March 14, 2018 Story Time - Rainy Days


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

*marks the books we read



















Red Rubber Boot Day  by Mary Lyn Ray*
One Rainy Day  by Tammi Salzano
Rain Drop, Plop!  by Wendy Cheyette Lewison*
Too Much Rain  by Fran Manushkin
Rain!  by Linda Ashman*
Drip! Drop! The Rain Won't Stop!  by Sheila Sweeny Higginson
Split! Splat!  by Amy Gibson

We made this craft:












Directions for this craft can be found here:
https://goo.gl/Zfgz8y

Extra activities
The Rain is Falling Down
(first we practiced clapping and snapping our fingers)
The rain is falling down
Splash! (clap)
the rain is falling down
splash! (clap)
pitter, patter, pitter, patter
the rain is falling down
splash! (clap)
the hail is coming down
ping! (snap)
the hail is coming down
ping! (snap)
ding, ping, ding, ping
the hail is coming down
ping! (snap)
The snow is coming down
shhh!
the snow is coming down
shhh!
floating, floating, down, down, down
the snow is coming down
shhh!

Five Umbrellas
Five umbrellas stood by the back door,
the red one went outside, then there were four
four umbrellas stood pretty as can be,
the blue one went outside, then there were three
three umbrellas stood with nothing to do
the green one went outside, then there were two
two umbrellas stood watching for the sun,
the yellow one went outside, then there was one
just one umbrella stood alone in the hall,
the orange one went outside, and then that was all!

March 7, 2018 Story Time - Weather


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

*marks the books we read


















True or False? Weather  by Daniel Nunn*
What Does the Wind Say?  by Wendi Silvano
Wind  by Marion Dane Bauer
Weather  by Linda Gambrell, Ph.D.*
Like a Windy Day  by Frank Asch
Hello, Sun!  by Dayle Ann Dodds*

For our craft we made a sun stick puppet like this one:












Extra activities
I made a weather chart and all the children got to add a snowflake if they like cold weather and a sun if they liked warm weather. After everyone added their choices we counted the results to see which one had the most votes. Cold weather=1  Warm weather=11

Oh Mr sun, sun, Mr golden sun
please shine down on me
oh Mr sun, sun, Mr golden sun
hiding behind a tree
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