March 22, 2017 Story Time - Frogs

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

*marks the books we read

The Teeny Weeny Tadpole  by Sheridan Cain*
Frogs  by Kevin J. Holmes
The Frog Who Lost His Underpants  by Juliette MacIver
Where Do Frogs Come From?  by Alex Vern*
Frogs  by Elizabeth Carney
The Frog Who Could Not Croak  by Lavelle Carlson
Five Speckled Frogs  by Steven C. Anderson*

For our craft we made a frog like this:
https://goo.gl/QdqAgZ

Extra activities
Five Little frogs Were Down at the Pond
Five little frogs were down at the pond, down at the pond at play
along came a hungry ______, and chased one frog away
four little frogs were down at the pond, down at the pond at play
along came a wiggly ______, and chased one frog away
three little frogs were down at the pond, down at the pond at play
along came a giant _______, and chased one frog away
two little frogs were down at the pond, down at the pond at play
along came a swimming _____, and chased one frog away
one little frog was down at the pond, down at the pond at play
along came a flying _____, and chased one frog away
then no little frogs were down at the pond, down at the pond at play
Where do you think the little frogs went when they all hopped away?

March 15, 2017 Story Time - St. Patrick's Day

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

*marks the books we read

It's St. Patrick's Day! by Rebecca Gomez*
The Story of the Leprechaun  by Katherine Tegen
The Night Before St. Patrick's Day  by Natasha Wing*
The Leprechaun Who Lost His Rainbow  by Sean Callahan
It's St. Patrick's Day, Dear Dragon  by Margaret Hillert
Happy St. Patrick's Day, Hello Kitty  by Kabushiki Sanrio*

For our craft we made a windsock using the image below:

We glued crepe paper streamers to the bottom of the pot and tied yarn at the handles

Extra activities
We talked about St. Patrick's day activities like; singing, dancing a jig, music, shamrocks and parades

Five Green Shamrocks
Five green shamrocks growing outdoors
(child's name) picked one, and that left four
four little shamrocks, green as they can be
(child's name) picked one, and that left three
three little shamrocks, playing peek-a-boo
(child's name) picked one and that left two
two little shamrocks, nodding in the sun
(child's name) picked one, and that left one
one little shamrock for St. Patrick's day fun
(child's name) picked it, and that left none

March 8, 2017 Story Time - Green

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

*marks the books we read

Green Food Fun  by Lisa Bullard*
Green Eggs and Ham  by Dr. Seuss
Green Animals  by Teddy Borth*
Green-Seeing Green All Around Us  by Sarah L. Schuette
Green  by Esther Sarfatti*
Little Blue and Little Yellow  by Leo Lionni
Green  by Patricia M. Stockland
Green  by Laura Vaccaro Seeger*

For our craft we made a turtle out of an old CD like this one:
https://goo.gl/Yy8NLc


Extra activities
We talked about our favorite green things like; animals, food, etc.

This is My Turtle
This is my turtle (make a fist)
she lives in a shell
she likes her home very well
she pokes her head out (stick out your thumb)
when she wants to eat
and pulls it back in (tuck thumb back in)
when she wants to sleep

Little Turtle
I had a little turtle (make a fist)
he lived in a box (put hand over fist)
he swam in the water (make swimming motions)
and he climbed on the rocks (make one hand climb up the other arm)
he snapped at a mosquito
he snapped at a flea
he snapped at a minnow
and he snapped at me
(clap on the word snapped)
he caught the mosquito
he caught the flea
he caught the minnow
(make grabbing motion on the word caught)
but he didn't catch me (shake head and wiggle finger back & forth)

March 1, 2017 Story Time - Birds

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

*marks the books we read

Bring On the Birds  by Susan Stockdale*
Have You Heard the Nesting Bird  by Rita Gray
Some Birds  by Matt Spink*
Beaks!  by Sneed B. Collard III
A Bird Can Fly  by Douglas Florian*
Birds Use Their Beaks  by Elaine Pascoe
Even an Ostrich Needs a Nest  by Irene Kelly

For our craft we colored a paper bird then hung it on yarn to make a necklace

Extra activities
We talked about birds; what color they are, where they live and what they eat

Two Little Black Birds
Two little black birds sitting on a hill (hold up two fingers)
one named Jack and one named Jill
fly away Jack (hide one hand behind your back)
fly away Jill (hide the other hand behind your back)
come back Jack (bring first hand back out)
come back Jill (bring other hand back out)