Wednesday, March 27, 2013

An Egg-ceptional Story Time

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Three egg-cellent story books to check out just in time for Easter:

Whose Chick Are You? by Nancy Tafuri
Goose, Duck, Hen, Bird and the little chick, itself, cannot tell to whom a new hatchling belongs, but its mother knows.



Big Fat Hen by Keith Baker
Big Fat Hen counts to ten with her friends and all their chicks.




The Easter Bunny's Assistant by Jan Thomas
The Easter Bunny and his special assistant demonstrate how to make Easter eggs!

Roly-Poly Egg byKali Stileman
The story of Splotch and her roly-poly egg has a surprise ending!




Five and Five Eggs Fingerplay:
Five and five eggs, that makes ten
Sitting on top is the mother hen
Crackle, crackle, crackle
What do I see?
Ten fluffy chicks as cute as can be!

Two Little Blackbirds Fingerplay:
Two little blackbirds sitting on a hill
One named Jack, one named Jill
Fly away Jack, fly away Jill
Come back Jack, come back Jill

Two little blackbirds sitting on a cloud
One named Quiet, one named Loud
Fly away Quiet, fly away Loud
Come back Quiet, come back Loud

Two little blackbirds, sitting in the snow
One named Fast, one named Slow
Fly away Fast, fly away Slow
Come back Fast, come back Slow


Today we made chicks...
Of many colors!



 


I'm Flying!

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

This morning we had a visit from our friends at the Children's Museum...  And this afternoon, we explored the world of AIRPLANES!




 

Airplanes by Byron Barton
Learn about a variety of airplanes and what they do!






 

Little Cloud by Eric Carle
A little cloud becomes all sorts of things--sheep, an airplane, trees, a hat--before joining other clouds and raining.

Airplanes:  Soaring!  Diving!  Turning! by Patricia Hubbell
Illustrations and rhyming text celebrate different kinds of airplanes.





Five Little Airplanes Fingerplay:
 
Five little airplanes in the sky

Flying through the clouds way up high

One little airplane, too tired to soar

Landed on the ground and then there were four

Four little airplanes in the sky

Flying through the clouds way up high

One little airplane flew too close to a tree

He got scared and then there were three

Three little airplanes in the sky

Flying through the clouds way up high

One little airplane went to Timbuktu

He got lost and then there were two

Two little airplanes in the sky

Flying through the clouds way up high

One little airplane tried to fly to the sun

He got too hot and then there was one

One little airplane in the sky

Flying through the clouds way up high

He got so lonely since no one was around

And joined his friends who were down on the ground.


Story Time Tower, request approach instruction and landing.
Soar with these airplane magnets for your refrigerator!
 



 

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Green With Envy!

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

In preparation for St. Patrick's Day this Sunday, our activities centered around the color green...

Bear Wants More by Karma Wilson
When spring comes, Bear wakes up very hungry and is treated to great food by his friends.


Snip Snap!  What's That? by Mara Bergman
Three siblings are frightened by the wide mouth, long teeth, and strong jaws of the alligator that has crept up the stairs--until they decide they have had enough.



Potato Joe by Keith Baker
Potato Joe leads the other spuds from the familiar nursery rhyme, "One Potato, Two Potato," in various activities, from a game of tic-tac-toe to a rodeo.



Green Wilma by Todd Arnold
Waking up with a frog-like appearance, Wilma proves disruptive at school as she searches for some tasty flies.



Five Green and Speckled Frogs Fingerplay:
Five green and speckled frogs, sitting on a speckled log
Eating the most delicious flies -- yum, yum!
One jumped into the pool where it was nice and cool...
Then there were four green and speckled frogs.
Ribbit, ribbit!

Continue until only one frog is left...

One green and speckled frog, sitting on a speckled log
Eating the most delicious flies -- yum, yum!
He jumped into the pool where it was nice and cool...
Now there are no green speckled frogs!

"Do Your Ears Point Up?" Action Song:
Do your ears point up?
Do you have a lot of luck?
For gold do you dig?
Can you dance an Irish jig?
If you answered yes...
You're a leprechaun, I guess!
Do your ears point up?

We made these adorable leprechaun hats for the craft today...
Thank you to Shamus McTeddy for allowing us to publish his photograph!

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Get Your Groove On!

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

I hope you feel like dancing!  Today we read...

Dancing Feet! by Lindsey Craig
Easy-to-read, rhyming text depicts diffent animals dancing.  Clickity Clackity!




Brontorina by James Howe
Despite her size and not having the proper footwear, a determined dinosaur pursues her dream of becoming a ballerina.



Giraffes Can't Dance by Giles Andreae
Gerald the giraffe is too clumsy to dance with all the other animals at the Jungle Dance, until he finds the right music.



"Thelma Thumb" Fingerplay:

Thelma Thumb is up
Thelma Thumb is down
Thelma Thumb is dancing
All around the town
Dance her on your shoulders
Dance her on your head
Dance her on your knees
Then tuck her into bed!

We also danced to Greg & Steve's "Bop Until You Drop" from the album Kids on the Move!  We had the chance to bounce, float, wiggle (my favorite), go in slooooooow moooooootion, and spin.  That was so much fun!!!

Dance Ribbons are fun to make and even more fun to dance with!