November 30, 2016 Story Time - Miss Patty's Favorite Books

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

*marks the books we read

Who Has This Tail?  by Larua Hulbert*
Who's in the Tub?  by Sylvie Jones
Whose Eye Am I?  by Shelley Rotner*
Whoo Goes There?  by Jennifer A. Ericsson
Who Has These Feet?  by Laura Hulbert*

This is what we made for our craft:
https://goo.gl/FQRIkJ

Extra activities:

We played a game of "whose feet are these?" I had the heads of different animals and the children had to match the correct feet to each animal

Hands on Shoulders
Hands on shoulders, hands on knees
hands behind you if you please
touch your shoulders, now your nose
now your chin and now your toes
hands up high in the sir
down at your sides and touch your hair
hands up high as before
now clap your hands-one, two, three, four

November 23, 2016 Story Time - Miss Patty's Favorite Books

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

*marks the books we read

Open This Little Book  by Jesse Klausmeier*
Is That WISE Pig?  by Jan Thomas*
Open Very Carefully-A Book With Bite  by Nicola O'Byrne*
That Is NOT a Good Idea!  by Mo Willems*
Do Not Open This Book!  by Adam Lehrhaupt*

For our craft we made a picture like this:
https://goo.gl/AgYOSr

Extra activities:
The books we read had both alligators and crocodiles in them so we talked about the differences, like:

• crocodiles have longer, more V-shaped heads and alligators have shorter, wider U-shaped ones
• crocodiles are better adapted to living in seawater, where alligators favor fresh water
• crocodiles are more aggressive than alligators
• crocodiles tend to have a lighter appearance and alligators a darker one
• crocodiles in the wild are found all over the world, while alligators are only found in the US and China

Crocodile, crocodile (suit actions to words)

Crocodile, crocodile turn around

crocodile, crocodile touch the ground

crocodile, crocodile dance on your toes

crocodile, crocodile touch your nose

crocodile, crocodile jump up now

crocodile, crocodile take a bow

crocodile, crocodile stomp your feet

crocodile, crocodile take a seat

November 16, 2016 Story Time - Miss Patty's Favorite Books

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

*marks the books we read

Magic Opposites  by Patrick George*
Magic Colors  by Patrick George*
Press Here  by Herve Tullet*

For our craft we made an opposite picture with images of day time things (sun, rainbow, ladybug,etc) on one side and night time things (star, planet, moon, etc) on the other.

Extra activities:
Opposite game (magnetic board)
We played a game where everyone got a chance to place a picture under the HOT or COLD signs

November 9, 2016 Story Time - Miss Patty's Favorite Books

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

*marks the books we read

The Croaky Pokey!  by Ethan Long*
AH HA!  by Jeff Mack*
Frog on a Log?  by Kes Gray & Jim Field*
The Frog Who Lost His Underpants  by Juliette MacIver

For our craft we made a picture like this one:













We glued a green lily pad to blue paper, colored and added a frog, then glued on a yarn tongue to catch our flies


Extra activities
As we read "The Croaky Pokey!" by Ethan Long we did the dance described in the story and it went like this:
Put your right hand in,
put your right hand out,
put your right hand in,
and wave it all about,
hop the croaky pokey
as we chase a fly around,
right in the froggy's mouth! (CLAP)

Other verses:
left hand, right foot, left foot, head, backside, your whole self

November 2, 2016 Story Time - Miss Patty's Favorite Books

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

*marks the books we read

The Itsy Bitsy Spider  by Iza Trapani*
Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes  by Jeannie Winston*
If You're Happy And You Know It-Jungle Edition  by James Warhola*
Wheels on the Bus  by Raffi*
Clap Your Hands  by Lorinda Bryan Cauley*

The bus we made for our craft can be found here:
https://goo.gl/2fACBw
https://goo.gl/3mEgs0

Extra activities
After we read each book we also sang the songs

Itsy Bitsy Spider
https://goo.gl/z1mMcU

If You're Happy and You Know It
https://goo.gl/ZdXkQ6

Wheels on the Bus
The wheels on the bus go round and round,
round and round,
round and round.
The wheels on the bus go round and round,
all through the town

The wipers on the bus go Swish, swish, swish;
Swish, swish, swish;
Swish, swish, swish.
The wipers on the bus go Swish, swish, swish,
all through the town

The horn on the bus goes Beep, beep, beep;
Beep, beep, beep;
Beep, beep, beep.
The horn on the bus goes Beep, beep, beep,
all through the town

The Driver on the bus says "Move on back,
move on back, move on back;"
The Driver on the bus says "Move on back",
all through the town

The baby on the bus says "Wah, wah, wah;
Wah, wah, wah;
Wah, wah, wah".
The baby on the bus says "Wah, wah, wah",
all through the town

The mommy on the bus says "Shush, shush, shush;
Shush, shush, shush;
Shush, shush, shush."
The mommy on the bus says "Shush, shush, shush"
all through the town