August 29, 2018 Story Time - Colors

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

*marks the books we read

Magic Colors  by Patrick George*
Orange Pear Apple Bear  by Emily Gravett
Follow the Yarn - A Book of Colors  by Emily Sper*
ABC Color  by Walter Foster, Jr.
Maggie and Michael Get Dressed  by Denise Fleming
Let's Play!  by Herve Tullet*
Eric Carle and Friends - What's Your Favorite Color?  by Eric Carle

For our craft we made this:

Directions for this craft can be found here:
https://goo.gl/CJtu2J

Extra activities
We talked about our favorite colors

We played a color game - I held up pictures and the children had to guess what color the item was

August 22, 2018 Story Time - Numbers

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

*marks the books we read

Bear Counts  by Karma Wilson*
Goodnight, numbers  by Danica McKellar
10, 9, 8 Polar Animals! A Counting Backward Book  by Rebecca Fjelland Davis*
Monster Knows Numbers  by Lori Capote
1-2-3 peas  by Keith Baker*
One Big Building - A Counting Book About Construction  by Michael Dahl*

For our craft we made this:

Directions for this craft can be found here:

https://goo.gl/EyCxhy

Extra activities
We counted up to ten, then back down again

We played a number guessing game where I held up numbers and the children had to guess what number it was

August 15, 2018 Story Time - The Alphabet

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

*marks the books we read

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom  by Bill Martin, Jr.*
ABC School's For Me!  by Susan B. Katz
LMNO peas  by Keith Baker*
Do Your ABC's Little Brown Bear  by Jonathan London
Alphabet Fun: making letters with your body  by Isabel Thomas

For our craft we made a caterpillar using this pattern:

Extra activities
We played a letter guessing game. I held up a letter of the alphabet and the children had to guess which letter if was and try to think of a word that started with that letter

August 8, 2018 Story Time - Off to School

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

*marks the books we read

My First Day at Nursery School  by Becky Edwards*
If You Take a Mouse to School  by Laura Numeroff
Kindergarten is Cool  by Linda E. Marshall
Manners at School  by Carrie Finn*
The Pout Pout Fish Goes to School  by Deborah Diesen

For our craft we make a school bus craft like the one pictured here:
https://goo.gl/tnj1MA

Extra activities
We sang "The Wheels on the Bus"

August 1, 2018 Story Time - Monkeys

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

*marks the books we read

Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed  by Eileen Christelow*
Where Can That Silly Monkey Be?  by Jodie Shepherd
Caps For Sale  by Esphyr Slobodkina*
Little Monkey Lost  by Keith DuQuette
Two Little Monkeys  by Mem Fox*
Seven Spunky Monkeys  by Jackie French Koller
All About Monkeys  by Jared Siemens*
Monkey Colors  by Darrin Lunde*

For our craft we made a monkey CD puppet like the one found here:
https://goo.gl/EuXMkH

Extra activities
We sang "Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed"