Cowboys & Rodeo

Read-Aloud Books

Cowboy Rodeo by James Rice
If I Were A Cowboy by Eric Braun
Tex by Dorie McCullough Lawson
Armadilly Chili by Helen Ketteman

Craft

Stick Horses

• template: Horse head outline
• googly eyes
• yarn
• newspaper rolled into sticks
• various decorations
  
  • stickers
  • jewels
  • sequins
  • paper shapes
  • feathers

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

Being Silly

Read-Aloud Books

Silly Sally by Audrey Wood
Bedtime for Mommy by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Silly Tilly by Eileen Spinelli

Craft

Silly Glasses, Silly Mustache, & Silly Tie

Presidents

Read-Aloud Books

If I Were The President by Thomas Kingsley Troupe
Madam President by Lane Smith
Max for President by Jarrett J. Krosoczka
Duck for President by Doreen Cronin
First Pooch by Carole Boston Weatherford

Crafts

Mount Rushmore

Cherry Tree

Log Cabin

Love & Valentines

Read-Aloud Books

Woof: A Love Story by Sarah Weeks
My Heart is Like a Zoo by Michael Hall
How do Dinosaurs Say I Love You by Jane Yolen
Hug Time by Patrick McDonnell

Craft

Valentine cards

• paper
• doilies
• various decorations
  
  • stickers
  • jewels
  • sequins
  • paper shapes
  • feathers

Groundhog Day

Read-Aloud Books

Substitute Groundhog by Pat Miller
Brownie Groundhog and the February Fox by Susan Blackaby
My Shadow by Robert Louis Stevenson illustrated by Penny Dale
Guess Whose Shadow? by Stephen R. Swinburne

Craft

groundhog pop-up puppets

• groundhog printouts
• craft sticks
• drinking cups
• green bulletin board border
• googly eyes

Chinese New Year

Read-Aloud Books

Who wants a dragon? by James Mayhew
If I had a dragon by Tom & Amanda Ellery
Bringing in the New Year by Grace Lin

Crafts

lanterns

dragons

New Year

Read-Aloud Books

Otto grows down by Michael Sussman
Shante Keys and the New Year's peas by Gail Piernas-Davenport

Craft

Calendar