October 30, 2013 Story Time - Halloween

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

(*marks the books we read)



It's Halloween Night!  by Jennifer O'Connell*
Little Goblins Ten  by Pamela Jane
Ollie's Halloween  by Olivier Dunrea*
Halloween Night  by Elizabeth Hatch
10 Trick-or-Treaters: a Halloween Counting Book  by Janey Schulman*
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bat!  by Lucille Colandro
Nate the Great and the Halloween Hunt  by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
Hailey's Halloween  by Lisa Bullard

Our craft:
We made a ghost by covering a Tootsie Pop with a tissue and then tied a piece of yarn around the Tootsie Pop to hold the tissue on

Extra activity:

We sang along to the song "If You're Scary and You Know It" from the CD Spooky Favorites produced by Music For Little People

Extra activity:

If You're a Ghost and You Know It (to the tune of If You're Happy and You Know It)
If you're a ghost and you know it
Just say BOO
If you're a ghost and you know it
Just say BOO
If you're a ghost and you know it and you really want to show it
If you're a ghost and you know it
Just say BOO

If you're a black cat and you know it
Just say MEOW
If you're a black cat and you know it
Just say MEOW
If you're a black cat and you know it and you really want to show it
If you're a black cat and you know it
Just say MEOW

If you're a skeleton and you know it
Wiggle your bones (shake your body)
If you're a skeleton and you know it
Wiggle your bones
If you're a skeleton and you know it and you really want to show it
If you're a skeleton and you know it
Wiggle your bones

If you love Halloween and you know it
Do all three (all 3 actions in order)
If you love Halloween and you know it
Do all three
If you love Halloween and you know it and you really want to show it
If you love Halloween and you know it
Do all three

October 23, 2013 Story Time - Hot Dogs

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

(*marks the books we read)



The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog!  by Mo Willems*
10 Little Hot Dogs  by John Himmelman
Stan the Hot Dog Man  by Ethel and Leonard Kessler
The Hallo-Wiener  by Dav Pilkey*
Hot Diggity Dog  by Adrienne Sylver

The craft we made can be found here: http://molib.org/awards/buildingblock/promo/activitysheets/1997/hallo_wiener.pdf

Extra activities:

We talked about the letter "H", the sound it makes and words that begin with "H"

We sang:
Five Little Hot Dogs
Five little hot dogs frying in the pan (hold up five fingers)
The pan got hot and one went BAM! (wiggle fingers and then clap on bam)
REPEAT the verse counting down to one
One little hot dog frying in the pan (hold up one finger)
The pan got hot and one went "wait, wait! Put me in a bun (place finger in cupped hand)
Eat me up and now we're done!

October 16, 2013 Story Time - Cookies

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

(*marks the books we read)



Who Took the Cookies from the Cookie Jar?  by Bonnie Lass & Philemon Sturges*
How do Dinosaurs Eat Cookies?  by Jane Yolen & Mark Teague
The Best Mouse Cookie  by Laura Numeroff*
The Cow Loves Cookies  by Karma Wilson
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie  by Laura Numeroff
Who ate all the Cookie Dough?  by Karen Beaumont*
Mmm, Cookies!  by Robert Munsch
The Duckling Gets a Cookie!?  by Mo Willems*
Cookies Bite-Size Life Lessons  by Amy Krouse Rosenthal

We decorated sugar cookies with icing and sprinkles for a treat

Extra activities:

We talked about the letter "C" the sound it makes and words that begin with the letter "C"

Making Cookies
I am making cookie dough (hold out arms in a circle, like a bowl)
Round and round the beaters go (roll hands)
Add some flour from a cup (shake a pretend cup)
Stir and stir the batter up (stirring motion)
Roll them, cut them nice and neat (rolling pin motion)
Put them on a cookie sheet (place pretend cookies)
Bake them, count them 1-2-3 (counting motion)
Serve them to my friends with tea (take a bite!)

We took paper ingredients (measuring cup with water, tablespoon with salt, baking soda, vanilla, eggs, and chocolate chips) and added them to a mixing bowl then stirred with a spatula to create our cookie dough, then we decorated and ate our sugar cookies

October 9, 2013 Story Time - Bubblegum

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

(*marks the books we read)



Bubble Gum, Bubble Gum  by Lisa Wheeler*
Bubble Bubble  by Mercer Mayer
Trouble Gum  by Matthew Cordell
How Do You Make a Bubble?  by William H. Hooks*
The Gum Chewing Rattler  by Joe Hayes
Bubbles, Bubbles Everywhere  by Dwight Kuhn*

We glued a gumball machine on paper and added colored gum balls. You can Google gumball machines to get a picture to use.

Extra activities:

We talked about the letter "B", what sound it makes and words that begin with the letter "B"

Bubble Gum, Bubble Gum
Bubble gum, bubble bum, chew and blow (form "bubble" with thumb and index finger, hold in front of your mouth)
Bubble gum, bubble bum, scrape your toe (scrape "gum" off your big toe)
Bubble gum, bubble gum, tastes so sweet (rub tummy)
But get that bubble gum off your feet! (look at the sole of your shoe)

Bubble Gum Song
Bubble gum, bubble gum, icky sticky bubble gum
Oooey, Gooey bubble gum
Stuck on my.....(pick a place like ears, nose, knees, etc where bubble gum gets stuck)
OH NO, it won't let go
Pull it, pull it pull it; POP! (clap hands)
Repeat verse using different body part

October 2, 2013 Story Time - Pizza

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

(*marks the books we read)



The Little Red Hen (Makes a Pizza)  by Philemon Sturges*
Pete's a Pizza  by William Steig
Pizza Cats  by Gail Herman
"Hi, Pizza Man!"  by Virginia Walter*
Pizza for Everyone  by Josh McDowell
Ord East a Pizza!  by Irene Trimble
Pizza for Sam  by Mary Labatt
Pizza Pat  by Rita Golden Gelman

For our craft we colored and glued slices of pizza on a paper plate. We added colored dots to look like pepperonis

Extra activities:

We talked about the letter "P", the sounds it makes and words that start with "P"

This is the way we make a pizza pie
(sung to the tune of "Here we go round the mulberry bush"

This is the way we mix the dough, mix the dough, mix the dough
This is the way we mix the dough to make a pizza pie (use mixing motion)

Continue with the following verses:
This is the way we knead the dough....(kneading motion)
This is the way we roll the dough....(rolling motion)
This is the way we toss the dough...(tossing motion)
This is the way we spread the sauce...(spreading motion)
This is the way we sprinkle the cheese...(sprinkling motion)
This is the way we bake the pizza!...(pantomime putting pizza in the oven)