May 23, 2018 Story Time - Monsters

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

*marks the books we read

Glad Monster, Sad Monster-A Book About Feelings  by Ed Emberley*
Happy Healthy Monsters  by Christine Ferraro
Monster & Son  by David Larochelle*
My Monster Mama Loves Me So  by Laura Leuck
Some Monsters Are Different  by David Milgrim*
The NOT So Quiet Library  by Zachariah Ohora

For our craft we designed our own monsters using the template found here:
https://goo.gl/w9gtYj

Extra activities
The Monster Stomp
If you want to be a monster well now's your chance
cause everyone is doing the monster dance
you just stomp your feet, wave your arms around
stretch them up, stretch them up and touch the gound
cause now we're doing the monster stomp
that's right, now we're doing the monster stomp!

May 16, 2018 Story Time - Mice

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

*marks the books we read

Hide and Squeak  by Heather Vogel Frederick*
Mice and Beans  by Pam Munoz Ryan
Grey Mouse  by Anke de Vries
Mouse Loves School  by Lauren Thompson*
Such a Little Mouse  by Alice Schertle
Aberdeen  by Stacey Previn
Count to 10 With a Mouse  by Margaret Wise Brown*

For our craft we colored a paper mouse, added a yarn tale and taped it to a craft stick for a puppet

May 9, 2018 Story Time - Mother's Day

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

*marks the books we read

The Night Before Mother's Day  by Natasha Wing*
My Mom is Magical  by Sabrina Moyle*
The Strongest Mom  by Nicola Kent
What Not to Give Your Mom on Mother's Day  by Martha Simpson*
Happy Mother's Day  by Erin Day*
I've Loved You Since Forever  by Hoda Kotb

For our craft the children colored a Mother's Day bookmark that we laminated

Extra activities
Happy Mother's Day to You (to the tune of "Happy Birthday")
Happy Mother's Day to you
Happy Mother's Day to you
Happy Mother's Day, dear Mommy
Happy Mother's Day to you!

May 2, 2018 Story Time - Monkeys

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

*marks the books we read

Five Little Monkeys sitting in a tree  by Eileen Christelow*
The Monkey goes Bananas  by C. P. Bloom*
Monkey and Duck Quack Up!  by Jennifer Hamburg
Curious George Goes Camping  by Margret Rey
Spunky Little Monkey  by Bill Martin, Jr. and Michael Sampson*

For our craft we made a CD monkey craft like this one:

http://www.dltk-teach.com/rhymes/monkeys/cd-rom.htm

Extra activities
We talked about where monkeys live and what they eat

Monkeys swinging (sung to "Skip to my Lou")
Monkeys swinging, swinging all day
monkeys swinging, swinging all day
monkey swinging, swinging all day
swinging, swinging until I say
STOP

repeat with:
monkeys scratching, scratching all day....
monkeys chatter, chatter all day