July 26, 2017 Story Time - Community Workers - Chefs, Cooks & Bakers

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

*marks the books we read

Chefs and What They Do  by Liesbet Slegers*
Pink Cupcake Magic  by Katherine Tegen
The Berenstain Bears Cook-it  by Stan & Jan Berenstain
Mr. Cookie Baker  by Monica Wellington*
Wild Boars Cook  by Meg Rosoff & Sophie Blackall
Math in the Kitchen  by Kieran Shah
Pancakes, Pancakes  by Eric Carle
People Who Help Us - Chef  by Amanda Askew & Andrew Crowson*

The craft we made is found here:
https://goo.gl/BZWU8a

Extra activities:
We talked about what a chef wears, what tools they might use in their kitchen and what they might bake/cook

We played an egg toss game

July 19, 2017 Story Time - Community Workers - Bus Driver

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

*marks the books we read

Wheels On The Bus  by Raffi*
Bus-A-Saurus Bop  by Diane Z. Shore
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus  by Mo Willems*
School Bus  by Donald Crews*
My Bus  by Byron Barton*
Bunny Bus  by Ammi-Joan Paquette
The Smushy Bus  by Leslie Helakoski

For our craft we made a bus like this:

You can find it here:
https://goo.gl/NUYrK7

Extra activities
We played a guessing game where the children had to say what item was on the picture and what sound or action needed to be made, then we sang:

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
the horn on the bus goes beep,beep,beep
the door on the bus goes open and shut, open and shut, open and shut
the driver on the bus says "move on back", "move on back", "move on back"
the baby on the bus says "wah", "wah", "wah"
the mommy on the bus says "shh", "shh", "shh"
the people on the bus go up and down, up and down, up and down

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

July 12, 2017 Story Time - Community Helpers - Firemen/women

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

*marks the books we read

This Is the Firefighter  by Laura Godwin*
Big Machines - Emergency! Emergency!  by Amelia Marshall
Dinosaur Goes To the Fire Station  by Ken Alside
Clothesline Clues to Jobs People Do  by Kathryn Heling and Deborah Hembrook*
If You Were A...Firefighter  by Virginia Schomp
Machines At Work - Fire Trucks  by Maria T. Schmidt*
Fire Truck  by Peter Sis
My Neighborhood - The Fire Station  by Aaron Carr*
Hello, Fire Truck!  by Marjorie Blain Parker*
What If There Is a Fire?  by Anara Guard
Busy People Firefighter  by Ando Twin

For our craft we decorated a fire helmet like this one:

Extra activities
The Wheels on the Truck
The wheels on the truck go round and round,
round and round, round and round
the wheels on the truck go round and round
when they fight the fire

Extra verses:
The lights on the truck go blink, blink, blink
The siren on the truck goes woo, woo, woo
The ladder on the truck goes up and down, up and down, up and down
The hose on the truck goes swoosh, swoosh, swoosh

July 5, 2017 Story Time - Dinosaurs

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

*marks the books we read

Dinosaur Countdown  by Nicholas Oldland*
Dinosaur Parade  by Shari Halpern
How Do Dinosaurs Clean Their Rooms?  by Jane Yolen & Mark Teague*
Where Did All the Dinos Go?  by Jim Benton
Dinosaur School-Dinosaur Colors  by Ava Saviola*

For our craft we covered a paper Brachiosaurus with tissue paper then glued it to a craft stick for a dinosaur puppet

Extra activities
Before we read Dinosaur Countdown we counted up to ten so we could countdown with the story

While we read Dinosaur Colors the children had to guess the colors of the dinosaurs and then think of other things that were the same color

Dinosaur, Dinosaur
Dinosaur, dinosaur turn around; dinosaur, dinosaur dig in the ground
dinosaur, dinosaur walk on your toes; dinosaur, dinosaur scratch your nose
dinosaur, dinosaur reach up high; dinosaur, dinosaur fly in the sky
dinosaur, dinosaur stomp your feet; dinosaur, dinosaur show your teeth
dinosaur, dinosaur give a roar; dinosaur, dinosaur sit on the floor

June 28, 2017 Story Time - Community Workers - Construction Workers

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

*marks the books we read

Hooray For Construction Workers!  by Kurt Waldendorf*
Digger Dog  by William Bee
One Big Building-A Counting Book About Construction  by Michael Dahl*
The Little Dump Truck  by Margery Cuyler
I'm Dirty!  by Kate & Jim McMullan*
Big Machines-Digger's Busy Day  by Amelia Marshall
Construction Tools  by JoAnn Early Macken*
If You Were A....Construction Worker  by Virginia Schomp
Hush Little Digger  by Ellen Olson-Brown

For our craft we used stickers like these:


















to decorate a construction site picture.

Extra activities
Five Little Nails
five little nails
standing straight and steady
here comes the carpenter
with a hammer ready!
bam! bam! bam! (pound one finger down)
four little nails.....
three little nails.....
two little nails.....
one little nail....

I Can Work With One Hammer
(song #3 from the CD Fun and Games by Greg & Steve)
I can work with one hammer, one hammer, one hammer
I can work with one hammer (bang one fist lightly on knee)
then I work with two
I can work with two hammers, two hammers, two hammers
I can work with two hammers (bang both fists lightly on knees)
then I work with three
I can work with three  hammers, three hammers, three hammers
I can work with three hammers (bang both fists and bounce one leg)
then I work with four
I can work with four hammers, four hammers, four hammers
I can work with four hammers (bang both fists and bounce both legs)
and then I work with five
I can work with five hammers, five hammers, five hammers
I can work with five hammers (bang both fists, bounce both legs and nod your head)
and then I need a rest

Sing again but go backwards this time....

June 21, 2017 Story Time - Community Helpers - Garbage Collectors & Recycling

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

*marks the books we read

I Stink!  by Kate & Jim McMullan*
Garbage Galore  by Ellen Lawrence
The Earth Book  by Todd Parr*
Smash! Mash! Crash! There Goes The Trash!  by Barbara Odanaka
The Smash! Smash! Truck  by Professor Potts
Garbage Trucks  by Quinn M. Arnold*

For our craft the children glued (in numerical order) the cut up pieces of this trash truck

Extra activities
Can you guess my job?
Community workers work far and near
this person helps people get well,
can you guess this job here?

Continued with:
this person fixes the water pipes
this person delivers letters and packages
this person fixes our vehicles
this person puts out fires
this person makes tasty meals
this person teaches you new things
this person keeps the city safe
this person keeps your pets healthy
this person helps you find a book to read

June 14, 2017 Story Time - Community Helpers - Police

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

*marks the books we read

Busy People - Police Officer  by Lucy M. George*
Dinosaur Visits the Police Station  by Ken Alside*
The Police Cloud  by Christoph Niemann
Bow-Wow! Dog Helpers - Police Dogs  by Dawn Bluemel Oldfield*
Emergency Vehicles - Police Car  by Chris Oxlade
Whose Hat Is This? A Look at Hats Workers Wear-Hard, Tall, and Shiny  by Sharon Katz Cooper*

For our craft we colored and added paper strips to the hat and colored and taped on our badges.

Extra activities:
Can you guess my job?
Community workers far and near
this person helps people get well,
can you guess this job here?
*answer - doctor
repeat with these descriptions:
this person fixes the water pipes *plumber
this person puts out fires *firefighter
this person delivers letters & packages *letter carrier
this person keeps the city safe *police man/woman
this person makes tasty meals *chef, cook, baker
this person teaches you new things *teacher
this person keeps your pets healthy *veterinarian

We pressed our fingers in washable ink and put our fingerprints on a piece of paper