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

May 24, 2017 Story Time - Butterflies

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

*marks the books we read

Butterfly Butterfly  by Petr Horacek*
The Butterfly Alphabet  by Kjell B. Sandved
I See A Butterfly  by Alex Appleby
See How They Grow-Butterfly  by Mary Ling*
Velma Gratch & the Way Cool Butterfly  by Alan Madison and Kevin Hawkes
What's the Difference Between a Butterfly and a Moth?  by Robin Koontz

For our craft we made a butterfly windsock like this:
https://goo.gl/FGekIZ

Extra activities
We talked about the four stages of a butterfly's development: egg, caterpillar, chrysalis and butterfly
We talked about different butterflies and how they use their colors as warnings and camouflage

The life of a butterfly (sung to "Skip to My Lou")
I'm a caterpillar, wiggle like me
I'm a caterpillar, wiggle like me
I'm a caterpillar, wiggle like me
what'll I be, my darlin'?
A chrysalis, now sleep like me
a chrysalis, now sleep like me
a chrysalis, now sleep like me
what'll I be, my darlin'?
a butterfly, come fly with me
a butterfly, come fly with me
a butterfly, come fly with me
come fly with me my darlin'

May 17, 2017 Story Time - Caterpillars

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

*marks the books we read

The Crunching Munching Caterpillar  by Sheridan Cain*
The Very Hungry Caterpillar  by Eric Carle
I'm a Caterpillar  by Jean Marzollo*
Charlie the Caterpillar  by  Dom DeLuise
Caterpillar to Butterfly  by Camilla de la Bedoyere*

For our craft we made a caterpillar like this one:
https://goo.gl/JCOqXY

Extra activities
The Life of a Butterfly (sung to "Skip to my Lou")
I'm a caterpillar, wiggle with me,
I'm a caterpillar, wiggle with me
I'm a caterpillar, wiggle with me
what'll I be, my darlin'?
a chrysalis, now sleep like me.....(repeat 3 times)
what'll I be, my darlin'?
a butterfly, come fly with me....(repeat 3 times)
come fly with me my darlin'

May 10, 2017 Story Time - Shoo Fly!

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

*marks the books we read

Tiny Little Fly  by Michael Rosen*
Astrid the Fly  by Maria Jonsson
The Fly  by Petr Horacek*
The Fly Flew In  by David Catrow
There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Fly Guy  by Tedd Arnold*
Fly!  by Karl Newsom Edwards
Old Black Fly  by Jim Aylesworth*

For our craft we made a fly like this one, only his wings were paper, we added huge googly eyes and attached a craft stick:
https://goo.gl/kMVKLI


Extra activities
We learned some facts about house flies like:
1) they go through four stages of development: egg, larva, pupa and adult
2) they have two eyes, each eye contains 4000 lenses that enable it to see different pictures at the same time. Despite the huge number of lenses, house flies have poor eyesight!
3) they produce a sticky substance which keeps the fly firmly attached to the ground (or ceiling)
4) they rely mostly on their sense of smell to search for food. Their sense of smell is located in their antennas
5) in order to eat, all food needs to be turned into liquid because flies do not have teeth or the ability to chew. SO house flies spit or vomit digestive juices on the food to decompose it. Then they slurp the liquid up with their tongue which is shaped like a straw
6) they are active during the day and rest at night

Shoo Fly!
Shoo fly don't bother me
shoo fly don't bother me
shoo fly don't bother me
for I belong to somebody
After we sang this verse we used Fly Guy finger puppets to land on different parts of our bodies like:
head, arm, hand, foot, knee, etc. After our fly landed we re-sang the verse

There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
(we used this diagram while we read the story, then each child got to stick something she swallowed to her stomach)
https://goo.gl/MvDtnr

May 3, 2017 Story Time - Bugs!

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

*marks the books we read

Bugs Galore  by Peter Stein*
Bugs  by Lucy Bowman
I Like Bugs  by Margaret Wise Brown*
Bye-Bye, Big Bad Bullybug!  by Ed Emberley
World of Insects - Fireflies  by Emily K. Green*
Some Bugs  by Angela Diterlizzi*

For our craft we made a firefly jar like this one:
https://goo.gl/V45uL1

Extra activities
We talked about words that rhyme with bug, like: rug, mug, tug, hug, dug, etc

The Firefly at Night (sang to "The 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 around the town
The grasshopper in the grass goes jump, jump, jump
jump, jump, jump, jump, jump, jump
the grasshopper in the grass goes jump, jump, jump
all around the town
The fly in the sky goes zoom, zoom, zoom
zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom. zoom
the fly in the sky goes zoom, zoom, zoom
all around the town