Wednesday, July 31, 2013

I Feel...

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Llama Llama Mad at Mama by Anna Dewdney
A young llama wants to play but must go shopping with his mother instead, and so he gets angry and makes a mess at the store.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
"Any Way I Feel" Action Rhyme:
When I am happy, I laugh
When I am sad, I cry
When I am angry, I yell
When I am down, I sigh
Any way I feel I can show it to you
Do you ever feel the same way, too?
When I am tired, I yawn
When I am silly, I giggle
When I am sick, I moan
When I am excited, I wiggle
Any way I feel, I can show it to you
Do you ever feel the same way, too?
 


The Way I Feel by Janan Cain
Illustrations and rhyming text portray children experiencing a range of emotions, including frustration, shyness, jealousy, and pride.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
"If You're Happy and You Know It" Action Song:
If you're happy and you know it clap your hands
If you're happy and you know it clap your hands
If you're happy and you know it, then your face will surely show it
If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands
 
Additional Verses--
...stomp your feet
...shout, "Hooray!"
...do all three
 


My Friend is Sad by Mo Willems
When Gerald the Elephant is sad, Piggie is determined cheer him up, but finds after many tries that it only takes the simplest thing to change Gerald's mood.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Uh, oh!  That's an angry craft!

Our Feeling Faces have many different emotions!

 
 

Thursday, July 25, 2013

Quack!

Wednesday, July 25, 2013

Do Like a Duck Does by Judy Hindley
By challenging a hairy stranger to imitate the behavior of herself and her ducklings, a mother duck proves that he is a fox and not a duck.









"Five Little Ducks" Action Rhyme:
Five little ducks went out one day
Over the hills and far away
Mother duck called them, "Quack, quack, quack!"
But only four little ducks came back!

Repeat with:
Four little ducks went out one day...
Three little ducks...
Two...
One...  But no little ducks came back!
So mother duck went out one day
Over the hills and far away
She called her ducklings, "Quack, quack, quack!"
And ALL the little ducks came back!


I'm a Duck! by Teri Sloat
A duck marvels at how wonderful iis to be a duck, with feathers, webbed feet, and wings that can fly!









"Six Little Ducks" Action Song:
Six little ducks that I once knew
Fat ones, skinny ones and fair ones too
But the one little duck with the feathers on his back
He led the others with his quack, quack, quack
Quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack
He led the others with his quack, quack, quack

Down to the river they would go
Wibble, wobble, wibble, wobble to and fro
But the one little duck with the feathers on his back
He led the others with his quack, quack, quack
Quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack
He led the others with his quack, quack, quack

Back from the river they would come
Wibble, wobble, wibble, wobble hum ho hum
But the one little duck with the feathers on his back
He led the others with his quack, quack, quack
Quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack
He led the others with his quack, quack, quack


The Odd Egg by Emily Gravett
Everyone has an egg except for duck.  Until...  He finds the oddest egg of all!  I wonder what's inside?





Swim baby duck!  Craft time was "quackers" this week!

Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Worth A Thousand Words

Wednesday, July 17, 2013

The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse by Eric Carle
Rather than use the same old colors, a child paints animals and objects in a variety of different hues. Includes biographical information about the German painter Franz Marc, who created unconventional animal paintings in the early 1900s.
 
 
 
 
 
 
"This is the Way" Action Song:
This is the way we stir the paint, stir the paint, stir the paint
This is the way we stir the paint, so early in the morning
 
Additional Verses:
dip our brush
paint the paper
blow it dry
frame the picture
 
Art by Patrick McDonnell
A rhyming tribute to a budding young artist whose name just happens to be...  You guessed it:  Art!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
"Color Rhyme" Action Poem:
Blue is the sky, yellow is the sun
Silver are the twinkling stars when the day is done
Red is the bird, green is the tree
Brown are the cupcakes, for you and me!
 
Color Zoo by Lois Ehlert
 Introduces colors and shapes with illustrations of shapes on die-cut pages that form animal faces when placed on top of one another.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Look at these gorgeous artists' palettes we made for our craft!


 

Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Making Music

Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Farmer Joe and the Music Show by Tony Mitton
With the help of his instrument-playing friends, Farmer Joe has his hens clucking, his pigs dancing, and his cows mooing to a country music show.








"The Drums in the Band" Action Song:
To the tune of "The Wheels on the Bus"

The drums in the band go bam, bam, bam
Bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam
The drums in the band go bam, bam, bam
All through the room!

Additional verses:
bells -- ring
horns -- beep

Before John Was a Jazz Giant by Carole Boston Weatherford
This lyrical picture-book biography of John Coltrane focuses on his childhood and how he interpreted sounds before he made his music.








For our second action song, we played "The Body Part Game" from the album Shake, Rattle and Rock by Greg and Steve.  I could not touch my nose to my toes!!!!

Tanka Tanka Skunk! by Steve Webb
Uses animal names to introduce rhythmic language and rhyme, as Tanka the elephant and his friend Skunk play drums to keep the beat.








Tambourines!
We had a blast making this noisy craft.

Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Independence Day!

Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Olivia Forms a Band by Ian Falconer
Olivia decides there has to be a marching band at the fireworks display, even if she has to do it herself.









"Fireworks" Action Song:
Fireworks go snap, snap, snap
Crack, crack, crack
Zap, zap, zap
Fireworks make me clap, clap, clap
On Independence Day!


My America by Jan Spivey Gilchrist
An illustrated children's poem which celelbrates the diversity of America.







"This Land is Your Land"
by Woodie Guthrie

This land is your land, this land is my land
From California to the New York Island
From the redwood forest, to the gulf stream waters
This land was made for you and me



Summer Beat by Betsy Franco
Two friends celebrate the sounds and sights of summer. Clackity-clack, clackity-clack. A skateboard flies over sidewalk squares. Whoosh pumf, whoosh pumf. Water balloons tossed through the air. Bizzle-bzzz, bizzle-bzzz. A bumblebee comes zipping by. Tzooooooooooo bang. Tzooooooooooo bang. Fireworks start for the Fourth of July! The sounds of summer sizzle and pop in this bouncing, swinging tribute to the best beats of every child's favorite season.
 
 
We rocked Craft Time with this patriotic windsock!