Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Books

Read-Aloud Books

It's a Book by Lane Smith
We are in a Book by Mo Willems
Read It, Don't Eat It by Ian Schoenherr

Craft

mini-books
  • paper
  • various decorations
    • paper shapes

  • crayons
  • scissors
  • glue
  • stapler

Display Books

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Snow & Snowmen

Read-Aloud Books



Snow is My Favorite and My Best by Lauren Child
Snow Day by Komako Sakai
Snow! Snow! Snow! by Lee Harper
Mouse's First Snow by Lauren Thompson
Pip & Squeak by Ian Schoenherr

Craft

Paper plate snowmen
  • paper plates
  • felt
  • yarn
  • pompoms
  • googly eyes
  • various decorations
    • stickers
    • jewels
    • sequins
    • paper shapes
    • feathers

  • crayons
  • scissors
  • glue
  • hole puncher
  • tape
  • stapler

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Bats

Read-Aloud Books

Stellaluna by Janell Cannon
Bat Loves the Night by Nicola Davies

Craft

finger-puppet bats

  • crayons
  • scissors
  • glue
  • hole puncher
  • tape
  • stapler

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Owls

Read-Aloud Books


Wow! Said the Owl by Tim Hopgood
Owl Babies by Martin Waddell
Little Owl Lost by Chris Haughton
Little Hoot by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Whooo's There? by Mary Serfozo

Craft





Owl paper-bag puppets

  • crayons
  • scissors
  • glue

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Marsupials

Read-Aloud Books


Swim Little Wombat Swim by Charles Fuge
I Love it When You Smile by Sam McBratney

Craft

wearable pouches
  • paper plates
  • marsupial sheets - link yet to come...
  • yarn
  • various decorations
    • stickers
    • jewels
    • sequins
    • paper shapes
    • feathers

  • crayons
  • scissors
  • glue
  • hole puncher
  • tape
  • stapler

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

rain & weather

Read-Aloud Books

Rain
by Manya Stojic
Who Likes Rain?
by Wong Herbert Yee
The Thingamabob
by Il Sung Na
The Police Cloud
by Christoph Niemann

Craft

weather umbrella mobiles
  • crayons
  • scissors
  • glue
  • hole puncher
  • tape
  • stapler

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Pigs

Read-Aloud Books


Today I Will Fly! (An Elephant and Piggie Book)
by Mo Willems
A Pig Called Pete
by Alan Bowater
Little Oink
by Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Craft

pig ears & snouts
  • template: Pig Ears & Snout
  • paper dixie cups
  • yarn
  • construction paper strips
  • various decorations
    • stickers
    • jewels
    • sequins
    • paper shapes
    • feathers

  • crayons
  • scissors
  • glue
  • hole puncher
  • tape
  • stapler

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Manners & Sharing

Read-Aloud Books


How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food?
by Jane Yolen
Bad Habits
by Babette Cole
The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog!
by Mo Willems
Should I Share My Ice Cream? (An Elephant and Piggie Book)
by Mo Willems

Craft

place setting placemat
  • template: Table Setting
  • various decorations
    • stickers
    • jewels
    • sequins
    • paper shapes
    • feathers

  • crayons
  • scissors
  • glue

Thursday, July 28, 2011

Dinosaurs

Read-Aloud Books


Edwina, The Dinosaur Who Didn't Know She Was Extinct
by Mo Willems
Dinosaur Parade: A Spectacle of Prehistoric Proportions
by Kelly Milner Halls
Dino Pets
by Lynn Plourde
All Aboard the Dinotrain
by Deb Lund
Shape by Shape
by Suse MacDonald

Craft

D-shaped Dinosaurs
  • Letter D - download here
  • various decorations
    • stickers
    • jewels
    • sequins
    • paper shapes
    • feathers

  • crayons
  • scissors
  • glue

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Circles and Dots

Read-Aloud Books


The Dot (Irma S and James H Black Honor for Excellence in Children's Literature (Awards))
by Peter H. Reynolds
Lots of Dots
by Craig Frazier
Ten Black Dots Board Book
by Donald Crews
Round Is a Pancake
by Joan Sullivan Baranski
Squarehead
by Harriet Ziefert

Craft

circle art
  • blank paper
  • imagination
  • circle coloring pages
  • various decorations
    • round dot stickers
    • googly eyes
    • jewels
    • sequins

  • crayons
  • scissors
  • glue
  • hole puncher
  • tape
  • stapler

Display Books

Lots of Spots
Circle Song