June 27, 2018 Story Time - Mary Had a Little Lamb

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

*marks the books we read

Mary Had a Little Lamb  by Megan Borgert-Spaniol*
Mary Had a Little Ham  by Margie Palatini
Wee Little Lamb  by Lauren Thompson*
Mary Had a Little Jam And Other Silly Rhymes  by Bruce Lansky
Baa, Baa, Black Sheep  by Jane Cabrera*
Mary Had a Little Lab  by Sue Fliess
Mary Had a Little Lamb  by Iza Trapani
Little Bo Peep  by Liza Woodruff

For our craft we made a circle lamb like this one:

Extra activities
We sang:
Mary Had a Little Lamb
Baa, Baa Black Sheep
Little Bo Peep

After we read Mary Had a Little Lamb we discussed these story questions:
1) What part of the lamb is it's fleece?
2) What else could it be as white as?
3) Do your pets follow you around like Mary's Lamb? How does it make you feel?
4) Why wasn't it all right for Mary's lamb to be at school?
5) What does it mean that "the teacher turned him out"?

June 20, 2018 Story Time - Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star

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

*marks the books we read

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star  by Iza Trapani*
Dora the Explorer - Little Star  by Sarah Willson*
Stars and Constellations  by Nick Hunter
Henry's Stars  by David Elliot
Bright Sky, Starry City  by Uma Krishnaswami

For our craft we glued this star picture on black paper

Extra activities:

We sang:

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

We took a paper cup and poked holes in the bottom with a pen. Then we turned out the lights and shined a flashlight into the cup which projected an image on the wall that looked like stars

June 13, 2018 Story Time - Row, Row, Row Your Boat

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

*marks the books we read

Row, Row, Row Your Boat  by Jane Cabrera*
Boats - Speeding! Sailing! Cruising!  by Patricia Hubbell
Curious George The Boat Show  by Raye Lankford*
Dinosailors  by Deb Lund
Sail Away  by Donald Crews*

For our craft we made a sailboat out of a pool noodle, a straw and a triangle of foam like the one pictured below:

Extra activities
We sang Row, Row, Row Your Boat

We tested objects (leaf, stick, flower, pencil, crayon, magnet, paperclip, rubber band, plastic and silver spoon, and a rock) to see if they would float or sink.

June 6, 2018 Story Time - Old MacDonald Had a Farm

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

*marks the books we read

Old MacDonald  by Megan Borgert-Spaniol*
Barnyard Dance!  by Sandra Boynton
Cock-a-Doodle Quack! Quack!  by Ivor Baddiel and Sophie Jubb*
Big Red Barn  by Margaret Wise Brown
Barnyard Boogie!  by Tim McCanna
Farmyard Beat  by Lindsey Craig*

For our craft we made a chick like this:
https://goo.gl/db1JcC

We added legs and a stick to make a puppet.

Extra activities
We played a guessing game called "Farmer, Farmer, What Do You See?"
I held up pictures of farm animals and the children had to guess the animal and what noise it makes

May 30, 2018 Story Time - Music

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

*marks the books we read

Music Is...  by Brandon Stosuy*
The Music Teacher From the Black Lagoon  by Mike Thaler
Footloose  by Kenny Loggins
Bears in a Band  by Shirley Parenteau*
The Bear Went Over the Mountain  by Iza Trapani
Yankee Doodle  by Edward Bangs
Boom Bah!  by Phil Cummings*
Rock-and-Roll Bob  by Kim Ostrow

For our craft we made tambourines by putting beans between two paper plates then stapling them shut and decorating them.