Polar Animals Story Time

Books that we read :

"Five little penguins slipping on the ice" by Steve Metzger
"Polar Bear, polar bear what do you hear?" by Bill Martin Jr.
"The Penguin who wanted to fly" by Catherine Vase
"If you were a penguin" by Wendell and Florence Minor
"Polar Bear Night" by Lauren Thompson
"A Splendid Friend Indeed" by Suzanne Bloom
"Treasure" by Suzanne Bloom

Songs that we sang :

Head, shoulders, knees, toes & Neck, elbows, hips and feet
Ring around the rosies
Tick Tock, I'm a little cuckoo clock
We'll all join in a circle
Open shut them
Did you ever see a penguin
5 little polar bears go hop...up to 5 hops
Itsy Bitsy Spider
ABCs
Skidamarink
Happy Birthday to Christopher

Craft : Polar bear face with cut-out circles.

Toys Story Time

Books that we read :

"Brown Bear, Brown Bear" by Eric Carle
"Llama llama mad at Mama" by Anna Dewdney
"Knuffle Bunny Too" by Mo Willems
"Olivia and the missing toy" by Ian Falconer
"Kipper's Toybox" by Mick Inkpen
"Max cleans up" by Rosemary Wells

Songs that we sang :

Open shut them
Knuckles, knees, nose, tummy, toes
Jumping and counting
2 birds
Hands on my head, shoulders, face, side and hide
Head, shoulders, knees, toes and Neck, elbows, hips and feet
I'm a little cuckoo clock
Skidamarink

Craft : Take home a pinecone to decorate or make a birdfeeder out of it.

Toy Show 'n Tell

Book that we read :

"The Polar Express" by Chris Van Allsburg

We each told about a special toy and what it is that makes it special.

Craft : Jingle bell bracelets with chenille stems.

Family Story Time

Books that we read :

"Climb the family tree Jesse Bear" by Nancy Carlstrom
"Whose mouse are you?" by Robert Kraus
"The father who had 10 children" by Bénédicte Guettier
"I love you Mommy" by Sebastien Braun
"Let's have a daddy day" by Karen Kingsbury
"Is your Mama a Llama" by Deborah Guarino

Songs that we sang :

7 in a bed
Knuckles, knees, nose, tummy and toes
Shake your sillies out
Ring around the rosies
If you're happy and you know it
Head, shoulders, knees, toes and Neck, elbows, hips, feet
2 little birds
Skidamarink
ABCs

Craft : Family flower by tracing our hands and the hands of family members. Then tie with a chenille stem.

Author Kitty Legge

Today we had special guest and author Kitty Legge come to story time to talk about her book Mr. Whiskersnuff Rabbit. Mrs. Legge also answered questions and signed copies of her book that were available to purchase.

Snow Story Time

Books that we read :

"The snowman storybook" by Raymond Briggs
"Snow" by Uri Shulevitz
"Lisa and the snowman" by Coby Hal
"Snowballs" by Lois Ehlert
"The missing mitten mystery" by Steven Kellogg
"Snow Day!" by Lester L. Laminack

Songs that we sang :

If you're happy and you know it
Open shut them
Jumping and counting
2 little birds
The color rhyme
Head shoulders knees toes and other body parts
Hands on my head, shoulders, face, hips and side
ABCs
Skidamarink

Craft : Make a snow scene will polyfiber fill and cotton balls on blue construction paper.