July 16, 2014 Story Time - Books and Reading

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

*marks the books we read


Count the Monkeys  by Mac Barnett*
Check it Out! Reading, Finding, Helping  by Patricia Hubbell
Boom! Boom! Boom!  by  Jamie A. Swenson
Which is Round? Which is Bigger?  by Mineko Mamada*
Open This Little Book  by Jesse Klausmeier
Five Little Monkeys Reading in Bed  by Eileen Christelow
Old Black Fly  by Jim Aylesworth*
I Wish I Could....Read!  by Tiziana Bendall-Brunello
How Rocket Learned to Read  by Tad Hills
Reading Makes You Feel Good  by Todd Parr*
Look! A Book!  by Bob Staake
Monster Knows Shapes  by Lori Capote*
How Do You Read to a Rabbit?  by Andrea Wayne von Konigslow

We colored a reading crown purchased from Oriental Trading, Inc.

Extra activities:

We talked about the letters "B" and "R" the sounds they make and words that begin with "B" and "R"

Counting
We counted to ten and back down to 0

What Shape is This?
(sung to the "Muffin Man")
Do you know what shape this is
what shape this is, what shape this is
do you know what shape this is
I'm holding in my hand?

I asked everyone to guess the shapes I had and what color they were:
Circle, square, triangle, diamond, rectangle, oval, star