Mem Fox Story Time: June 24-25, 2013

Books:
Harriet, You'll Drive Me Wild by Mem Fox
Hattie and the Fox by Mem Fox
Hello Baby! by Mem Fox
Let's Count Goats! by Mem Fox *
The Magic Hat by Mem Fox *
A Particular Cow by Mem Fox
Possum Magic by Mem Fox *
Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes by Mem Fox
Time for Bed by Mem Fox
Where Is the Green Sheep? by Mem Fo

Craft: Goat Puppet (pictured above)
The puppet is made from a brown paper lunch bag that is cut down to 6".  I made a couple of changes from the original in that I drew the eyes onto the face rather than using googily eyes.  I also cut out horns from cardstock rather than using wooden spoons.

Literacy Extensions:
- Research the Australian foods mentioned in Possum Magic (i.e. vegamite, pavlova, etc.) to find out what they are.  If you feel adventurous, try eating some of the foods.
- Come up with rhyming words to go with different animals like in The Magic Hat (i.e. road and toad, balloon and babbon, etc.)

Mo Willems Story Time: June 17-18, 2013

Books:
Can I Play Too? by Mo Willems *

City Dog, Country Frog by Mo Willems
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! by Mo Willems
Edwina, the Dinosaur Who Didn't Know She Was Extinct by Mo Willems
Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs by Mo Willems
Hooray for Amanda & Her Alligator by Mo Willems
Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale by Mo Willems
Leonardo, the Terrible Monster by Mo Willems *
Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed by Mo Willems *
The Pigeon Wants a Puppy! by Mo Willems *
That Is Not a Good Idea! by Mo Willems
What's Your Sound, Hound the Hound? by Mo Willems

Craft: Walrus
This craft goes with the book The Pigeon Wants a Puppy!.  It looks fairly similar to the photo above other than we used a small paper plate for the body and we did not glue whiskers onto the walrus.  I also drew the face a little differently.

Literacy Extensions:
- See how many different ways you can say the same phrase to convey different emotions (i.e. - "more balls" from Can I Play Too?)
- Retell a favorite story by switching out some of the characters with another type of animal (i.e. - changing bears to dinosaurs like in Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs)

Karen Beaumont Story Time - June 10-11, 2013

Books:
Baby Danced the Polka by Karen Beaumont *
I Ain't Gonna Paint No More! by Karen Beaumont *
I Like Myself! by Karen Beaumont
Move Over, Rover by Karen Beaumont *
No Sleep for the Sheep by Karen Beaumont
Shoe-La-La! by Karen Beaumont
Where's My T-R-U-C-K? by Karen Beaumont
Who Ate All the Cookie Dough? by Karen Beaumont *

Craft: Cookie Magnet
Children colored and then glued sequins to a cardstock circle to make it resemble a cookie.  A magnet was stuck to the back.

Literacy Expanders:
- See how many rhyming words you can come up with to rhyme with body parts like in I Ain't Gonna Paint No More! (i.e. head, bed, said, etc.)
- Try reading a book that repeats a common word often and replace that word with the spelling to see if your child can figure out what the word is (i.e. - Where's My T-R-U-C-K?)

Jan Thomas Story Time - June 3-4, 2013

Books:
A Birthday for Cow! by Jan Thomas
Can You Make a Scary Face? by Jan Thomas
The Doghouse by Jan Thomas *
The Easter Bunny's Assistant by Jan Thomas
Here Comes the Big, Mean Dust Bunny by Jan Thomas
Is Everyone Ready for Fun? by Jan Thomas *
Let's Sing a Lullaby with the Brave Cowboy by Jan Thomas *
Pumpkin Trouble by Jan Thomas
Rhyming Dust Bunnies by Jan Thomas *
What Will Fat Cat Sit On? by Jan Thomas

Craft: Rhyming Dust Bunny Puppet
Children glued crepe paper strips (cut in half longways) to a paper lunch bag.  Two eyes and a nose were also glued on.

Literacy Extenders:
- See how many rhyming words you can come up with like in Rhyming Dust Bunnies (i.e. - book and look, cow and now, etc.)
- Try to come up with other ways you might get rid of a pesky bug that is bothering you like in Can You Make a Scary Face.