The Five Senses Story Time: Sound - April 29-30, 2013

Books:
Bark, George by Jules Feiffer *
Moo in the Morning by Barbara Maitland *
Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? by Bill Martin Jr.
The Terrible Plop by Ursula Dubosarsky *
What the Baby Hears by Laura Godwin
What's Your Sound Hound the Hound? by Mo Willems *

Craft: Bell
This was a very simple craft to make.  A small paper plate was cut in half.  I then made a hole using a hole punch right on the straight edge in the center.  (It should look like half a hole punch.)  The children then colored the bottom side of the plate.  A jingle bell was tied onto a piece of curling ribbon.  The curling ribbon was laid into the hole punch and the plate was glued into a cone shape.  A piece of tape was usually needed to make sure the plate would stay glued.  These turned out very cute.  I really liked how a lot of the kids wore their bells like bracelets.

Literacy Extensions:
- Go over the different animal sounds with your child as in Polar Bear, Polar Bear and What the Baby Hears.
- Discuss how different places sound differently (i.e. country and city in Moo in the Morning)

The Five Sense Story Time: Sight - April 22-23, 2013

Books:
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin, Jr.
Class Two at the Zoo by Julia Jarman *
Duck! Rabbit! by Amy Krouse Rosenthal *
It Looked Like Spilt Milk by Charles G. Shaw *
Tulip Sees America by Cynthia Rylant
You See a Circus, I See . . . by Mike Downs *

Craft: Paper Plate Clown
Children glued pieces of colored paper to a small paper plate and then colored to make into a clown's face.

Literacy Extenders:
- Watch the sky and see what shapes the clouds make as in It Looked Like Spilt Milk.
- Play "I Spy" with your child asking them to find objects in view starting with a certain letter or a certain color.

The Five Senses Story Time: Smell - April 15-16, 2013

Books:
Big Smelly Bear by Britta Teckentrup *
I Stink! by Kate & Jim McMullan *
The Nose Book by Al Perkins
Nosy Rosie by Holly Keller
A Pet for Petunia by Paul Schmid *

Craft: Trash Truck
The children were each given a picture of a trash truck to color.  They then added "trash" by gluing on crumpled up colored paper squares.

Literacy Extenders:
- With your child come up with lists of items that smell good and that stink.
- Use the book Big Smelly Bear to introduce ideas of good hygiene to your child such as brushing teeth, taking baths, etc.

The Five Senses Story Time: Touch - April 8-9, 2013

Books:
How Does It Feel? by Bobbie Kalman
Hugless Douglas by David Melling *
I Love to Cuddle by Carl Norac *
A Little Bit of Winter by Paul Stewart
Press Here by Herve Tullet *
Seven Blind Mice by Ed Young *

 Craft: Bear Hug
This craft was revised from a Valentine card.  Children colored a bear head and arms cut from cardstock.  They then folded in the arms so the bear could give hugs.

Literacy Extenders:
- List as many things you can think of that are soft and cuddly like in I Love to Cuddle.
- Place an everyday object in a bag and let your child try to figure out what it is just by feeling it like in Seven Blind Mice.

The Five Senses Story Time: Taste - April 1-2, 2013

Books:
The Cow Loves Cookies by Karma Wilson *
Crunch Munch by Jonathan London
Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
Lunch by Denise Fleming *
The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog by Mo Willems
Worms for Lunch by Leonid Gore *
Yuck! by Nick Manning *

Craft: Sucker Flower
Children colored and then glued petals to a flat sucker.

Literacy Extenders:
- Discuss foods you and your child like and dislike and why.
- Talk about foods that go together (i.e. milk and cookies) like in The Cow Loves Cookies.