December 20, 2017 Story Time - Santa

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

*marks the books we read

Goodnight Santa  by Michelle Robinson & Nick East*
Here Comes Santa Cat  by Deborah Underwood*
Ho-Ho-Hopeless Santa  by Rebecca Gerlings & Sarah Jennings
Santa Claus  by Jo Ryan & Hermione Edwards*

For our craft we made a Santa like this:
https://goo.gl/XJB8Lx














Extra activities
Where is Santa? ( we used paper Santa puppets for this song)
(sung to "Are you sleeping?)
Where is Santa? where is Santa?
Here I am! here I am!
Merry, merry Christmas, merry, merry Christmas!
Ho! ho! ho!, ho! ho! ho!

Christmas Cheer
(sung to "We wish you a merry Christmas")
Let's all do a little clapping,
let's all do a little clapping,
let's all do a little clapping,
and spread Christmas cheer
*Change the clapping to other activities:
Jumping
Twirling
Stretching
Bending
Stomping
(Ask the kids for other ideas)

December 13, 2017 Story Time - Bears

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

*marks the books we read

Bear Sees Colors  by Karma Wilson & Jane Chapman*
Bear Hugs  by Libby Walden*
Bear Snores On  by Karma Wilson
Share, Big Bear, Share!  by Maureen Wright*

For our craft we made a bear using a CD like this:
https://goo.gl/aAnQbq

Extra activities

Teddy bear, teddy bear, turn around
teddy bear, teddy bear, touch the ground
teddy bear, teddy bear, reach up high
teddy bear, teddy bear, wink one eye
teddy bear, teddy bear, slap your knees
teddy bear, teddy bear, sit down please

Five Little Bears
One little bear
wondering what to do
along came another
then there were two!
two little bears
climbing up a tree
along came another
then there were three!
three little bears
ate an apple core
along came another
then there were four!
four little honey bears
found honey in a hive
along came another
then there were five!

Counting Berries
One berry, two berries, three berries, four!
five berries, six berries, seven berries, more!
eight berries, nine berries, ten berries, then.....
we count them all over again!
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10!
then back down again!
10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1!

December 6, 2017 Story Time - Mittens

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

*marks the books we read

The Mitten  by Jan Brett*
My Red Mittens  by Candy Crocker*
Chicken in Mittens  by Adam Lehrhaupt

For our craft we glued paper mittens on paper then added sequins to decorate them

Extra activities
We played a mitten matching game

While we read 'The Mitten' each child was given a paper animal from the story that they brought up and placed in a bag

November 29, 2017 Story Time - Moose

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

*marks the books we read

If You Give a Moose a Muffin  by Laura Numeroff*
Elusive Moose  by Joan Gannij*
Moose  by Melissa Gish
Santa's Moose  by Syd Hoff*

For our craft we made a paper bag moose using the pattern below:

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November 22, 2017 Story Time - Spiders

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

*marks the books we read

Frank the Seven-Legged Spider  by Michaele Razi*
Eensy Weensy Spider  by Penny Dann
I'm Trying to Love Spiders  by Bethany Barton*

For our craft we made a spider headband like this one:

Extra activities
Spider on the Floor
(we used paper spiders and placed them wherever the song said)
There's a spider on the floor, on the floor
there's a spider on the floor, on the floor
who could ask for any more
than a spider on the floor?
there's a spider on the floor, on the floor
Repeat with verses:
There's a spider on my leg, on my leg
and he's really big
There's a spider on my stomach, on my stomach
Oh, he's just a dumb old lummock
Now the spider's on my neck, on my neck
Oh, I'm gonna be a wreck
There's a spider on my face, on my face
Oh, what a big disgrace
Now there's a spider on my head, on my head
Oh, I wish that I were dead
BUT-He jumps off!
There's a spider on the floor, on the floor

We talked about spiders - are they insects?, how many eyes do they have?, how many legs?, what do they eat?

November 15, 2017 Story Time - Family

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

*marks the books we read

Families, Families, Families!  by Suzanne Lang
Grandma's Tiny House  by JaNay Brown-Wood
The Daddy Book  by Todd Parr
My Dog is as Smelly as Dirty Socks and Other Funny Family Portraits  by Hanoch Piven
Family Vacation  by Fiona Lock
We Belong Together  by Todd Parr

For our craft we made a family tree like this one:
https://goo.gl/n4FRuc

November 8, 2017 Building Block Award Nominees Story Time

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

*marks the books we read

Old MacDonald Had a Truck  by Steve Goetz*
Dragon Was Terrible  by Kelly DiPucchio*

The directions for our craft can be found here:
https://goo.gl/s15GYK

Extra activities

Rip up scrap pieces of colored paper and pass them out to the kids. Sing the phrase 3 different times, each time referring to a new color trash truck. When their color of "trash" matches the color truck they come up to throw it away:
Trash truck, trash truck, cleaning up the town
do you see any garbage lying around?
pick up the trash and match it to a truck
soon the whole town will be all cleaned up!

Five Green Dragons
Five green dragons making such a roar
one danced away and then there were four
four green dragons dancing around a tree
one danced away and then there were three
three green dragons dancing around you
one danced away and then there were two
two green dragons dancing around the sun
one danced away and then there was one
one green dragon having lots of fun
she danced away and then there were none

November 1, 2017 Story Time - Missouri Building Block Nominees

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

*marks the books we read

Frog on a Log?  by Kes Gray & Jim Field*
There's a Giraffe in My Soup  by Ross Burach*

For our craft we colored a frog like this one, then inserted it into a paper towel roll "log"

After story time we trick or treated around the library, then played some Halloween games

October 25, 2017 Story Time - Missouri Building Block Nominees

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

*marks the books we read

Still a Gorilla!  by Kim Norman*
There's a Bear on My Chair  by Ross Collins*

For our craft we made a bear headband like this one:

October 18, 2017 Story Time - Missouri Building Block Nominees

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

*marks the books we read

I would like to thank the firefighters from the Antonia Fire Protection District for reading our stories today!!

Lion Lessons  by Jon Agee*
Wolfie The Bunny  by Ame Dyckman*

For our craft we decorated a lion picture like this one:

Extra activities
You Can Hear (sung to "She'll be Coming Round the Mountain")
You can hear the lions roaring at the zoo! Roar! Roar!
you can hear the lions roaring at the zoo! Roar! Roar!
you can hear the lions roaring, you can hear the lions roaring
you can hear the lions roaring at the zoo! Roar! Roar!
Additional verses:
You can hear the snakes hissing at the zoo! Hiss! Hiss!
You can hear the bears growling at the zoo! Growl! Growl!
You can hear the elephants trumpeting at the zoo! Trumpet! Trumpet!
You can hear the monkeys chattering at the zoo! Oh-Oh Ah-Ah! Oh-Oh Ah Ah!

Bunny Pokey (sung to "The Hokey Pokey")
You put your bunny ears in
you take your bunny ears out
you put your bunny ears in
and you shake them all about
you do the bunny pokey
and hop yourself around
that's what it's all about
Additional verses:
You put your bunny nose in
You put your bunny paw in
You put your bunny tail in

If You're a Lion and You Know It (sung to "If You're Happy and You Know It")
If you're a lion and you know it, give a Roar!
if you're a lion and you know it, give a Roar!
if you're a lion and you know it, then you're face will surely show it
if you're a lion and you know it, give a Roar!
Additional verses:
If you're and elephant and you know it, STOMP your feet
If you're a monkey and you know it, JUMP up and down
If you're a crocodile and you know it, SNAP your jaws

October 11, 2017 Story Time - Missouri Building Block Nominees

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

*marks the books we read

10 Little Ninjas  by Miranda Paul*
Marta! Big & Small  by Jen Arena*

For our craft we made a shape ninja like this one:

You can find the directions to make one here:
https://goo.gl/STnUmT

Extra activities

This is big, big, big

This is big, big, big (stretch arms out wide)
this is small, small, small (bring hands close together)
this is short, short, short (lower hands toward the ground)
this is tall, tall, tall (reach hands toward the sky)
this is fast, fast, fast (roll hands quickly)
this is slow, slow, slow (roll hands slowly)
this is yes, yes, yes (shake head yes)
this is no, no, no (shake head no)

Two Little Blackbirds

Two little blackbirds sitting on a hill
one named Jack and one named Jill
fly away Jack, fly away Jill
come back Jack, come back Jill

Two little blackbirds flying in the sky
one named Low and one named High
fly away Low, fly away High
come back Low, come back High

Two little blackbirds sitting on a pole
one named Fast and one named Slow
fly away Fast, fly away Slow
come back Fast, come back Slow

Two little blackbirds sitting on a gate
one named Early and one named Late
fly away Early, fly away Late
come back Early, come back Late....Late? come back Late!

October 4, 2017 Story Time - Mastodons

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

*marks the books we read

Once Upon a Mastodon - All About Prehistoric Mammals  by Bonnie Worth*
American Mastodon  by Carol K. Lindeen

We had a special guest (Mike) from Mastodon State Historic Site who did a presentation of items from the Ice Age. We got to view the skulls of a baby mastodon, a giant sloth and a saber-toothed cat. Mike talked about the animals and people that lived during that time period.

For our craft we made a mastodon like this:

September 27, 2017 Story Time - Fossils

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

*marks the books we read

Big Old Bones - A Dinosaur Tale  by Carol Carrick*
Fossilized! Dinosaur Fossils  by Kathleen Connors
Dig Those Dinosaurs  by Lori Haskins Houran*
Unearthing Fossils  by Tamra B. Orr
Monster Bones: the Story of a Dinosaur Fossil  by Jacqui Bailey
Fossils Tell of Long Ago  by Aliki

For our craft we pressed toy dinosaurs into salt dough to make fossil imprints

Extra activities

10 Little Fossils
One little, two little, three little fossils
four little, five little, six little fossils
seven little, eight little, nine little fossils
ten little fossils buried underground

Then we counted back down to zero

September 20, 2017 Story Time - Woolly Mammoths & Mastodons

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

*marks the books we read

Thank you to the firefighters from the Antonia Fire Protection District for being our readers today!

Why Why Why were mammoths woolly?  by Mason Crest Publishers, Inc. *
A Mammoth in the fridge  by Michael Escoffier
Mammoths and Mastodons  by Susan H. Grey
Mammoth and Me  by Algy Craig Hall*
Wild and Woolly Mammoths  by Aliki
How To Wash a Woolly Mammoth  by Michelle Robinson*

For our craft we colored a picture of a woolly mammoth, then glued black and brown yarn to it's body to make it look woolly

Extra Activities
The Mammoths in the Ice Age
(sung to "Wheels on the Bus")
The mammoths in the Ice Age went
toot, toot, toot,
toot, toot, toot
toot, toot, toot
the mammoths in the Ice Age went
toot, toot, toot
all around the land

Repeat with other verses:
The tiger in the Ice Age went growl, growl, growl
The wolf in the Ice Age went howl, howl, howl
The ground sloth in the Ice Age moved slow, slow, slow

September 13, 2017 Story Time - Ice Age

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

*marks the books we read

The Ice Tracker's Guide  by Adrian Lister*
The Great Ice Age  by Christopher Maynard
Why, Why, Why Were Mammoths Woolly?  by Miles Kelly Publishing
Ice Age Giants  by Steve Parker*
Ask A Dinosaur  by Olivia Brookes
Giant Ground Sloth  by Michael P. Goecke

For our craft we put together a dinosaur bone puzzle like this:
https://goo.gl/OlIh3W


Extra activities
We talked about the animals that lived during the ice age like: saber tooth cats, mastodons, woolly mammoths, etc

Hands on Shoulders
Hands on shoulders, hands on knees
hands behind you if you please
touch your shoulders, now your nose
now your chin and now your toes
hands up high in the air
down at your sides and touch your hair
hands up high as before
now clap your hands - one, two, three, four

Put your hands up high (sung to "Do Your Ears Hang Low")
Put your hands up high
put your hands down low
put your hands in the middle and wiggle them so
put your elbows to the front put your elbows to the back
put your elbows to the side and
quack! quack! quack!

September 6, 2017 Story Time - Dinosaurs

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

*marks the books we read

Dinosaur Bones  by Bob Barner*
Dinosaurs of All Sizes  by Dr. Alvin Granowsky
Dinosaur Parade  by Shari Halpern*
What the Dinosaurs Did Last Night a very messy adventure  by Refe & Susan Tuma*
Dinosaur!  by Peter Sis
Dinosaur Explorer  by Dougal Dixon*
How Do Dinosaurs Go Up and Down?  by Jane Yolen
Amazing Dinosaur Facts  by Leonie Bennett
Touch and Feel Dinosaur  by DK

For our craft we made a dinosaur using a lower case letter "d" like this one

August 30, 2017 Story Time - The Stars

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

*marks the books we read

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star and other favorite bedtime rhymes  by Sonja Rescek*
Stars  by Mary Elizabeth Salzmann
How to Catch a Star  by Oliver Jeffers*
Wonder Why Stars Twinkle and other Questions About Space  by Carole Stott
Stars  by Charlotte Guillain*
Spots of Light A Book About Stars  by Dana Meachen Rau
Once Upon a Starry Night A Book of Constellations  by Jacqueline Mitton
The Biggest Bear  by Adam Relf*
Stars! Stars! Stars!  by Bob Barner*
Zoo in the Sky  by Jacqueline Mitton

For our craft we glued two shooting stars (like the one pictured below) to black paper, then added stars and planets with bright crayons.

Extra activities:
We sang these songs:

Twinkle, twinkle, little star
how I wonder what you are
up above the world so high
like a diamond in the sky
twinkle, twinkle, little star
how I wonder what you are

Star light, star bright
first star I see tonight
I wish I may
I wish I might
have the wish
I wish tonight

Four Little Stars
Four little stars
winking at me
one shot off (clap)
then there were three
three little stars
with nothing to do
one shot off (clap)
then there were two
two little stars
afraid of the sun
one shot off (clap)
then there was one
one little star
alone is no fun
it shot off (clap)
then there was none

August 23, 2017 Story Time - The Sun

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

*marks the books we read

Good Night Sun, Hello Moon  by Karen Viola*
Explore Outer Space - The Sun  by Ruth Owen
Goodnight Moon  by Margaret Wise Brown
It's Sunny Today  by Kristin Sterling*
What's the Weather Like? - It's Sunny  by Celeste Bishop*

For our craft we colored a sun similar to this one and added a craft stick to make a sun puppet

Extra activities
We sang these songs with a paper sun:
Oh Mr. Sun, Sun, Mr. Golden Sun
please shine down on me (hold your sun above your head)
Oh Mr. Sun, Sun, Mr. Golden Sun
hiding behind a tree (hide your sun behind you)
these little children are asking you
to please come out so they can play with you
Oh Mr. Sun, Sun, Mr. Golden Sun
please shine down on me

Hokey Pokey Sun
(We used our paper suns to do the Hokey Pokey)
You put your sun in, you put your sun out
you put your sun in and shake it all about
you do the hokey pokey, and you turn yourself around
that's what it's all about!

more verses:
you put your sun on your head, you put your sun on your toe
you put your sun on your elbow, you put your sun on your knee
you put your sun on your nose, you put your sun on your ear

August 16, 2017 Story Time - Eclipses

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

*marks the books we read

The Big Eclipse  by Nancy Coffelt*
What is an Eclipse?  by Isaac Asimov*
Sun & Moon A Giant Love Story  by Lisa Desimini*

For our craft we made a coffee filter solar eclipse craft like this one:
https://goo.gl/Kc9zTO

Extra activities
We talked about the solar eclipse coming up this Monday, August 21, 2017:
*How does an eclipse happen?; the moon moves between the sun and the earth and casts a shadow over the sun
*What happens during an eclipse?; it will get dark, birds will stop singing, bugs will start chirping, the temperature could drop a few degrees, etc
*What are safe ways to look at the eclipse?; using a pin hole projector and wearing solar glasses

August 9, 2017 Story Time - The Moon

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

*marks the books we read

On the Moon  by Anna Milbourne & Benji Davies*
Moon Dreams  by Ruth Martin
Zoom! Zoom! Zoom! I'm Off to the Moon!  by Dan Yaccarino*
Fact Finders Space - Moon  by Alice Harman
Goodnight Everyone  by Chris Haughton
Kitten's First Full Moon  by Kevin Henkes*


For our craft we made a name rocket like the one found here:
https://goo.gl/8rb2HG

Extra activities:
Climb Aboard the Spaceship
(sung to "Itsy Bitsy Spider")
Climb aboard the spaceship,
we're going to the moon
hurry and get ready,
we're going to blast off soon
put on your helmets
and buckle up real tight
here comes the countdown,
let's count with all our might!
10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1-0----BLAST OFF!!

August 2, 2017 Story Time - Outer Space

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

*marks the books we read

Solar System  by Jill McDonald*
First Discovery - The Universe  J. Elizabeth Mills
Higher! Higher!  by Leslie Patricelli*
I'm From Outer Space! Meet an Alien  by Lisa Bullard
Outer Space Bedtime Race  by Rob Sanders*
Clara and Clem In Outer Space  by Ethan Long*
My Brother Is from Outer Space (The Book of Proof)  by Vivian Ostrow

For our craft we glued a picture of earth to a small paper plate, then added a moon and spaceship with a braid so they could rotate around the plate. Instructions can be found here:
https://goo.gl/viVmU5

Extra activities
We talked about some of the things we see when we look at the sky; sun, moon, stars, planets, etc

July 26, 2017 Story Time - Community Workers - Chefs, Cooks & Bakers

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

*marks the books we read

Chefs and What They Do  by Liesbet Slegers*
Pink Cupcake Magic  by Katherine Tegen
The Berenstain Bears Cook-it  by Stan & Jan Berenstain
Mr. Cookie Baker  by Monica Wellington*
Wild Boars Cook  by Meg Rosoff & Sophie Blackall
Math in the Kitchen  by Kieran Shah
Pancakes, Pancakes  by Eric Carle
People Who Help Us - Chef  by Amanda Askew & Andrew Crowson*

The craft we made is found here:
https://goo.gl/BZWU8a

Extra activities:
We talked about what a chef wears, what tools they might use in their kitchen and what they might bake/cook

We played an egg toss game

July 19, 2017 Story Time - Community Workers - Bus Driver

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

*marks the books we read

Wheels On The Bus  by Raffi*
Bus-A-Saurus Bop  by Diane Z. Shore
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus  by Mo Willems*
School Bus  by Donald Crews*
My Bus  by Byron Barton*
Bunny Bus  by Ammi-Joan Paquette
The Smushy Bus  by Leslie Helakoski

For our craft we made a bus like this:

You can find it here:
https://goo.gl/NUYrK7

Extra activities
We played a guessing game where the children had to say what item was on the picture and what sound or action needed to be made, then we sang:

Wheels on the Bus
The wheels on the bus go round and round,
round and round, round and round,
the wheels on the bus go round and round
all through the town

the wipers on the bus go swish, swish, swish
the horn on the bus goes beep,beep,beep
the door on the bus goes open and shut, open and shut, open and shut
the driver on the bus says "move on back", "move on back", "move on back"
the baby on the bus says "wah", "wah", "wah"
the mommy on the bus says "shh", "shh", "shh"
the people on the bus go up and down, up and down, up and down

The wheels on the bus go round and round,
round and round, round and round,
the wheels on the bus go round and round
all through the town

July 12, 2017 Story Time - Community Helpers - Firemen/women

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

*marks the books we read

This Is the Firefighter  by Laura Godwin*
Big Machines - Emergency! Emergency!  by Amelia Marshall
Dinosaur Goes To the Fire Station  by Ken Alside
Clothesline Clues to Jobs People Do  by Kathryn Heling and Deborah Hembrook*
If You Were A...Firefighter  by Virginia Schomp
Machines At Work - Fire Trucks  by Maria T. Schmidt*
Fire Truck  by Peter Sis
My Neighborhood - The Fire Station  by Aaron Carr*
Hello, Fire Truck!  by Marjorie Blain Parker*
What If There Is a Fire?  by Anara Guard
Busy People Firefighter  by Ando Twin

For our craft we decorated a fire helmet like this one:

Extra activities
The Wheels on the Truck
The wheels on the truck go round and round,
round and round, round and round
the wheels on the truck go round and round
when they fight the fire

Extra verses:
The lights on the truck go blink, blink, blink
The siren on the truck goes woo, woo, woo
The ladder on the truck goes up and down, up and down, up and down
The hose on the truck goes swoosh, swoosh, swoosh

July 5, 2017 Story Time - Dinosaurs

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

*marks the books we read

Dinosaur Countdown  by Nicholas Oldland*
Dinosaur Parade  by Shari Halpern
How Do Dinosaurs Clean Their Rooms?  by Jane Yolen & Mark Teague*
Where Did All the Dinos Go?  by Jim Benton
Dinosaur School-Dinosaur Colors  by Ava Saviola*

For our craft we covered a paper Brachiosaurus with tissue paper then glued it to a craft stick for a dinosaur puppet

Extra activities
Before we read Dinosaur Countdown we counted up to ten so we could countdown with the story

While we read Dinosaur Colors the children had to guess the colors of the dinosaurs and then think of other things that were the same color

Dinosaur, Dinosaur
Dinosaur, dinosaur turn around; dinosaur, dinosaur dig in the ground
dinosaur, dinosaur walk on your toes; dinosaur, dinosaur scratch your nose
dinosaur, dinosaur reach up high; dinosaur, dinosaur fly in the sky
dinosaur, dinosaur stomp your feet; dinosaur, dinosaur show your teeth
dinosaur, dinosaur give a roar; dinosaur, dinosaur sit on the floor

June 28, 2017 Story Time - Community Workers - Construction Workers

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

*marks the books we read

Hooray For Construction Workers!  by Kurt Waldendorf*
Digger Dog  by William Bee
One Big Building-A Counting Book About Construction  by Michael Dahl*
The Little Dump Truck  by Margery Cuyler
I'm Dirty!  by Kate & Jim McMullan*
Big Machines-Digger's Busy Day  by Amelia Marshall
Construction Tools  by JoAnn Early Macken*
If You Were A....Construction Worker  by Virginia Schomp
Hush Little Digger  by Ellen Olson-Brown

For our craft we used stickers like these:


















to decorate a construction site picture.

Extra activities
Five Little Nails
five little nails
standing straight and steady
here comes the carpenter
with a hammer ready!
bam! bam! bam! (pound one finger down)
four little nails.....
three little nails.....
two little nails.....
one little nail....

I Can Work With One Hammer
(song #3 from the CD Fun and Games by Greg & Steve)
I can work with one hammer, one hammer, one hammer
I can work with one hammer (bang one fist lightly on knee)
then I work with two
I can work with two hammers, two hammers, two hammers
I can work with two hammers (bang both fists lightly on knees)
then I work with three
I can work with three  hammers, three hammers, three hammers
I can work with three hammers (bang both fists and bounce one leg)
then I work with four
I can work with four hammers, four hammers, four hammers
I can work with four hammers (bang both fists and bounce both legs)
and then I work with five
I can work with five hammers, five hammers, five hammers
I can work with five hammers (bang both fists, bounce both legs and nod your head)
and then I need a rest

Sing again but go backwards this time....

June 21, 2017 Story Time - Community Helpers - Garbage Collectors & Recycling

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

*marks the books we read

I Stink!  by Kate & Jim McMullan*
Garbage Galore  by Ellen Lawrence
The Earth Book  by Todd Parr*
Smash! Mash! Crash! There Goes The Trash!  by Barbara Odanaka
The Smash! Smash! Truck  by Professor Potts
Garbage Trucks  by Quinn M. Arnold*

For our craft the children glued (in numerical order) the cut up pieces of this trash truck

Extra activities
Can you guess my job?
Community workers work far and near
this person helps people get well,
can you guess this job here?

Continued with:
this person fixes the water pipes
this person delivers letters and packages
this person fixes our vehicles
this person puts out fires
this person makes tasty meals
this person teaches you new things
this person keeps the city safe
this person keeps your pets healthy
this person helps you find a book to read

June 14, 2017 Story Time - Community Helpers - Police

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

*marks the books we read

Busy People - Police Officer  by Lucy M. George*
Dinosaur Visits the Police Station  by Ken Alside*
The Police Cloud  by Christoph Niemann
Bow-Wow! Dog Helpers - Police Dogs  by Dawn Bluemel Oldfield*
Emergency Vehicles - Police Car  by Chris Oxlade
Whose Hat Is This? A Look at Hats Workers Wear-Hard, Tall, and Shiny  by Sharon Katz Cooper*

For our craft we colored and added paper strips to the hat and colored and taped on our badges.

Extra activities:
Can you guess my job?
Community workers far and near
this person helps people get well,
can you guess this job here?
*answer - doctor
repeat with these descriptions:
this person fixes the water pipes *plumber
this person puts out fires *firefighter
this person delivers letters & packages *letter carrier
this person keeps the city safe *police man/woman
this person makes tasty meals *chef, cook, baker
this person teaches you new things *teacher
this person keeps your pets healthy *veterinarian

We pressed our fingers in washable ink and put our fingerprints on a piece of paper

June 7, 2017 Story Time - Community Helpers - Mail Carriers

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

*marks the books we read

Delivering Your Mail (A Book About Mail Carriers) by Ann Owen*
Whose Hands Are These? (A Community Helper Guessing Book) by Miranda Paul*
What Do Mail Carriers Do?  by Nick Christopher*
Neighborhood Helpers  by Jennifer B. Gillis*
Community Helpers - Mail Carriers  by Dee Ready

For our craft we used the mailbox from this website and glued it to a piece of paper that had a bird delivering a letter
https://goo.gl/plMeH

Extra activities
Can you guess my job?
Community workers work far and near
this person helps people get well,
can you guess this job here?
(answer: a doctor)
Repeat the verse with:
this person fixes the water pipes (a plumber)
this person delivers letters (a mail carrier)
this person makes tasty meals (a baker, chef or cook)
this person keeps your pets healthy (a veterinarian)
this person teaches you new things (a teacher)
this person keeps the city safe (a policeman or woman)
this person puts out fires (a firefighter)

May 31, 2017 Story Time - Ladybugs

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

*marks the books we read

Are You a Ladybug?  by Judy Allen & Tudor Humphries*
The Grouchy Ladybug  by Eric Carle
grow with me - Ladybug  by Kate Riggs*
The Ladybug and Other Insects  by Gallinard Jeunesse
It's a Good Thing There Are Ladybugs  by Joanne Mattern*
Five Little Ladybugs  by Melanie Gerth

For our craft we colored a ladybug (like the one below) then attached a craft stick to make a puppet

Extra activities
Ladybug Fly (sung to "Three Blind Mice"
Fly, fly, fly
ladybugs fly
fly over here
fly over there
they fly up high and the fly down low
around and around and around they go
they fly fast, and they fly slow
oh, ladybugs fly

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 and then there were two
two little ladybugs looking for some fun
one flew away and then there was one
one little ladybug sitting in the sun
she flew away and then there were none