Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Colors Story Time / Internet Safety

Debbie from ACRR came in to discuss Internet Safety.

Books that we read :

"Seven blind mice" by Ed Young
"Go away big green monster" by Ed Emberley
"Lemons are not red" by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
"Brown Bear, Brown Bear" by Bill Martin Jr.

Songs that we sang :

Color rhyme
Scruffy the cat wore his colors
Inside the little house
Little Boy Blue
Baa Baa Black Sheep
Itsy Bitsy Spider
Skidamarink

Craft : Coffee filter colored and sprayed with water so colors mixed. Then tied up with pipecleaner to make a beautiful butterfly.

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Fishing Story Time

Books that we read :

"One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish" by Dr. Seuss
"Sheep on a ship" by Nancy Shaw
"The Bear on the Bed" by Ruth Miller
"Swimmy" by Lio Lionni
"Five little monkeys with nothing to do" by Eileen Christelow
"Feathers for lunch" by Lois Ehlert
"Fish eyes" by Lois Ehlert

Songs that we sang :

Five little goldfish
Fishy Hokey Pokey (left fin, right fin, back fin)
Hey Diddle Diddle
Head, Shoulders, Knees, Toes and Neck, Elbows, Hips and Feet
Seven in a bed
5 little apples
Itsy Bitsy Spider
Skidamarink

Craft : Ocean scene with fish crackers

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Reptiles Story Time

Books that we read :

"A color of his own" by Lio Lionni
"The day Jimmy's boa ate the wash" by Trika Hakes Noble
"Clarabella's teeth" by An Vrombaut
"The wide mouthed frog" by Keith Faulkner
"How do dinosaurs get well soon?" by Jane Yolen

Songs that we sang :

5 green and speckled frogs
5 little monkeys in a tree
Jumping and counting
Going on a dinosaur hunt
ABCs
Itsy Bitsy Spider
Skidamarink

Craft : Snake folded from paper in accordian style.

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

New Books for July

Juvenile Picture Books :

"Shark vs. Train" by Chris Barton
"The Very Fairy Princess" by Julie Andrews
"The Sandwich Swap"

Juvenile Chapter Books :

"Theodore Boone : Kid Lawyer" by John Grisham
"The Birthday Ball" by Lois Lowery
"Alchemy and Meggy Swan" by Karen Cushman
"The Dancing Pancake" by Eileen Spinelli

Teen Chapter Books :

"Runaway" by Meg Cabot
"Fang" by James Patterson
"The Carrie Diaries" by Candace Bushnell
"Before I fall" by Lauren Oliver

Juvenile Non-Fiction

"Candy Bomber : The story of the Berlin airlift's chocolate pilot" J 943.155 Tun
"Disasters : Natural and Man-Made catastrophes through the centuries" J 904 Gui
"The Bionic Hand" J 617.5
"Hybrid Cars" J 629.22 Jue
"Water from Air : Water-Harvesting Machines" J 628.1 Car
"Recycled Tires" J 678.32 All
"Home Windmills" J 621.4 Car
"Sunscreen for plants" J 632.12 Moo

PA. Fair Queen Story Time

PA. State Fair Queen Casey Hall and Troy Fair Queen Second Alternate Kristin Zimmer came and read stories.

Books that we read :

"Who said moo?" by Harriet Ziefert and Simms Taback
"Brown Bear, Brown Bear" by Bill Martin Jr.
"Mrs. McNosh and the Great Big Squash" by Sarah Weeks
"Chickens aren't the only ones" by Ruth Heller

Songs that we sang :

BINGO
Wheels on the Bus

Casey and Kristin showed a video about Fair Safety.