July 10, 2013 Story Time - Big Machines

If you missed this week's story time, here is what we did:

(*marks the books we read)



B is for bulldozer  by June Sobel*
Digger Man  by Andrea Zimmerman*
Big Machines  by Karen Wallace
Tip Tip Dig Dig  by Emma Garcia*
Tough Trucks, The Dump Truck  by Craig Robert Carey
Construction Kitties  by Judy Sue Goodwin Sturges
One Big Building  by Michael Dahl*

We colored and put together a dump truck and decorated a hard hat made from a paper plate and a paper bowl put together.

Extra activities:

Sounds for the letter "B" and "M" and we talked about words that start with those two letters.

June 26, 2013 Story Time - Turtles

If you missed this week's story time here is what we did:

(*marks the books we read)

Turtle Splash  by Cathryn Falwell*

Caring for Your Turtle  by Colleen A. Sexton

Turtle, Turtle Watch Out!  by April Pulley Sayre

My Little Book of Painted Turtles  by Hope Irvin Marston

Where Should Turtle Be?  by Susan Ring

Turtle  by Lisa Magloff

Turtle in the Sea  by Jim Arnosky

Turtle Time  by Sandol Stoddard

Simply Science - Turtles - by Jodi Huelin*

Our craft was a CD turtle found at this website: http://familycrafts.about.com/od/cdcrafts/ss/cdanimals_10.htm

Extra activities:

THIS IS MY TURTLE

This is my turtle (make a fist with thumb tucked inside)

She lives in a shell

She likes her home very well

She pokes her head out (stick out your thumb)

When she wants to eat

And pulls it back in (tuck thumb in)

When she wants to sleep

FIVE LITTLE TURTLES WERE DOWN AT THE POND

(fill in an appropriate word at the blank)

Five little turtles were down at the pond, down at the pond at play

Along came a hungry ____, and chased one turtle away

Four little turtles were down at the pond, down at the pond at play

Along came a wiggly ____, and chased one turtle away

Three little turtles were down at the pond, down at the pond at play

Along came a giant _____, and chased one turtle away

Two little turtles were down at the pond, down at the pond at play

Along came a purple ____, and chased one turtle away

One little turtle was down at the pond, down at the pond at play

Along came a flying ____, and chased the turtle away

Then no little turtles were down at the pond, down at the pond at play

Where do you think the little turtles went when they all went away?

June 19, 2013 Story Time - Dinosaurs

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

(*marks the books we read)

Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs  by Byron Barton*

How Do Dinosaurs Go Up and Down?  by Jane Yolen & Mark Teague

How to raise a Dinosaur  by Natasha Wing*

Dinosaur Countdown  by Nicholas Oldland

Dinosailors  by Deb Lund*

Word Bird's Dinosaur Days  by Jane Belk Moncure

Ten Terrible Dinosaurs  by Paul Stickland

Brachiosaurus  by Anna Obiols

What is a Dinoasur?  by Chris Arvetis

Meet the Dinosaurs  by Series Editor Penny Smith

D is for Dinosaur - a prehistoric alphabet  by Todd Chapman

Our craft: we decorated an animated paper dinosaur from Project Plan It 

Extra activities:

Dinosaurs

Dinosaurs lived long ago

Some walked (stomp feet)

Some swam (pretend to swim)

Some flew, you know (flap arms)

Some were big (hold hand high)

Some were small (hold hand low)

Some were gigantic (stretch arms out wide)

And very, very tall (stretch arms up high)

Dino Ditty

Here he comes just a stomping with his feet singing,

Dino ditty, ditty dum, ditty do

Searching all around for something good to eat singing,

Dino ditty, ditty dum, ditty do

He's huge, (he's huge), He's strong, (he's strong)

He's huge, he's strong won't be hungry very long

Dino ditty, ditty, dum, ditty do

Dino ditty, ditty dum, ditty do

June 12, 2013 Story Time-Fossils

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

(*marks the books we read)



The Berenstain Bears' Dinosaur Dig  by Jan & Mike Berenstain*
The World of Dinosaurs  by Melvin Berger*
Fossils Tell of Long Ago  by Aliki
Fossilized! Dinosaur Fossils  by Kathleen Connors
Tyrannosaurap  by Carol Carrick*
Monster Bones: the Story of a Dinosaur Fossil  by Jacqui Bailey

Activity:

We made impressions in play dough with a dinosaur, a shell and a coin.

Extra activity:

We put together a dinosaur bone puzzle.

June 5, 2013 Story Time - Dig In

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

(*marks the books we read)



Elliot Digs for Treasure  by Andrea Beck*
The Berenstain Bears Dinosaur Dig  by Jan & Mike Berenstain
Big Pig on a Dig  by Phil Roxbee Cox*
Dinosaur Dig  by Penny Dale
Dig!  by Marc Rosenthal

We decorated shovels on a craft stick.

Extra activities:

Children got to "dig" out a prize from the treasure bucket

May 29, 2013 Story Time-Birds

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

(*marks the books we read)



There is a Bird on Your Head!  by Mo Willems*
The Early Bird  by Richard Scarry
Birds and Their Nests  by Linda Tagliaferro*
Flip, Flap, Fly!  by Phyllis Root
Feathers for Lunch  by Lois Ehlert*
A Bird can Fly  by Douglas Florian*

Our craft was a bird's nest from www.toddlerapproved.com/2010/08/soft-prickly-birds-nest.html

Extra activities:

Two Little Black Birds
Two little black birds sitting on a hill
One named Jack (move one hand forward)
And the other named Jill (move other hand forward)
Fly away, Jack (move one hand behind back)
Fly away, Jill (move the other hand behind your back)
Come back, Jack (return hand to the front)
Come back, Jill (move the other hand to the front)

Five Little Birdies
Five little birdies, flying around our door
The blue one flew away and then there were four
Four little birdies sitting in a tree,
The yellow one flew away, and then there were three
The little birdies didn't know what to do,
So the red one flew away, and then there were two
Two little birdies sitting in the sun,
The brown one flew away, and then there was one.
The little green birdie felt so all alone,
It flew away and then there was none.

May 22, 2013 Story Time - Bees

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

(*marks the books we read)



"Buzz" Said the Bee  by Wendy Cheyette Lewison*
The Beeman  by Laurie Krebs
Where There's a Bee, There's Trouble  by Michael Catchpoo*
Pooh's Hone Tree  by Isabel Gaines
Hooray for Beekeeping!  by Bobbie Kalman
Bumblebees  by Emily K. Green*

We made a bumblebee necklace. The picture came from Publisher. I punched a whole in it and we used black yarn for the necklace.

Extra Activities:

Bee Fingerplay
Here is the bee hive (hold fist together)
But where are all the bees? (hold up hands, or shrug shoulders)
Hiding very carefully
1,2,3,4,5 (hold up fingers one at a time)
Bzzzzzzzzzzzzz (wiggle fingers)

Buzzing Bumblebees
6 buzzing bumblebees
Flying around the hive
One buzzes off and that leaves 5
5 buzzing bumblebees
Flying near my door,
1 buzzes off and that leaves 4
4 buzzing bumblebees
Flying around a tree
1 buzzes off and that leaves 3
3 buzzing bumblebees
In the sky so blue
1 buzzes off and that leaves 2
2 buzzing bumblebees
Flying by the sun
1 buzzes off and that leaves 1
1 buzzing bumblebee
Looking for some fun
It buzzes off and that leaves none!