January 29, 2014 Story Time - Quilts & Blankets

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

(*marks the books we read)



A Quilt for Baby  by Kim Lewis*
Grandmother Winter  by Phyllis Root
Quilt Counting  by Lesa Cline-Ransome
Oh, Brother  by Kathy Mallat
Flora's Blanket  by Debi Gliori*
Fly Blanky Fly  by Anne Margaret Lewis

The craft we made can be found at:
http://www.makinglearningfun.com/themepages/GroundhogPuzzle.htm

Extra activities:

We talked about the letters "B" and "Q", the sounds they make and words that start with those letters

Blanket Colors (guessing game)
I once had a blanket
it was fluffy and new
I once had a blanket
and its color was _____ (blue)

I once had a blanket
the prettiest I've seen
I once had a blanket
and its color was _____(green)

I once had a blanket
soft as a pillow
I once had a blanket
and its color was _____(yellow)

I once had a blanket
at the foot of my bed
I once had a blanket
and its color was _____(red)

January 22, 2014 Story Time - Hats & Mittens

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

(*marks the books we read)




The Hat  by Jan Brett*
Hats Can Help  by Alice K. Flanagan
One Mitten  by Kristine O'Connell George*
Zoe's Hats: a Book of Colors and Patterns  by Sharon Lane Holm
A Mountain of Mittens  by Lynn Plourde

For our craft we glued two mittens on paper, glued a piece of yarn from one mitten to the other and added cotton and sequins to decorate.

Other activities:

We talked about the letters "H" and "M", the sound they make and other words that begin with those letters

We played a matching mitten game

My Hat (make triangle with thumb and index fingers)
My hat has three corners (put triangle on head)
Three corners has my hat (hold up three fingers)
If it did not have three corners (shake head "no")
It would not be my hat (place triangle on head again)

Mitten Weather
The thumb in the thumb place
Fingers all together
This is the song we sing
When it's mitten weather

January 15, 2014 Story Time - Winter Clothes

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

(*marks the books we read)



The Jacket I Wear in the Snow  by Shirley Neitzel*
Froggy Gets Dressed  by Jonathan London
Ruthie's Big Old Coat  by Julie Lacome*
A New Coat for Anna  by Harriet Ziefert

The craft we made can be found at: http://www.dltk-holidays.com/winter/mpaper-winterwear.htm

Extra activities:

We talked about the letter "J", "H" and "B" (jacket, hat & boots) the sounds the letters make and other words that start with those letters

Five Little Snowflakes (magnetic board rhyme)

One little snowflake with nothing to do
Along came another and
Then there were two

Two little snowflakes laughing with me
Along came another and
Then there were three

Three little snowflakes looking for some more
Along came another and
Then there were four

Four little snowflakes dancing a jive
Along came another and
Then there were five

Five little snowflakes having so much fun
Out came the sun and
Then there were none!