September 13, 2017 Story Time - Ice Age


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

*marks the books we read




















The Ice Tracker's Guide  by Adrian Lister*
The Great Ice Age  by Christopher Maynard
Why, Why, Why Were Mammoths Woolly?  by Miles Kelly Publishing
Ice Age Giants  by Steve Parker*
Ask A Dinosaur  by Olivia Brookes
Giant Ground Sloth  by Michael P. Goecke

For our craft we put together a dinosaur bone puzzle like this:
https://goo.gl/OlIh3W


Extra activities
We talked about the animals that lived during the ice age like: saber tooth cats, mastodons, woolly mammoths, etc

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 air
down at your sides and touch your hair
hands up high as before
now clap your hands - one, two, three, four

Put your hands up high (sung to "Do Your Ears Hang Low")
Put your hands up high
put your hands down low
put your hands in the middle and wiggle them so
put your elbows to the front put your elbows to the back
put your elbows to the side and
quack! quack! quack!





September 6, 2017 Story Time - Dinosaurs


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

*marks the books we read



















Dinosaur Bones  by Bob Barner*
Dinosaurs of All Sizes  by Dr. Alvin Granowsky
Dinosaur Parade  by Shari Halpern*
What the Dinosaurs Did Last Night a very messy adventure  by Refe & Susan Tuma*
Dinosaur!  by Peter Sis
Dinosaur Explorer  by Dougal Dixon*
How Do Dinosaurs Go Up and Down?  by Jane Yolen
Amazing Dinosaur Facts  by Leonie Bennett
Touch and Feel Dinosaur  by DK

For our craft we made a dinosaur using a lower case letter "d" like this one


































August 30, 2017 Story Time - The Stars


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

*marks the books we read




















Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star and other favorite bedtime rhymes  by Sonja Rescek*
Stars  by Mary Elizabeth Salzmann
How to Catch a Star  by Oliver Jeffers*
Wonder Why Stars Twinkle and other Questions About Space  by Carole Stott
Stars  by Charlotte Guillain*
Spots of Light A Book About Stars  by Dana Meachen Rau
Once Upon a Starry Night A Book of Constellations  by Jacqueline Mitton
The Biggest Bear  by Adam Relf*
Stars! Stars! Stars!  by Bob Barner*
Zoo in the Sky  by Jacqueline Mitton

For our craft we glued two shooting stars (like the one pictured below) to black paper, then added stars and planets with bright crayons.











Extra activities:
We sang these songs:

Twinkle, twinkle, little star
how I wonder what you are
up above the world so high
like a diamond in the sky
twinkle, twinkle, little star
how I wonder what you are

Star light, star bright
first star I see tonight
I wish I may
I wish I might
have the wish
I wish tonight

Four Little Stars
Four little stars
winking at me
one shot off (clap)
then there were three
three little stars
with nothing to do
one shot off (clap)
then there were two
two little stars
afraid of the sun
one shot off (clap)
then there was one
one little star
alone is no fun
it shot off (clap)
then there was none







August 23, 2017 Story Time - The Sun


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

*marks the books we read


















Good Night Sun, Hello Moon  by Karen Viola*
Explore Outer Space - The Sun  by Ruth Owen
Goodnight Moon  by Margaret Wise Brown
It's Sunny Today  by Kristin Sterling*
What's the Weather Like? - It's Sunny  by Celeste Bishop*

For our craft we colored a sun similar to this one and added a craft stick to make a sun puppet












Extra activities
We sang these songs with a paper sun:
Oh Mr. Sun, Sun, Mr. Golden Sun
please shine down on me (hold your sun above your head)
Oh Mr. Sun, Sun, Mr. Golden Sun
hiding behind a tree (hide your sun behind you)
these little children are asking you
to please come out so they can play with you
Oh Mr. Sun, Sun, Mr. Golden Sun
please shine down on me

Hokey Pokey Sun
(We used our paper suns to do the Hokey Pokey)
You put your sun in, you put your sun out
you put your sun in and shake it all about
you do the hokey pokey, and you turn yourself around
that's what it's all about!

more verses:
you put your sun on your head, you put your sun on your toe
you put your sun on your elbow, you put your sun on your knee
you put your sun on your nose, you put your sun on your ear

August 16, 2017 Story Time - Eclipses


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

*marks the books we read




















The Big Eclipse  by Nancy Coffelt*
What is an Eclipse?  by Isaac Asimov*
Sun & Moon A Giant Love Story  by Lisa Desimini*

For our craft we made a coffee filter solar eclipse craft like this one:
https://goo.gl/Kc9zTO

Extra activities
We talked about the solar eclipse coming up this Monday, August 21, 2017:
*How does an eclipse happen?; the moon moves between the sun and the earth and casts a shadow over the sun
*What happens during an eclipse?; it will get dark, birds will stop singing, bugs will start chirping, the temperature could drop a few degrees, etc
*What are safe ways to look at the eclipse?; using a pin hole projector and wearing solar glasses

August 9, 2017 Story Time - The Moon


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

*marks the books we read




















On the Moon  by Anna Milbourne & Benji Davies*
Moon Dreams  by Ruth Martin
Zoom! Zoom! Zoom! I'm Off to the Moon!  by Dan Yaccarino*
Fact Finders Space - Moon  by Alice Harman
Goodnight Everyone  by Chris Haughton
Kitten's First Full Moon  by Kevin Henkes*


For our craft we made a name rocket like the one found here:
https://goo.gl/8rb2HG

Extra activities:
Climb Aboard the Spaceship
(sung to "Itsy Bitsy Spider")
Climb aboard the spaceship,
we're going to the moon
hurry and get ready,
we're going to blast off soon
put on your helmets
and buckle up real tight
here comes the countdown,
let's count with all our might!
10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1-0----BLAST OFF!!

August 2, 2017 Story Time - Outer Space


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

*marks the books we read




















Solar System  by Jill McDonald*
First Discovery - The Universe  J. Elizabeth Mills
Higher! Higher!  by Leslie Patricelli*
I'm From Outer Space! Meet an Alien  by Lisa Bullard
Outer Space Bedtime Race  by Rob Sanders*
Clara and Clem In Outer Space  by Ethan Long*
My Brother Is from Outer Space (The Book of Proof)  by Vivian Ostrow

For our craft we glued a picture of earth to a small paper plate, then added a moon and spaceship with a braid so they could rotate around the plate. Instructions can be found here:
https://goo.gl/viVmU5

Extra activities
We talked about some of the things we see when we look at the sky; sun, moon, stars, planets, etc