August 21, 2013 Story Time - Numbers

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

(*marks the books we read)



Around the Neighborhood  by Sarah L. Thomson*
Help me Learn Numbers 0-20  by Jean Marzollo
Hootenanny! a Festive Counting Book  by Kimberly Ainsworth
Numbers  by Keith Kimberlin*
Zoo Animals 1 2 3  by Rebecca Fjelland Davis*
Buzzing Bees: Discovering Odd Numbers  by Amanda Doering Tourville
One Tractor a Counting Book  by Alexandra Siy*

The craft we made can be found here: http://www.first-school.ws/activities/crafts/colors/icecreamcone2.htm

Extra Activities:

Five Fat Peas
Five fat peas in a pea pod pressed
(children hold hand in a fist)
One grew, two grew, so did all the rest
(put thumb and fingers up one by one)
They grew and grew
(raise hand in the air very slowly)
And did not stop.
Until one day
The pod went POP!
(children clap hands together)

Ten Fingers
I have ten fingers (hold up both hands, fingers spread)
And they all belong to me (point to self)
I can make them do things-
Would you like to see?

I can shut them up tight (make fists)
I can open them wide (open hands)
I can put them together (place palms together)
I can make them all hide (put hands behind back)

I can make them jump high (hold hands over head)
I can make them jump low (touch floor)
I can fold them up quietly (fold hands and place them in your lap)
And hold them just so

August 14, 2013 Story Time - Back to School

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

(*marks the books we read)



Pete the Cat Rocking in My School Shoes  by Eric Litwin*
Pirates go to School  by Corinne Demas
Mom, It's My First Day of Kindergarten!  by Hyewon Yum*
If you take a Mouse to School  by Laura Numeroff
Oh, Behave! Manners at School  by Sian Smith
Ollie's School Day A Yes-and-No Book  by Stephanie Calmenson*
Clark the Shark  by Bruce Hale

We decorated a wooden craft stick in the shape of a person to match how we would look on our first day of school.

Extra Activities:

We sang the ABC song and then played a letter guessing game. Children had to guess the letter, make the letter's sound and think of a word that begins with that letter

We counted to 10 and back down again

August 7, 2013 Story Time - Safety

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

(*marks the books we read)



What if There is a Fire?  by Anara Guard*
Staying Safe on the Street  by Joanne Mattern
Staying Safe at Home  by Joanne Mattern
Watch Out! At Home  by Claire Llewellyn
Play it Smart-Playground Safety  by Jill Urban Donahue*
Safety at Home  by Lucia Raatma

The craft we made can be found at: http://www.dltk-teach.com/mphone.htm


Extra Activities:

Dial 9-1-1
(sung to the tune of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star)

If you're in trouble dial 9-1-1
Dial 9-1-1 and help will come

Police and fire. An ambulance too
They'll all be so proud of you!

If you're in trouble dial 9-1-1
Dial 9-1-1 and help will come

July 31, 2013 Story Time - Worms

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

(*marks the books we read)


Ned's New Home  by Kevin Tseng*
Wiggle and Waggle  by  Caroline Arnold
Inch by Inch  by Leo Lionni
Worms for Lunch?  by Leonid Gore*
Worms are Gross!  by Leigh Rockwood
Diary of a Worm  by Doreen Cronin
Yucky Worms  by Vivian French*

For our craft we colored a paper worm and taped it to a craft stick to make a worm puppet

Extra activities:

We talked about the letter "W"; The sound it makes and words that begin with "W"

Ten Little Worms
(sung to "Ten Little Indians")
One little, two little, three little worms,
Four little, five little, six little worms,
Seven little, eight little, nine little worms
Ten little worms digging in the dirt

Wiggly Worms
(Give each child a small piece of yarn for their worm then acted out the following rhyme)
Wiggle your worm up, then wiggle them down
Wiggle your worms around and around
Wiggle them high, wiggle them low
Wiggle them fast, wiggle them slow
Wiggle them over the tops of your toes
Wiggle them under the tip of your nose
Wiggle them up your arm to the top
Wiggle them down to your fingers and stop
Wiggle your worm across the top of your head
Then put your worm back in his own little bed

Wiggles
(do appropriate actions as you say the rhyme)
A wiggle wiggle here
A wiggle wiggle there
Wiggle your hands up in the air
Wiggle your shoulders
Wiggle your hips
Wiggle your knees
And move your lips
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle
And wiggle some more...
And now let's sit down on the floor

July 24, 2013 Story Time - Plants

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

(*marks the books we read)



Over in the Garden  by Jennifer Ward*
From Seed to Plant  by Allan Fowler
Plant a Little Seed  by Bonnie Christensen*
Once There Was a Seed  by Judith Anderson and Mike Gordon
Something is Growing  by Walter Lyon Krudop
A Green, Green Garden  by Mercer Mayer*
Plantzilla  by Jerdine Nolen


For our craft we decorated small plant pots with foam shapes.

Extra activities:

A Little Sun
A little sun (hold arms above head)
A little rain (wiggle fingers in the air in a downward motion)
Now pull up all the weeds (pretend to pull weeds)
Our plants grow, all in a row (hold up all ten fingers lined up like plants)
From tiny little seeds (hold thumb and finger to show size of seeds)

Flowers Tall and Small
Plants tall (lift arms up)
Plants small (hold hands closer together)
Count them one by one,
Blowing with the breezes
In the springtime sun
1,2,3,4,5 (touch each finger as you count)

Plants
Sung to "The Farmer in the Dell"
The farmer plants the seeds
The farmer plants the seeds
Hi, Ho and Cherry O
The farmer plants the seeds

Repeat with the following verses
The rain begins to fall
The sun begins to shine
The plants begin to grow
The harvest now begins

July 17, 2013 Story Time - Butterflies

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

(*marks the books we read)



The Very Hungry Caterpillar  by Eric Carle*
Caterpillars  by Helen Frost
Butterfly (see how they grow)  by Mary Ling
Ten Little Caterpillars  by Bill Martin, Jr.*
Butterfly Colors  by Helen Frost*
A Butterfly's Life  by Nancy Dickmann
A Butterfly is Born  by Melvin Berger*

We colored a picture that featured a caterpillar and cocoon on one side and a butterfly on the other.

Extra activities:

We talked about the sound that the letter "B" makes and words that start with "B"

The Life of a Butterfly
(sung to "Skip to my Lou")

I'm a caterpillar, wiggle with me,
I'm a caterpillar, wiggle with me,
I'm a caterpillar, wiggle with me,
What'll I be, my darlin'?

A chrysalis, now sleep like me,
A chrysalis, now sleep like me,
A chrysalis, now sleep like me,
What'll I be, my darlin'?

A butterfly, come fly with me,
A butterfly, come fly with me,
A butterfly, come fly with me,
Come fly with me my darlin'

Now all together, lets do all three
A caterpillar, A chrysalis, a butterfly --three
Move your body like this with me
The life of a butterfly, darlin'

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.