Happy Birthday, Dr. Suess!!

Hello Everyone!  As Dr. Suess's birthday is in a few days we had a bunch of Dr. Suess fun today.

Welcome song:  If your happy and you know it.
ABC song, and the abc signs up to the letter J today.

Books shared:  Green Eggs and Ham, part of One Fish, Two Fish, and the FOOT Book by Dr. Suess.

We did an activity as part of each book read today, thanks to ideas I found on various sites on the internet.
Eggs activity,  I had a bunch of Yellow eggs on the board, the other side was a different color and I had the kids try to guess what color the egg would be.  We went until we found the green egg.
One Fish, Two Fish activity:  I had six colored fish on the board, under on of them I had the cat in the hat and the kids guessed which one it was under.  We did this one twice.
Foot activity:  We did the hokey pokey with specifically Right foot, Left foot!

Closing song:  If your happy and you know it. 

Craft:  Simple craft today.  I had the out line of a hat and had the kids design there own crazy hat.

Have a Great Day!

Let's Make Some NOISE!

We talked about NOISE today and read some noisy stories.

Welcome Song:  If your Happy and you Know IT
Finger play:  OPEN SHUT THEM
Song:  ABC's

We have gone as far as G in learning the hand signs for the ABC's.

Read:  The Noises Animals Make by Janie Gill
Too Loud Lily by Sofie Laguna
Look Out, Suxy Goose by Petr Horacek
Too Much Noise by Ann McGovern and
The NOISY airplane ride by Mike Downs

Craft:  I wanted to have them make a craft to make noise with so we took paper plates and punched holes around the side and tied bells to the plate.  Some of the kids colored their plates some didn't.  They all turned out great!

Duck for President!

Happy Presidents Day!

Welcome song: Hello everyone

Fingerplays:  This is BIG and Open Shut them

Books Read:  George Washington and the Generals Dog by Frank Murphy
Abe Lincoln's Hat by Martha Brenner
The President and Mom's Apple Pie by Michael Garland
Duck for President by Doreen Cronin

Activity:  Do you know who's on the Penny?
                Ring around the Cherry Tree
                Now We Rise Up

Craft:  We had two craft options today:  a coloring sheet for Duck for President for the younger group and we made stick puppets of Abe Lincoln and George Washington.  Supplies needed, sticks paper and glue.

Have a great day!  Thanks for participating.

Chris

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!

WELCOME SONG: "IF YOUR HAPPY AND YOU KNOW IT"

ABC SONG, AND WE WENT UP TO THE LETTER 'E' TODAY WITH THE SIGN LANGUAGE.

READ A VALENTINE POEM THAT HAD THE VALENTINES AND WE COUNTED AND MATCHED UP THE COLOR'S.

I READ "LOVE, SPLAT BY COTTEN.

TO THE TUNE OF "BINGO" WE DID A SONG CALLED H-E-A-R-T.  WE WENT THROUGH TAKING OUT THE PARTS AND CLAPPING FOR THE LETTERS.

THEN WE READ, HEDGEHUG AND VALENTINE SURPRISE.

CRAFT TODAY WAS MAKING A VALENTINE HEADBAND/HAT WITH ANTENNA.  THE KIDS LOOKED SO CUTE WITH THEIR HATS.  HERE ARE SOME PICTURES.

THANKS FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION. 

CHRIS

What is a Shadow?

Good Morning!

With groundhog day being tomorrow we focused on groundhogs and shadows today for storytime.  After going through our welcome song and the ABC's, we did a new fingerplay called OPEN, SHUT THEM and then I introduced shadows to the kids and we talked about what GroundHog Day was. 

I shared part of a book called The Groundhog Day Book of Facts and Fun by Wendie Old.  The first part of this book explains what happens in Pennsylvania every year and what it means if the groundhop see his shadow or not.  I brought in a big light and was going to try to teach them how to make shadow puppets on the wall but couldn't get it dark enough.  We tried to make them anyway so they could go home and try them.

We read the book:  Shadows by Deanna Calvert and My Shadow by Robert Louis Stevenson and finished up with reading Double Trouble Groundhog Day by Bethany Roberts.  I also shared a flannel story of the five little groundhogs.

We closed by doing a fingerplay called It is BIG, and sang "If your happy and you know it again".

Craft today was some simple coloring pages.  I gave them their choice, one was a ground hog with a shadow and one without.  They were to choose the one they wanted to have happen tomorrow.  More winter or spring.

Thanks for participating.  Thanks to the Mom's for all their help.  Here are pictures of this weeks storytime.