Pajamas & Coats Story Time: March 28-29, 2016

Books:
Here Comes Winter by Janet Craig
Joseph Had a Little Overcoat by Simms Taback *
Llama Llama Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney *
Piggies in Pajamas by Michelle Meadows
Ruth's Pink Pajamas by Julie Gassman *
Ruthie's Big Old Coat by Julie Lacome

Craft: Llama Llama in Bed
This week's craft is pictured above.  The bed was made by folding a long half sheet of paper leaving about 1-1/2" inches at the top uncovered and then gluing the sides to make into a pouch.  The kids then colored a llama cutout and then stuck it into the bed pouch.

Literacy Extensions:
- After reading Ruth's Pink Pajamas, ask your child to come up with reasons why pajamas would not be appropriate attire for various places (i.e. school, library, store, etc.)
- After reading Joseph Had a Little Overcoat, talk about how various items of clothes could be made into a new item of clothes.

Costume Story Time: March 21-22, 2016

Books:
Alligator Boy by Cynthia Rylant *
Hoot Owl, Master of Disguise by Sean Taylor *
Turtle's Penguin Day by Valeri Gorbachev *

Craft: Owl Headband
The craft is pictured at left.  The children colored an owl head and two wings cut from cardstock before gluing to 1" strips of paper to make into a headband.

Literacy Extensions:
- After reading Hoot Owl, come up with various costumes you might use to catch different types of animals.
- Like Little Turtle in Turtle's Penguin Day, try various activities to simulate the animal you are currently reading about.


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Hat Story Time: March 14-15, 2016

Books:
Hooray for Hat! by Brian Won
I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen
The Magic Hat by Mem Fox
This Is Not My Hat by Jon Klassen
Which Hat Is That? by Anna Grossnickle Hines

Craft: Leprechaun's Hat
Our craft was based on the picture at left.  Using the template below, the center was cut out of a paper plate.  A paper belt / buckle was colored and glued to the colored plate.  The center of the hat was then folded up to make into the leprechaun's hat.

Literacy Extensions:
- After reading Which Hat is That?, extend the book by coming up with more riddles for different types of hats asking your child to figure out what the hat's are used for.
- Practice rhyming by asking your child for words that rhyme with hat and cap.

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Shoes Story Time: March 7-8, 2016

Books:
Baby Shoes by Dashka Slater *
Centipede's 100 Shoes by Tony Ross
Dog in Boots by Greg Gormley *
Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes by Eric Litwin *
Shoes for Me! by Sue Fliess

Craft: Family in a Shoe
Our craft was based on the picture at left and the nursery rhyme "The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe".  The children were given a cardstock boot cutout and small cardstock people cutouts.  They colored the boot and the people before gluing the people onto the boot.

Literacy Extensions:
- Continue reading nursery rhymes including One, Two, Buckle My Shoe.
- Practice lacing and tying knots.

Socks Story Time: February 29-March 1, 2016

Books:
Duck Sock Hop by Jane Kohuth
Have You Seen My New Blue Socks? by Eve Bunting *
Lizette's Green Sock by Catharina Valckx
Sally and the Purple Socks by Lisze Bechtold *
Socksquatch by Frank Dormer *

Craft: Socksquatch
I traced the socksquatch on the cover of the book and blew it up a little bigger for a template.  The kids were given cardstock socksquatch cutouts to color.  They could then glue on 1" pieces of rust orange yarn for fur.

Literacy Extensions:
- After reading Socksqatch, have your child come up with reasons for why he was missing a sock at the beginning of the book.
- Make a sock puppet from an old sock.