin said, "this is no fun!"
he dived in the water, and then there were none

December 2, 2015 Story Time - Hibernation

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

*marks the books we read

Hibernation  by Margaret Hall*
Wake me in Spring  by James Preller
Animal Hibernation  by Jeanie Mebane
Every Autumn Comes the Bear  by Jim Arnosky*
Over and Under the Snow  by Kate Messner
Animals are Sleeping  by Suzanne Slade*
Time to Sleep  by Denise Fleming

For our craft we made a picture like this one from:http://goo.gl/vRh8oU

Extra activities:
Where is bear?
(substitute any hibernating animal - sung to "Where is Thumbkin?")
Where is bear? Where is bear?
here I am, here I am
How are you this winter?
very tired, thank you
go to sleep
go to sleep
(other animals you can use in the song: badger, chipmunk, groundhog, turtle, frog, bat, etc)

Bear is sleeping
(sung to "Frere Jacques")
Bear is sleeping, bear is sleeping
let it snow! let it snow!
sleeping all the winter, sleeping all the winter
snug and warm, snug and warm
bear is sleeping, bear is sleeping
in a cave, in a cave
I wonder when he'll come out, wonder when he'll come out
in the spring, in the spring